1939 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Explained

5th New York Film Critics Circle Awards

December 27, 1939

----Best Film:
Wuthering Heights

The 5th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 27 December 1939, honored the best filmmaking of 1939.^[1]

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Wuthering Heights
• Runner-up – Gone with the Wind and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Best Actor:
  • James Stewart – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Best Actress:
  • Vivien Leigh – Gone with the Wind
• Best Director:
  • John Ford – Stagecoach
• Best Foreign Film:
  • Harvest (Regain) • France

External links

• 1939 Awards

Notes and References

1. News: New York Critics Give Top Award to "Wuthering Heights". Google News Archive. 29 December 2017. The Southeast Missourian. 29 December 1939.