| 11th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | February 23, 1939 | |||
| Site | Biltmore Hotel | |||
| Host | No official host | |||
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| Best Picture | You Can't Take It with You | |||
| Most awards | The Adventures of Robin Hood (3) | |||
| Most nominations | You Can't Take it With You (7) | |||
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The 11th Academy Awards were held on February 23, 1939 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California.[1] It was the first Academy Awards show without any official host, as well as the first to have a foreign language film (Jean Renoir's The Grand Illusion) nominated for Best Picture.
This was the first of only two times in Oscar history that 3 of the 4 acting wins were by repeat winners; only Fay Bainter was a first timer. The only other time this happened was in 1994. In addition, Spencer Tracy became the first of only two lead actors to win two years in a row; the other one, Tom Hanks, also did so in 1994.
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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
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These films had multiple nominations:
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The following films received multiple awards.
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