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The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten films nominated for Best Picture at the 12th Academy Awards (which honored the best in film for 1939)—Dark Victory, Gone with the Wind, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Love Affair, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men, Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, and Wuthering Heights—range in genre and are ...
by year; 1890s; 1890–1899: 1900s; ... A list of American films released in 1939. ... MGM, Academy Award Best Picture; 10 Oscars, 13 nominations
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]
Some films are not listed here in order to keep this list to a manageable size. These include films that were released before 1930 (see Category:Films by year for pre-1930 films) and works of the United States government.
Best American Film: Confessions of a Nazi Spy; Best Foreign Film: Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows), France; Best Acting: James Cagney - The Roaring Twenties; Bette Davis - Dark Victory and The Old Maid; Geraldine Fitzgerald - Dark Victory and Wuthering Heights; Henry Fonda - Young Mr. Lincoln; Jean Gabin - Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows)
On Aug. 25, 1939, MGM unveiled The Wizard of Oz in theaters across the U.S. The Victor Fleming-directed film held its Hollywood premiere at the Chinese Theatre on Aug. 15 and broke an attendance ...
Glory. Glory is based on the true story of Col. Robert Gould Shaw, who ran the United States' first all-Black regiment during the Civil War.The film stars Mathew Broderick as Shaw, while Denzel ...
Harry Cohn and Frank Capra. The 11th Academy Awards were held on February 23, 1939, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California, [1] and hosted by Frank Capra. [2]Frank Capra became the first person to win three Best Director awards, to be followed by John Ford (who would go on to win four) and William Wyler.