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Feb 5, 2014 · SPECIAL AWARD. To Douglas Fairbanks (Commemorative Award) – recognizing the unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first President of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture.
Cinematography - Peverell Marley Music (Original Score) - Louis Silvers Sound Recording - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Edmund H. Hansen, Sound Director
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. It was hosted by Bob Hope, in his first of nineteen turns as host.
The 11th Academy Awards were held on February 23, 1939, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and hosted by Frank Capra. 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.
From 1939 to 1967 with the exception of 1957, there were also separate awards for color and black-and-white cinematography. After Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), the most recent black-and-white films to win since then are Schindler's List (1993), Roma (2018) and Mank (2020).
Ceremony Details. Awards Ceremony Date/Time: Thursday, February 29, 1940, 8:30pm. Location: Banquet, Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. Host: Bob Hope. Length: 3 hours, 52 minutes. Presenters. Scientific & Technical Awards: Darryl F. Zanuck.
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1939. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song.
