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The 10 Academy Award nominees for the year's Best Picture were: "Gone with the Wind" (Selznick International Pictures-MGM); "Dark Victory" (Warner Bros.); "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (MGM); "Love Affair" (RKO Radio); "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (Columbia); "Ninotchka" (MGM); "Of Mice and Men" (Hal Roach Studios-United Artists); "Stagecoach" (United Artists); "The Wizard of Oz" (MGM); and "Wuthering Heights" (Samuel Goldwyn Productions-United Artists).
The Oscar went to "Gone With the Wind."
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∙ 9y agoThe 10 Academy Award nominees for the year's Best Picture were: "Gone with the Wind" (Selznick International Pictures-MGM); "Dark Victory" (Warner Bros.); "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (MGM); "Love Affair" (RKO Radio); "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (Columbia); "Ninotchka" (MGM); "Of Mice and Men" (Hal Roach Studios-United Artists); "Stagecoach" (United Artists); "The Wizard of Oz" (MGM); and "Wuthering Heights" (Samuel Goldwyn Productions-United Artists).
The award went to "Gone with the Wind."
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