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Photoplay Awards

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Medal of Honor

Winner
Amants
6.2 (765)
Hunt Stromberg

Photoplay Award

Best Performances of the Month (April)

Winner
La Ronde des pantins
6.5 (1.9K)
Clark Gable
Winner
Le flambeau de la liberté
6.3 (247)
Nelson Eddy
Winner
Yes, My Darling Daughter
6.3 (279)
Jeffrey Lynn
Winner
Le Lien sacré
6.3 (4.3K)
Carole Lombard
Winner
Café Society
6.1 (123)
Madeleine Carroll
Winner
Gunga Din
7.2 (13K)
Cary Grant
Winner
Le Lien sacré
6.3 (4.3K)
Lucile Watson
Winner
La Chevauchée fantastique
7.8 (57K)
Claire Trevor
Winner
Honolulu
6.5 (811)
Eleanor Powell
Winner
Café Society
6.1 (123)
Fred MacMurray
Winner
Le Lien sacré
6.3 (4.3K)
James Stewart
Winner
La Ronde des pantins
6.5 (1.9K)
Norma Shearer
Winner
Yes, My Darling Daughter
6.3 (279)
Fay Bainter
Winner
Yes, My Darling Daughter
6.3 (279)
Priscilla Lane
Winner
Descente en vrille
6.0 (248)
Nancy Kelly
Winner
La Chevauchée fantastique
7.8 (57K)
Thomas Mitchell
Winner
Honolulu
6.5 (811)
Gracie Allen
Winner
Gunga Din
7.2 (13K)
Victor McLaglen
Winner
La Ronde des pantins
6.5 (1.9K)
Charles Coburn

Best Performances of the Month (August)

Winner
Maisie
6.6 (773)
Ann Sothern
Winner
Seuls les anges ont des ailes
7.6 (17K)
Richard Barthelmess
Winner
Vers sa destinée
7.5 (9.6K)
Henry Fonda
Winner
Au revoir Mr. Chips!
7.9 (12K)
Greer Garson
Winner
Seuls les anges ont des ailes
7.6 (17K)
Cary Grant
Winner
Au revoir Mr. Chips!
7.9 (12K)
Robert Donat
Winner
Vers sa destinée
7.5 (9.6K)
Alice Brady
Winner
The Girl from Mexico
6.4 (403)
Lupe Velez
Winner
Winter Carnival
5.5 (106)
Ann Sheridan
Winner
Seuls les anges ont des ailes
7.6 (17K)
Jean Arthur

Best Performances of the Month (December)

Winner
Envol vers le bonheur
6.6 (3.1K)
Ingrid Bergman
Winner
Le mystère de la maison Norman
7.1 (4.1K)
Paulette Goddard
Winner
Hollywood Cavalcade
6.5 (485)
Alice Faye
Winner
Envol vers le bonheur
6.6 (3.1K)
Leslie Howard
Winner
La vie privée d'Elisabeth d'Angleterre
7.0 (6.5K)
Bette Davis
Winner
Lune de miel à Bali
6.3 (472)
Fred MacMurray
Winner
Hollywood Cavalcade
6.5 (485)
Don Ameche
Winner
Les maîtres de la mer
6.3 (135)
Will Fyffe
Winner
La vie privée d'Elisabeth d'Angleterre
7.0 (6.5K)
Errol Flynn
Winner
The Day the Bookies Wept
5.2 (124)
Joe Penner
Winner
What a Life
6.8 (114)
Jackie Cooper
Winner
Le mystère de la maison Norman
7.1 (4.1K)
Bob Hope
Winner
The Challenge
6.2 (213)
Luis Trenker
Winner
Lune de miel à Bali
6.3 (472)
Madeleine Carroll
Winner
Hollywood Cavalcade
6.5 (485)
J. Edward Bromberg
Winner
Les fantastiques années 20
7.9 (17K)
James Cagney
Winner
Les maîtres de la mer
6.3 (135)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Best Performances of the Month (February)

