On February 29, 1940, the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles was the venue for the 12th annual awards presentation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hollywood was abuzz and aglitter with Oscar fever that Thursday afternoon. As was...
For best technical achievements, Gone With the Wind had nominations – and competition – in five categories: Best Art Direction Lyle Wheeler was nominated for his work on Gone With the Wind. Competing films were Beau Geste, Captain Fury, First Love, Love Affair, Man of...
In the Best Original Score category, Max Steiner had a double nomination for his work on Gone With the Wind and Dark Victory. He was up against the following Academy Award contenders: Anthony Collins for Nurse Edith Cavell Aaron Copland for Of Mice and Men Lud Gluskin...
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...
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...
