13th Academy Awards
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American Motion Picture Academy film award ceremony
Key facts
- Date
- February 27, 1941
- Site
- Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel , Los Angeles , California
- Hosted by
- Bob Hope
- Best picture
- Rebecca
- Most awards
- The Thief of Bagdad (3)
- Most nominations
- Rebecca (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
The 13th Academy Awards were held on February 27, 1941, to honor films released in 1940. This was the first year that sealed envelopes were used to keep the names of the winners secret. The accounting firm of Price Waterhouse was hired to count the ballots, after voting results in 1939 were leaked by the Los Angeles Times. The gathering was addressed over the radio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Walter Brennan's victory for his performance in The Westerner made him the first actor to win an Academy Award more than twice.
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