13th Annual Academy Awards Coverage (1941)
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- Date of Ceremony: Thursday, February 27, 1941
- For films released in: 1940
- Location: Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California
- Host(s): Bob Hope
The 13th Annual Academy Awards returned to the Biltmore Hotel’s Biltmore Bowl on Thursday, February 27, 1941. The ceremony was hosted by film producer and Academy President, Walter Wanger.
David O. Selznick, who did so well the year before with Gone with the Wind, had high hopes for Rebecca which entered the big night with 11 nominations.
Heading into the ceremony, the following film(s) had five or more nominations:
- Rebecca: 11
- The Letter: 7
- The Grapes of Wrath: 7
- Our Town: 6
- Foreign Correspondent: 6
- The Philadelphia Story: 6
- The Long Voyage Home: 6
- The Great Dictator: 5
- Kitty Foyle: 5
- North West Mounted Police: 5