Best Cinematography 1939

1927/28 through 1997
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What were t4eh best of the nominees for B&W and Color Cinematography for 1939?

First Love (Joseph A. Valentine)
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No votes
The Great Victor Herbert (Victor Milner)
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No votes
Gunga Din (Joseph H. August)
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No votes
Intermezzo (Gregg Toland)
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No votes
Juarez (Tony Gaudio)
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No votes
Lady of the Tropics (Norbert Brodine)
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No votes
Only Angels Have Wings (Joseph Walker)
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No votes
The Rains Came (Arthur C. Miller)
2
13%
Stagecoach (Bert Glennon)
1
6%
Wuthering Heights (Gregg Toland)
4
25%
Drums Along the Mohawk (Ray Rennahan, Bert Glennon)
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No votes
The Four Feathers (Georges Périnal, Osmond Borradine)
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No votes
Gone with the Wind (Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan)
6
38%
The Mikado (William V. Skall)
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No votes
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Sal Polito, W. Howard Greene)
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No votes
The Wizard of Oz (Harold Rossen)
3
19%
 
Total votes: 16

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Re: Best Cinematography 1939

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Voted for The Rains Came & GWTW
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Best Cinematography 1939

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B&W

Notable Omissions: Beau Geste, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Of Mice and Men, The Roaring Twenties and Young Mr. Lincoln, all of which were superior to First Love, The Great Victor Herbert and Lady of the Tropics. This, though, was a very good year, long touted as the greatest in movie history.

Gregg Toland rightfully won for Wuthering Heights, but not without strong competition from Only Angels Have Wings, The Rains Came and Stagecoach. It was a very good year, indeed.

Color

They could have done with four nominees instead of six with Drums Along the Mohawk, The Four Feathers, Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz being the four. Gone with the Wind was always going to win this category but in retrospect The Wizard of Oz should have made it a difficult decision.

I voted for the winners in both categories.
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