4th New York Film Critics Circle Awards
January 3, 1939
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Best Picture:
The Citadel
The 4th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 3 January 1939, honored the best
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
making of
1938
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Winners
Best Picture
*''
The Citadel''
*Runner-up – ''
The Lady Vanishes''
Best Director
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Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
– ''
The Lady Vanishes''
*Runner-up –
Garson Kanin - ''
A Man to Remember
''A Man to Remember'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Garson Kanin, his first film credit as a director. The picture was based on the short story ''Failure'', written by Katharine Haviland-Taylor, and the screenplay was penned by Dalt ...
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Best Actor
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James Cagney
James Francis Cagney Jr. (; July 17, 1899March 30, 1986) was an American actor, dancer and film director. On stage and in film, Cagney was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He ...
– ''
Angels with Dirty Faces''
*Runner-up –
Spencer Tracy - ''
Boys Town''
Best Actress
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Margaret Sullavan
Margaret Brooke Sullavan (May 16, 1909 – January 1, 1960) was an American stage and film actress.
Sullavan began her career onstage in 1929 with the University Players. In 1933, she caught the attention of film director John M. Stahl and had ...
– ''
Three Comrades''
*Runner-up –
Wendy Hiller – ''
Pygmalion
Pygmalion or Pigmalion may refer to:
Mythology
* Pygmalion (mythology), a sculptor who fell in love with his statue
Stage
* ''Pigmalion'' (opera), a 1745 opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau
* ''Pygmalion'' (Rousseau), a 1762 melodrama by Jean-Jacques ...
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Best Foreign Film
* ''
Grand Illusion''
*Runner-up – ''
Professor Mamlock''
Special Award
*
Walt Disney – ''
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as Ta ...
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