Best Cinematography 1940

1927/28 through 1997
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What were the best of the 1940 B&W and Color Cinematography nominees?

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (James Wong Howe)
0
No votes
All This, and Heaven Too (Ernest Haller)
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No votes
Arise, My Love (Charles Lang)
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No votes
Boom Town (Harold Rosson)
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No votes
Foreign Correspondent (Rudolph Maté)
2
14%
The Letter (Tony Gaudio)
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No votes
The Long Voyage Home (Gregg Toland)
2
14%
Rebecca (George Barnes)
3
21%
Spring Parade (Joseph A. Valentine)
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No votes
Waterloo Bridge (Joseph Ruttenberg)
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No votes
Bitter Sweet (Oliver T. Marsh, Allen M, Davey)
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No votes
The Blue Bird (Arthur C. Miller, Ray Rennahan)
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No votes
Down Argentine Way (Leon Shamroy, Ray Rennahan)
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No votes
North West Mounted Police (Victor Milner, W. Howard Greene)
1
7%
Northwest Passage (Sidney Wagner, William V. Skall)
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No votes
The Thief of Bagdad (Georges Périnal)
6
43%
 
Total votes: 14
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Best Cinematography 1940

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B&W

Ten nominees and no The Grapes of Wrath, The Mark of Zorro, Pride and Prejudice or The Sea Hawk although all four were nominated in other categories.

The Grapes of Wrath should have won, but at least Gregg Toland was nominated for The Long Voyage Home. Of the two Hitchcock entries, I think Foreign Correspondent had the superior cinematography but they went for Rebecca instead. Not a bad choice, but not a great one, either.

Color

The Thief of Bagdad soared above the competition both figuratively and actually via its flying carpet. Nothing else stood a chance.

I voted for Foreign Correspondent and The Thief of Bagdad.
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