The 12th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1939, was held on February 29, 1940, at a banquet in the Coconut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Bob Hope (for the first of eighteen times).
David O. Selznick's production Gone with the Wind received the most nominations of the year with thirteen. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Wuthering Heights, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Stagecoach, Love Affair, The Wizard of Oz, The ...
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The 12th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1939, was held on February 29, 1940, at a banquet in the Coconut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Bob Hope (for the first of eighteen times).
David O. Selznick's production Gone with the Wind received the most nominations of the year with thirteen. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Wuthering Heights, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Stagecoach, Love Affair, The Wizard of Oz, The Rains Came, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men, and Dark Victory were among the other films with multiple nominations.
This was the first year in which an Oscar was awarded for visual effects.
This was also the first time that two awards for cinematography were presented (the prize was split into a color and a black-and-white category).
And this is the first time an African-American wins an Academy Award.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Prior to the announcement of nominations, Mr. Smith...
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