Re: Best Cinematography 1939
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 1:29 am
Voted for The Rains Came & GWTW
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.