Thursday, March 28

1940 Awards

1940 Awards, All Movie Awards, Children's, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, Newbery Medal

1940 Newbery Medal – Children’s Winner and Nominees

1940 Newbery Medal - Children's WinnerDaniel BooneJames Daugherty...Amazon1940 Newbery Medal - Children's NomineesBoy with a PackStephen W. MeaderAmazonBy the Shores Of Silver LakeLaura Ingalls WilderAmazonRunner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis AgassizMabel RobinsonAmazonThe Singing TreeKate SeredyAmazon
1940 Awards, All Movie Awards, Best Actor, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1940 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor Winner and Nominees

1940 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerThe Great DictatorCharles ChaplinDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.Amazon1940 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor NomineesThe LetterJames StephensonAmazonThe Long Voyage HomeThomas MitchellAmazon
1940 Awards, All Movie Awards, Best Actor, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, National Board of Review

1940 National Board of Review – Best Actor Winner and Nominees

1940 National Board of Review - Best Actor WinnerEscapeConrad Veidt1938: A young man arrives in Hitler's Germany, frantically seeking information about his German mother, and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp.AmazonOur TownWilliam HoldenChange comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks...AmazonRebeccaGeorge SandersA self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.AmazonThe Baker's WifeRaimuA small village rejoices at the arrival of a new baker. But when his young wife runs off with another man, he is unable to keep baking and the vil...
1940 Awards, All Movie Awards, Best Actress, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, National Board of Review

1940 National Board of Review – Best Actress Winner and Nominees

1940 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerGone with the WindVivien LeighA manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.AmazonOf Mice and MenBetty FieldTwo itinerant migrant workers, one mentally disabled and the other his carer, take jobs as ranch hands during the Great Depression to fulfill their shared dream of owning their own ranch.AmazonOur TownMartha ScottChange comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks...AmazonPride and PrejudiceGreer GarsonMr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them...
1940 Awards, All Movie Awards, Best Foreign Language Films, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, National Board of Review

1940 National Board of Review – Best Foreign Language Films Winner and Nominees

1940 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerThe Baker's WifeA small village rejoices at the arrival of a new baker. But when his young wife runs off with another man, he is unable to keep baking and the village is thrown into disarray.Amazon
1940 Awards, All Movie Awards, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, National Board of Review, Top Documentaries

1940 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries Winner and Nominees

1940 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerThe Fight for LifeAn interne witnesses the death of a young mother in a maternity hospital delivery room. Disturbed that he might have overlooked something that could have prevented the death, he goes to a ...Amazon
1940 Awards, All Movie Awards, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, National Board of Review, Top Ten Films

1940 National Board of Review – Top Ten Films Winner and Nominees

1940 National Board of Review - Top Ten Films WinnerFantasiaA collection of animated interpretations of great works of Western classical music.AmazonForeign CorrespondentOn the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.AmazonGone with the WindA manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.AmazonOf Mice and MenTwo itinerant migrant workers, one mentally disabled and the other his carer, take jobs as ranch hands during the Great Depression to fulfill their shared dream of owning their own ranch.AmazonOur TownChange comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every mor...