1940 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Explained

6th New York Film Critics Circle Awards

January ?, 1941
(announced December 30, 1940)

----The Grapes of Wrath

The 6th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 30 December 1940, honored the best filmmaking of 1940.^[1]

Winners

• Best Film:
  • The Grapes of Wrath
• Best Actor:
  • Charlie Chaplin – The Great Dictator
• Best Actress:
  • Katharine Hepburn – The Philadelphia Story
• Best Director:
  • John Ford – The Grapes of Wrath and The Long Voyage Home
• Best Foreign Film:
  • The Baker's Wife (La femme du boulanger) • France
• Special Award:
  • Walt Disney and Leopold Stokowski – Fantasia

External links

• 1940 Awards

Notes and References

1. News: New York Film Critics pick "Grapes of Wrath" as best movie of last year. Google News Archive. 29 December 2017. The Lewiston Daily Sun. 2 January 1941.