Winner
Blackwell's Island
6.0 (560)
John Garfield
Winner
La femme aux cigarettes blondes
6.3 (778)
Fredric March
Winner
André Hardy Cow-Boy
6.5 (492)
Mickey Rooney
Winner
La femme aux cigarettes blondes
6.3 (778)
Joan Bennett
Winner
La patrouille de l'aube
7.5 (3.6K)
David Niven
Winner
André Hardy Cow-Boy
6.5 (492)
Virginia Weidler
Winner
Ah ! quelle femme !
6.1 (282)
Melvyn Douglas
Winner
Coups de théâtre
6.2 (488)
Luise Rainer
Winner
Madame et son cowboy
6.5 (1.9K)
Gary Cooper
Winner
Madame et son cowboy
6.5 (1.9K)
Harry Davenport
Winner
L'ensorceleuse
6.4 (1.4K)
Joan Crawford
Winner
Madame et son cowboy
6.5 (1.9K)
Merle Oberon
Winner
Monsieur tout-le-monde
6.6 (63)
Jack Haley
Winner
Trompe-la-mort
5.7 (84)
Joe E. Brown
Winner
Coups de théâtre
6.2 (488)
Paulette Goddard
Winner
L'ensorceleuse
6.4 (1.4K)
Margaret Sullavan
Winner
Ah ! quelle femme !
6.1 (282)
Virginia Bruce

Best Performances of the Month (January)

Winner
Les anges aux figures sales
7.9 (24K)
Pat O'Brien
Winner
La Citadelle
7.0 (2.5K)
Rosalind Russell
Winner
Les Américains à Paris
5.8 (156)
Jack Benny
Winner
La Citadelle
7.0 (2.5K)
Robert Donat
Winner
Les cadets de Virginie
6.2 (566)
Eddie Albert
Winner
Amants
6.2 (765)
Nelson Eddy
Winner
Les cadets de Virginie
6.2 (566)
Jane Wyman
Winner
Les anges aux figures sales
7.9 (24K)
James Cagney
Winner
Patrouille en mer
6.0 (316)
Preston Foster
Winner
La vie en rose
6.4 (728)
Shirley Temple
Winner
La Citadelle
7.0 (2.5K)
Ralph Richardson
Winner
Les anges aux figures sales
7.9 (24K)
Huntz Hall
Billy Halop
Leo Gorcey
The Dead End Kids
Bernard Punsly
Gabriel Dell
Bobby Jordan
Winner
La famille sans-souci
7.3 (1.8K)
Minnie Dupree
Winner
Amants
6.2 (765)
Jeanette MacDonald

Best Performances of the Month (July)

Winner
Pacific Express
7.0 (3.7K)
Joel McCrea
Winner
Pacific Express
7.0 (3.7K)
Lynne Overman
Winner
Le monde est merveilleux
6.8 (3.6K)
Claudette Colbert
Winner
Les aveux d'un espion nazi
6.7 (2.3K)
Paul Lukas
Winner
Les aveux d'un espion nazi
6.7 (2.3K)
Francis Lederer
Winner
Capitaine Furie
6.1 (345)
Brian Aherne
Winner
Invitation au bonheur
6.2 (195)
Fred MacMurray
Winner
Bridal Suite
5.6 (262)
Robert Young
Winner
Juarez
6.9 (2.7K)
Paul Muni
Winner
Rose de Broadway
6.7 (682)
Tyrone Power
Winner
Invitation au bonheur
6.2 (195)
Irene Dunne
Winner
Juarez
6.9 (2.7K)
Bette Davis
Winner
Pacific Express
7.0 (3.7K)
Barbara Stanwyck
Winner
Man of Conquest
6.1 (213)
Richard Dix
Winner
La vie d'une autre
7.0 (41)
Elisabeth Bergner
Winner
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
6.3 (276)
Gracie Allen
Winner
Le monde est merveilleux
6.8 (3.6K)
James Stewart

