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The Thief of Bagdad
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940, UK) The Academy Award for Best Special Effects (photographic and sound) was awarded to this film. There were 14 nominees for the honor, including Boom Town, Dr. Cyclops, Foreign Correspondent, The Invisible Man Returns, One Million B.C., Rebecca, The Sea Hawk, Typhoon, and Swiss Family Robinson.
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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.
Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. Arriving at the Oscars. Victor Fleming. Best Directing winner for Gone with the Wind. View More Memorable Moments.
The 12th Academy Awards | 1940. ... Share Facebook Twitter. Highlights. Special Award. Judy Garland, with presenter Mickey Rooney. ... Special Effects - A. Arnold ...
The Academy Award for Best Special Effects (photographic and sound) was awarded to this film. There were 14 nominees for the honor, including Boom Town, Dr. Cyclops, Foreign Correspondent, The Invisible Man Returns, One Million B.C., Rebecca, The Sea Hawk, Typhoon, and Swiss Family Robinson.
Jan 21, 2014 · The first new method was pioneered and used in the 1940 version of The Thief of Bagdad. The Caliph enjoys an airborne horse ride over his city in one of the first-ever Technicolor blue-screen travelling mattes for The Thief of Bagdad. The film won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects in 1940.
Walter Brennan won a Best Supporting Actor award (it was his third nomination and his third award in five years) for his performance as the notorious Judge Roy Bean in love with Lily Langtry (Lilian Bond) in director William Wyler's The Westerner (with three nominations and one win).
Dec 13, 2018 · The Sea Hawk 1940. Generally regarded as the epitome of the swashbuckling genre, The Sea Hawk's special effects were nominated for an Academy award in 1940. The Special effects were supervised by Byron Haskin and photographed H. F. (Fred) Koenekamp.
