THE 12th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS (1940)
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The 12th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1939, was held on February 29, 1940, at a banquet in the Coconut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Bob Hope.
This was the first year in which an Oscar was awarded for visual effects.
This was also the first time that two awards for cinematography were presented (the prize was split into a color and a black-and-white category).
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A. Best Picture nominee Stagecoach was directed by (last name +2) = (A)
B. This was Bob Hope’s first time hosting The Oscars, He would go on to host The Academy Awards 1(B) times during his lengthy career. -1
C. Drums Along the Mohawk was nominated for (C) Academy Awards.
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D. With (D) nominations, The Wizard of Oz was in the middle of the pack for total number of Oscar nominations.
E. The United States release date for Gone With the Wind was January 1(E), 1940.
F. Greta Lovisa Gustafsson better known as Greta Garbo was born September 18th, 190(F) in
Stockholm, Sweden.
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