The Academy Awards
1940 Best Picture Rebecca All This, and Heaven Too Foreign Correspondent The Grapes of Wrath The Great Dictator Kitty Foyle The Letter The Long Voyage Home Our Town The Philadelphia Story Best Director John Ford - The Grapes of Wrath Sam Wood - Kitty Foyle William Wyler - The Letter George Cukor - The Philadelphia Story Alfred Hitchcock - Rebecca Best Actor James Stewart- The Philadelphia Story Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator Henry Fonda - The Grapes of Wrath Raymond Massey - Abe Lincoln in Illinois Laurence Olivier - Rebecca Best Actress Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle Bette Davis - The Letter Joan Fontaine - Rebecca Katharine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story Martha Scott - Our Town Best Supporting Actor Walter Brennan - The Westerner Albert Bassermann - Foreign Correspondent William Gargan - They Knew What They Wanted Jack Oakie - The Great Dictator James Stephenson - The Letter Best Supporting Actress Jane Darwell - The Grapes of Wrath Judith Anderson - Rebecca Ruth Hussey - The Philadelphia Story Barbara O’Neil - All This, and Heaven Too Marjorie Rambeau - Primrose Path Best Original Screenplay The Great McGinty Angels Over Broadway Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet Foreign Correspondent The Great Dictator Best Adapted Screenplay The Philadelphia Story The Grapes of Wrath Kitty Foyle The Long Voyage Home Rebecca Best Original Score Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, and Ned Washington- Pinocchio Victor Young - Arizona Victor Young - Dark Command Louis Gruenberg - The Fight for Life Meredith Willson - The Great Dictator Frank Skinner - The House of the Seven Gables Richard Hageman - The Howards of Virginia Max Steiner - The Letter Richard Hageman - The Long Voyage Home Alfred Newman - The Mark of Zorro Roy Webb - My Favorite Wife Victor Young - North West Mounted Police One Million B.C. - Werner Heymann Aaron Copland - Our Town Franz Waxman - Rebecca Miklos Rozsa - The Thief of Bagdad Herbert Stothart - Waterloo Bridge Best Musical Score Alfred Newman - Tin Pan Alley Victor Young - Arise, My Love Cy Feuer - Hit Parade of 1941 Anthony Collins - Irene Aaron Copland - Our Town Erich Wolfgang Korngold - The Sea Hawk Artie Shaw - Second Chorus Charles Previn - Spring Parade Georgie Stoll and Roger Edens - Strike Up the Band Best Original Song “When You Wish Upon a Star” - Pinocchio “Down Argentine Way” - Down Argentine Way “I’d Know You Anywhere” - You’ll Find Out “It’s a Blue World” - Music in My Heart “Love of My Life” - Second Chorus “Only Forever” - Rhythm on the River “Our Love Affair” - Strike Up the Band “Waltzing on the Clouds” - Spring Parade “Who Am I?” - Hit Parade of 1941 |
Hot Toasty Rag Awards (video presentation here)
1940 Best Picture Brother Orchid The Mark of Zorro Primrose Path The Sea Hawk Third Finger, Left Hand The Westerner Best Director Michael Curtiz - The Sea Hawk William Dieterle - Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet John Ford - The Long Voyage Home William Wyler - The Westerner Best Actor Edward G. Robinson - Brother Orchid Brian Aherne - My Son! My Son! Brian Donlevy - The Great McGinty Charles Laughton - They Knew What They Wanted Frank Morgan - The Shop Around the Corner Edward G. Robinson - Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet Best Actress Carole Lombard - They Knew What They Wanted Margaret Lindsay - The House of the Seven Gables Carole Lombard - Vigil in the Night Myrna Loy - Third Finger, Left Hand Best Supporting Actor Walter Brennan - The Westerner Felix Bressart - The Shop Around the Corner Arthur Kennedy - City for Conquest Miles Mander - Primrose Path Henry Travers - Primrose Path Best Supporting Actress Marjorie Rambeau - Primrose Path Judith Anderson - Rebecca Jane Darwell - The Grapes of Wrath Best Dramatic Screenplay Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet Johnny Apollo Primrose Path The Westerner Best Comedic Screenplay Third Finger, Left Hand Haunted Honeymoon Lucky Partners Pride and Prejudice The Shop Around the Corner Best Musical Score Frank Tours - Beyond Tomorrow Heinz Roemheld - Brother Orchid Frank Skinner - The House of the Seven Gables Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith - Pinocchio Best Original Song “When You Wish Upon a Star” - Pinocchio “The Beginning of the End” - Johnny Apollo “The Color of Your Eyes” - The House of the Seven Gables “Love of My Life” - Second Chorus |
Notes from the Members of the Board:
Frank Tours, a virtually unknown composer, wrote a groundbreaking theme for Beyond Tomorrow, that influenced later composers in ‘heavenly’ music. We were happy to honor Edward G. Robinson, who was never nominated for an Academy Award.
Hidden Gem: Beyond Tomorrow
- M.E.
Frank Tours, a virtually unknown composer, wrote a groundbreaking theme for Beyond Tomorrow, that influenced later composers in ‘heavenly’ music. We were happy to honor Edward G. Robinson, who was never nominated for an Academy Award.
Hidden Gem: Beyond Tomorrow
- M.E.