Best American Films

#'' The Grapes of Wrath'' #'' The Great Dictator'' #'' Of Mice and Men'' #'' Our Town'' #'' Fantasia'' #'' The Long Voyage Home'' #''

Foreign Correspondent A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is usually a journalist or commentator for a magazine, or an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, locati ...

'' #'' The Biscuit Eater'' #'' Gone with the Wind'' #''

Rebecca Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical ...

Winners

*Best American Film: '' The Grapes of Wrath'' *Best Foreign Film: '' La femme du boulanger (The Baker's Wife)'', France *Best Documentary: '' The Fight for Life'' *Best Acting: ** Jane Bryan - '' We Are Not Alone'' ** Charles Chaplin - '' The Great Dictator'' ** Jane Darwell - '' The Grapes of Wrath'' **

Betty Field Betty Field (February 8, 1916 – September 13, 1973) was an American film and stage actress. Early years Field was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to George and Katharine (née Lynch) Field. She began acting before she reached age 15, and went ...

- '' Of Mice and Men'' ** Henry Fonda - '' The Grapes of Wrath'' and '' The Return of Frank James'' ** Joan Fontaine - ''

'' ** Greer Garson - ''

Pride and Prejudice ''Pride and Prejudice'' is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreci ...

'' ** William Holden - '' Our Town'' **

Vivien Leigh Vivien Leigh ( ; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967; born Vivian Mary Hartley), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for her definitive performances as Scarlett O'Hara in ''Gon ...

- '' Gone with the Wind'' and '' Waterloo Bridge'' ** Thomas Mitchell - '' The Long Voyage Home'' ** Raimu - '' The Baker's Wife'' **

Ralph Richardson Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor who, with John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, was one of the trinity of male actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. He wo ...

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On the Night of the Fire ''On the Night of the Fire'', released in the United States as ''The Fugitive'', is a 1939 British thriller film, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Ralph Richardson and Diana Wynyard. The film is based on the novel of the same name ...

'' ** Flora Robson - '' We Are Not Alone'' ** Ginger Rogers - ''

Primrose Path Primrose Path or The Primrose Path may refer to: *Original quote from Hamlet I, iii, by William Shakespeare * ''The Primrose Path'' (Stoker novel), an 1875 novel by Bram Stoker *''The Primrose Path'', a 1915 play by Bayard Veiller *''The Primrose P ...

'' ** George Sanders - ''

'' ** Martha Scott - '' Our Town'' **

James Stewart James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military pilot. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality h ...

- '' The Shop Around the Corner'' ** Conrad Veidt - '' Escape''Tom O'Neill, ''Movie Awards''.New York, Perigee, 2001, p.71

Notes

External links

National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1940
{{NBR Awards Chron

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