12th National Board of Review Awards
December 22, 1940
The 12th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 22 December 1940.
Best American Films
- The Grapes of Wrath
- The Great Dictator
- Of Mice and Men
- Our Town
- Fantasia
- The Long Voyage Home
- Foreign Correspondent
- The Biscuit Eater
- Gone with the Wind
- Rebecca
Winners
- Best American Film: The Grapes of Wrath
- Best Foreign Film: La femme du boulanger (The Baker's Wife), France
- Best Documentary: The Fight for Life
- Best Acting:
- Jane Bryan - We Are Not Alone
- Charles Chaplin - The Great Dictator
- Jane Darwell - The Grapes of Wrath
- Betty Field - Of Mice and Men
- Henry Fonda - The Grapes of Wrath and The Return of Frank James
- Joan Fontaine - Rebecca
- Greer Garson - Pride and Prejudice
- William Holden - Our Town
- Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind and Waterloo Bridge
- Thomas Mitchell - The Long Voyage Home
- Raimu - The Baker's Wife
- Ralph Richardson - On the Night of the Fire
- Flora Robson - We Are Not Alone
- Ginger Rogers - Primrose Path
- George Sanders - Rebecca
- Martha Scott - Our Town
- James Stewart - The Shop Around the Corner
- Conrad Veidt - Escape
Notes
- Tom O'Neill, Movie Awards.New York, Perigee, 2001, p.71