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Official site of the Academy with history and general information on the Academy Awards, as well as photographs, events and screenings, and press releases.
Feb 5, 2014 · Abe Lincoln in Illinois – James Wong Howe All This, and Heaven Too – Ernest Haller Arise, My Love – Charles B. Lang, Jr. Boom Town – Harold Rosson Foreign Correspondent – Rudolph Maté The Letter – Gaetano (Tony) Gaudio The Long Voyage Home – Gregg Toland Rebecca – George BarnesSpring Parade – Joseph Valentine Waterloo Bridge ...
* Sound Recording - Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
List of Academy Awards for Songs. The first awards were given in 1927, the same year as the first sound film, The Jazz Singer. No musical awards for songs were included until 1934.
The 12th Academy Awards ceremony, held on February 29, 1940 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best in film for 1939 at a banquet in the Coconut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. [1] It was hosted by Bob Hope, in his first of nineteen turns as host.
Sep 9, 2022 · Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff. The 1940 Academy Awards were presented Feb. 27, 1941 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles. Outstanding Production. All This, and Heaven Too (Warner Bros.)
The 13th Academy Awards were held on February 27, 1941, to honor films released in 1940. This was the first year that sealed envelopes were used to keep the names of the winners secret. [1] The accounting firm of Price Waterhouse was hired to count the ballots, after voting results in 1939 were leaked by the Los Angeles Times. [2]
