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Gone with the Wind. However, while this film was released in 1939, it won the 1940 Oscar for Best Picture.
North West Mounted Police won the Oscar for Film Editing in 1940.
Hattie McDonald for her part in Gone with the Wind . She won in 1940.
Quicker 'N a Wink won the Oscar for Short Film - Live Action - in 1940.
Alfred Hitchcock never won an Osacr. Rebecca (1940) is the only movie he directed that won Best Picture. However, he was not a producer, so he didn't receive an Oscar, and he lost the Best Director that year to John Ford.
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Gone with the Wind. However, while this film was released in 1939, it won the 1940 Oscar for Best Picture.
Rebecca won the Oscar for Cinematography in 1940.
Rebecca (1940) was Hithcock's ground-breaking thriller. It was his first film to be made in Hollywood, and his only film to ever win the Best Picture Oscar.
Arise, My Love won the Oscar for Writing in 1940.
The Grapes of Wrath won the Oscar for Directing in 1940.
Pinocchio won the Oscar for Music - Scoring - in 1940.
Pinocchio won the Oscar for Music - Song - in 1940.
Strike Up the Band won the Oscar for Sound in 1940.
Pride and Prejudice won the Oscar for Art Direction in 1940.
The Thief of Bagdad won the Oscar for Special Effects in 1940.
Oscar Mogollon was born in 1940.