Best Performances of the Month (June)

Winner
Les trois jeunes filles ont grandi
6.8 (459)
Deanna Durbin
Winner
La grande farandole
6.9 (2.9K)
Ginger Rogers
Winner
La grande farandole
6.9 (2.9K)
Walter Brennan
Winner
Les hauts de Hurlevent
7.5 (21K)
Laurence Olivier
Winner
Et la parole fut...
7.0 (1.2K)
Don Ameche
Winner
Elle et lui
7.3 (6.9K)
Charles Boyer
Winner
Les trois jeunes filles ont grandi
6.8 (459)
Robert Cummings
Winner
Les hauts de Hurlevent
7.5 (21K)
Merle Oberon
Winner
Emporte mon coeur
5.7 (296)
Jeanette MacDonald
Winner
Une pensionnaire sur les bras
6.6 (327)
Bing Crosby
Winner
Les conquérants
7.1 (6.1K)
Errol Flynn
Winner
Elle et lui
7.3 (6.9K)
Irene Dunne
Winner
Et la parole fut...
7.0 (1.2K)
Loretta Young
Winner
Une pensionnaire sur les bras
6.6 (327)
Baby Sandy
Winner
Les trois jeunes filles ont grandi
6.8 (459)
Charles Winninger
Winner
La grande farandole
6.9 (2.9K)
Fred Astaire

Best Performances of the Month (March)

Winner
L'Excentrique Ginger Ted
6.7 (361)
Elsa Lanchester
Winner
Kentucky
6.2 (729)
Walter Brennan
Winner
Keep Smiling
6.0 (15)
Gracie Fields
Winner
L'Excentrique Ginger Ted
6.7 (361)
Charles Laughton
Winner
The Great Man Votes
6.7 (652)
John Barrymore
Winner
A Christmas Carol
7.5 (9.4K)
Terry Kilburn
Winner
Je suis un criminel
6.8 (2.7K)
John Garfield
Winner
Zaza
6.3 (246)
Claudette Colbert
Winner
Charlie Chan à Honolulu
6.7 (1.9K)
Sidney Toler
Winner
Paris Honeymoon
5.8 (131)
Bing Crosby
Winner
Paris Honeymoon
5.8 (131)
Franciska Gaal
Winner
Trafic d'hommes
6.4 (335)
Robert Taylor

Best Performances of the Month (May)

Winner
Never Say Die
6.8 (687)
Bob Hope
Winner
Victoire sur la nuit
7.4 (13K)
Bette Davis
Winner
Echec à la dame
6.2 (259)
Warner Baxter
Winner
Laissez-nous vivre
6.7 (746)
Henry Fonda
Winner
Sans peur et sans reproche
6.9 (2K)
W.C. Fields
Winner
La Baronne de minuit
7.8 (6.1K)
Claudette Colbert
Winner
Victoire sur la nuit
7.4 (13K)
George Brent
Winner
La féerie de la glace
5.2 (1.1K)
Joan Crawford
Winner
Echec à la dame
6.2 (259)
Loretta Young
Winner
La féerie de la glace
5.2 (1.1K)
James Stewart
Winner
Petite princesse
7.1 (7K)
Shirley Temple
Winner
Petite princesse
7.1 (7K)
Sybil Jason

Best Performances of the Month (November)

