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Academy Awards, USA. 1940 Nominee Oscar. Best Picture. 1940 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Laurence Olivier. 1940 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Geraldine Fitzgerald.
The film won the 1939 New York Film Critics Award for Best Film. It earned nominations for eight Academy Awards, [6] including for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. The 1940 Academy Award for Best Cinematography, black-and-white category, was awarded to Gregg Toland for his work.
The New York Film Critics Award was given to Wuthering Heights after thirteen rounds of balloting had left the voters deadlocked between Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Gone with the Wind. The press were divided in their support for the nominated actors.
Wuthering Heights is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors , the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with the Earnshaws' foster son, Heathcliff .
- Emily Brontë
- 1847
Wuthering Heights: Directed by William Wyler. With Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson. A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.
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- Drama, Romance
- William Wyler
- 1939-04-07
Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. Arriving at the Oscars. Victor Fleming. Best Directing winner for Gone with the Wind. View More Memorable Moments.
Feb 5, 2014 · SPECIAL AWARD. To Douglas Fairbanks (Commemorative Award) – recognizing the unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first President of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture.
