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4 unusual facts about 12th Academy Awards


1939 Academy Awards

12th Academy Awards, the 1940 ceremony honoring the best in film for 1939

1940 Academy Awards

12th Academy Awards, the Academy Awards ceremony that took place in 1940

Joseph E. Robbins

At the 12th Academy Awards he, Farciot Edouart and William Rudolph were awarded an Oscar, again for Technical Achievement, this time for "the design and construction of a quiet portable treadmill" .

William Rudolph

At the 12th Academy Awards he received an Academy Award for Technical Achievement together with Farciot Edouart and Joseph E. Robbins for "the design and construction of a quiet portable treadmill".


Edwin C. Hahn

He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Special Effects on the film Only Angels Have Wings at the 12th Academy Awards.

William Cameron Menzies

At the 12th Academy Awards held on February 29, 1940, Menzies won an Academy Honorary Award "for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of Gone With the Wind.


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