Oscars in 1940
Jan. 23rd, 2004 05:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
javasaurusWow! 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
* 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