Winner
Mr. Smith au sénat
8.1 (127K)
James Stewart
Winner
Les petites pestes
6.4 (110)
Kenneth Brown
Winner
Les petites pestes
6.4 (110)
Billy Lenhart
Winner
Place au rythme
6.3 (3K)
Mickey Rooney
Winner
Mr. Smith au sénat
8.1 (127K)
Jean Arthur
Winner
La mousson
6.8 (2.4K)
Myrna Loy
Winner
Ninotchka
7.8 (24K)
Greta Garbo
Winner
Edith Cavell
6.5 (442)
Anna Neagle
Winner
Jeunesse triomphante
6.8 (1.1K)
John Garfield
Winner
Un jour au cirque
6.8 (6.6K)
Groucho Marx
Harpo Marx
Chico Marx
Winner
Femmes
7.7 (16K)
Joan Crawford
Winner
Les petites pestes
6.4 (110)
Gloria Jean
Winner
Un ange en tournée
6.8 (1.9K)
Ginger Rogers
Winner
Femmes
7.7 (16K)
Norma Shearer
Winner
La mousson
6.8 (2.4K)
Tyrone Power
Winner
Divorcé malgré lui
5.7 (940)
Loretta Young
Winner
La mousson
6.8 (2.4K)
George Brent
Winner
Divorcé malgré lui
5.7 (940)
David Niven
Winner
Femmes
7.7 (16K)
Rosalind Russell

Best Performances of the Month (October)

Winner
La glorieuse aventure
6.5 (1.3K)
David Niven
Winner
À chaque aube je meurs
7.2 (4K)
George Raft
Winner
La vieille fille
7.4 (4.2K)
Miriam Hopkins
Winner
Stanley et Livingstone
7.0 (1.6K)
Charles Coburn
Winner
André Hardy s'enflamme
6.5 (749)
Mickey Rooney
Winner
L'autre
7.0 (3.8K)
Cary Grant
Winner
À chaque aube je meurs
7.2 (4K)
James Cagney
Winner
Beau Geste
7.5 (6.8K)
Brian Donlevy
Winner
La glorieuse aventure
6.5 (1.3K)
Gary Cooper
Winner
Stanley et Livingstone
7.0 (1.6K)
Spencer Tracy
Winner
La vieille fille
7.4 (4.2K)
Bette Davis
Winner
L'autre
7.0 (3.8K)
Carole Lombard
Winner
I Stole a Million
6.1 (136)
George Raft
Winner
Le Magicien d'Oz
8.1 (453K)
Judy Garland

Best Performances of the Month (September)

Winner
Mademoiselle et son bébé
7.5 (4.9K)
Ginger Rogers
Winner
Mélodie de la jeunesse
6.9 (533)
Jascha Heifetz
Winner
Nuages sur l'Europe
6.5 (1.2K)
Ralph Richardson
Winner
L'irrésistible Monsieur Bob
6.6 (203)
Jack Benny
Winner
Mélodie de la jeunesse
6.9 (533)
Gene Reynolds
Winner
The Magnificent Fraud
6.0 (65)
Akim Tamiroff
Winner
On Borrowed Time
7.7 (2.4K)
Lionel Barrymore
Winner
On Borrowed Time
7.7 (2.4K)
Bobs Watson
Winner
Susannah
6.4 (1K)
Shirley Temple
Winner
Nous irons à Paris
6.8 (621)
Joan Blondell
Winner
Mademoiselle et son bébé
7.5 (4.9K)
David Niven
Winner
Nous irons à Paris
6.8 (621)
Melvyn Douglas

Best Pictures of the Month (April)

Winner
Ambush
5.8 (78)
Winner
Gunga Din
7.2 (13K)
Winner
Café Society
6.1 (123)
Winner
La Chevauchée fantastique
7.8 (57K)
Winner
La Ronde des pantins
6.5 (1.9K)
Winner
The Mikado
6.3 (855)
Winner
Dans une pauvre petite rue
6.2 (333)
Winner
Yes, My Darling Daughter
6.3 (279)
Winner
Le flambeau de la liberté
6.3 (247)
Winner
Le Lien sacré
6.3 (4.3K)
Winner
Honolulu
6.5 (811)
Winner
Descente en vrille
6.0 (248)

Best Pictures of the Month (August)

