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  1. Supporting Actress winner for Gone with the Wind, posing with an Oscar statuette with presenter Fay Bainter. Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. Arriving at the Oscars.

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    • Academy Award for Writing (Original Story) 19402
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  2. The 12th Academy Awards ceremony, held on February 29, 1940 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best in film for 1939 at a banquet in the Coconut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Bob Hope, in his first of nineteen turns as host.

  3. The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story .

  4. The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to...

  5. Although The Great Dictator, Chaplin's first all-talking, all-sound film received five nominations: Outstanding Production/Picture, Best Actor (Chaplin), Best Writing (Original Screenplay) (Chaplin), Best Supporting Actor (Jack Oakie) and Best Music (Original Score) (Meredith Willson), it went away empty-handed.

  6. Mar 12, 2021 · The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the screenplay.

  7. Apr 3, 2021 · All best original screenplay Oscar Winners. 1940 - Preston Sturges, The Great McGinty. 1941 - Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles, Citizen Kane. 1942 - Ring Lardner Jr. and Michael Kanin, Woman of the Year. 1943 - Norman Krasna, Princess O’Rourke. 1944 - Lamar Trotti, Wilson. 1945 - Richard Schweizer, Marie-Louise.