by admin | Feb 26, 2015 | Gone With the Wind
In the Best Screenplay category, Sidney Howard’s work on Gone With the Wind was up against the following Academy Award contenders: Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Billy Wilder’s screenplay for Ninotchka Sidney Buchman’s screenplay for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...
by admin | Feb 25, 2015 | Gone With the Wind
In the Best Director category, Victor Fleming’s work on Gone With the Wind was up against the following Academy Award contenders: Frank Capra who directed the action in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, a film in which a naïve, idealistic man fills a United States Senate...
by admin | Feb 23, 2015 | Gone With the Wind
In the Best Supporting Actress category, Gone With the Wind had a double nomination: Olivia de Havilland for her portrayal of Melanie and Hattie McDaniel for her portrayal of Mammy. They competed with each other and the following Academy Award contenders: Geraldine...
by admin | Feb 23, 2015 | Gone With the Wind
Leslie Howard’s portrayal of Ashley Wilkes was bypassed as a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. However, a Gone With the Wind player gained a nomination in this category but not – as some GWTW fans think – for his work in Gone With the Wind. Thomas Mitchell, who...
by admin | Feb 21, 2015 | Gone With the Wind
In the Best Actor category, Clark Gable’s portrayal of Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind was up against the following Academy Award contenders: Robert Donat for his role as school teacher and headmaster Charles Edward Chipping, fondly known as “Mr. Chips,” in...
