2004-01-23

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2004-01-23 05:00 pm

Oscars in 1940

Wow! I've know for a long time now that Wizard of Oz went up against Gone with the Wind for the 1940 Oscar for Best Picture. But what I didn't know was that they used to nominate 10 movies back then, and most of the 10 are still well known today. How many of these do you know?

* Dark Victory (1939) - David Lewis (I)
* Gone with the Wind (1939) - David O. Selznick
* Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) - Victor Saville
* Love Affair (1939) - Leo McCarey
* Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - Frank Capra
* Ninotchka (1939) - Sidney Franklin (I)
* Of Mice and Men (1939) - Lewis Milestone
* Stagecoach (1939) - Walter Wanger
* Wizard of Oz, The (1939) - Mervyn LeRoy
* Wuthering Heights (1939) - Samuel Goldwyn

List of all Oscar noms for 1940