The 14th Academy Awards may be most infamous, in retrospect, as the year in which Citizen Kane (consistently regarded as one of the greatest films ever made) did not win Best Picture. Rather, Best Picture was awarded to How Green Was My Valley, the story of Welsh coalminers in changing times. In addition, John Ford won his third Academy Award for Best Director (also for How Green Was My Valley).
Most public attention was focused on the Best Actre...
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The 14th Academy Awards may be most infamous, in retrospect, as the year in which Citizen Kane (consistently regarded as one of the greatest films ever made) did not win Best Picture. Rather, Best Picture was awarded to How Green Was My Valley, the story of Welsh coalminers in changing times. In addition, John Ford won his third Academy Award for Best Director (also for How Green Was My Valley).
Most public attention was focused on the Best Actress race between sibling rivals Joan Fontaine in Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion and Olivia de Havilland for Hold Back the Dawn. Fontaine’s victory was the only time an actor won for a performance in an Alfred Hitchcock film.
This was also the first year in which documentaries were included. The first Oscar for a documentary was awarded to Churchill's Island.
Best Picture : How Green Was My Valley
Best Director : John Ford, How Green Was My Valley
Best Actor : Gary Cooper, Sergeant York
Best Supporting Actor : Donald Crisp, How Green Was My Valley...
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