6th New York Film Critics Circle Awards
January ?, 1941
(announced December 30, 1940)
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The Grapes of Wrath
The 6th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 30 December 1940, honored the best
film
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...
making of
1940.
Winners
*Best Film:
**''
The Grapes of Wrath''
*Best Actor:
**
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered o ...
– ''
The Great Dictator''
*Best Actress:
**
Katharine Hepburn – ''
The Philadelphia Story''
*Best Director:
**
John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...
– ''
The Grapes of Wrath'' and ''
The Long Voyage Home''
*Best Foreign Film:
**''
The Baker's Wife (La femme du boulanger)'' •
France
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*Special Award:
**
Walt Disney and
Leopold Stokowski – ''
Fantasia''
References
External links
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