National Board of Review Awards 1939
Appearance
11th National Board of Review Awards
December 24, 1939
The 11th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 24 December 1939.
Best American Films
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy
- Wuthering Heights
- Stagecoach
- Ninotchka
- Young Mr. Lincoln
- Crisis
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- The Roaring Twenties
- U-Boat 29
Top Foreign Films
Winners
- Best American Film: Confessions of a Nazi Spy
- Best Foreign Film: Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows), France
- Best Acting:
- James Cagney - The Roaring Twenties
- Bette Davis - Dark Victory and The Old Maid
- Geraldine Fitzgerald - Dark Victory and Wuthering Heights
- Henry Fonda - Young Mr. Lincoln
- Jean Gabin - Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows)
- Greta Garbo - Ninotchka
- Francis Lederer - Confessions of a Nazi Spy
- Paul Lukas - Confessions of a Nazi Spy
- Thomas Mitchell - Stagecoach
- Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights
- Flora Robson - We Are Not Alone
- Michel Simon - Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows) and The End of the Day[1]
Notes
- ^ Tom O'Neill, Movie Awards.New York, Perigee, 2001, p.65