Winner
Maisie
6.6 (773)
Winner
Tarzan trouve un fils
6.5 (3.7K)
Winner
The Girl from Mexico
6.4 (403)
Winner
Winter Carnival
5.5 (106)
Winner
Au revoir Mr. Chips!
7.9 (12K)
Winner
Vers sa destinée
7.5 (9.6K)
Winner
Seuls les anges ont des ailes
7.6 (17K)
Winner
Filles courageuses
6.5 (825)

Best Pictures of the Month (December)

Winner
Envol vers le bonheur
6.6 (3.1K)
Winner
The Challenge
6.2 (213)
Winner
The Day the Bookies Wept
5.2 (124)
Winner
La vie privée d'Elisabeth d'Angleterre
7.0 (6.5K)
Winner
Hollywood Cavalcade
6.5 (485)
Winner
What a Life
6.8 (114)
Winner
Agent double
5.9 (480)
Winner
Lune de miel à Bali
6.3 (472)
Winner
Les fantastiques années 20
7.9 (17K)
Winner
Le mystère de la maison Norman
7.1 (4.1K)

Best Pictures of the Month (February)

Winner
Prison Without Bars
6.0 (85)
Winner
Madame et son cowboy
6.5 (1.9K)
Winner
La patrouille de l'aube
7.5 (3.6K)
Winner
Pygmalion
7.7 (10K)
Winner
Blackwell's Island
6.0 (560)
Winner
La femme aux cigarettes blondes
6.3 (778)
Winner
André Hardy Cow-Boy
6.5 (492)
Winner
Thanks for the Memory
6.4 (415)
Winner
Ah ! quelle femme !
6.1 (282)
Winner
Trompe-la-mort
5.7 (84)
Winner
Monsieur tout-le-monde
6.6 (63)
Winner
Coups de théâtre
6.2 (488)

Best Pictures of the Month (January)

Winner
Les anges aux figures sales
7.9 (24K)
Winner
Le Jeune Docteur Kildare
6.8 (758)
Winner
Suez
6.5 (956)
Winner
Miss Manton est folle
6.7 (3K)
Winner
Les hommes volants
6.1 (225)
Winner
Toute la ville danse
6.4 (1.4K)
Winner
Patrouille en mer
6.0 (316)
Winner
Les cadets de Virginie
6.2 (566)
Winner
Les Américains à Paris
5.8 (156)
Winner
La Citadelle
7.0 (2.5K)
Winner
La famille sans-souci
7.3 (1.8K)
Winner
La vie en rose
6.4 (728)
Winner
La grande illusion
8.1 (40K)
Winner
Amants
6.2 (765)

Best Pictures of the Month (July)

Winner
Juarez
6.9 (2.7K)
Winner
Le monde est merveilleux
6.8 (3.6K)
Winner
Invitation au bonheur
6.2 (195)
Winner
La vie d'une autre
7.0 (41)
Winner
Rose de Broadway
6.7 (682)
Winner
Pacific Express
7.0 (3.7K)
Winner
Bridal Suite
5.6 (262)
Winner
Les aveux d'un espion nazi
6.7 (2.3K)
Winner
Capitaine Furie
6.1 (345)
Winner
Man of Conquest
6.1 (213)

Best Pictures of the Month (June)

Winner
Et la parole fut...
7.0 (1.2K)
Winner
Emporte mon coeur
5.7 (296)
Winner
Une pensionnaire sur les bras
6.6 (327)
Winner
Les hauts de Hurlevent
7.5 (21K)
Winner
Elle et lui
7.3 (6.9K)
Winner
La grande farandole
6.9 (2.9K)
Winner
Les conquérants
7.1 (6.1K)
Winner
Les trois jeunes filles ont grandi
6.8 (459)
Winner
The Lady's from Kentucky
6.0 (58)

Best Pictures of the Month (March)

Winner
Kentucky
6.2 (729)
Winner
Trafic d'hommes
6.4 (335)
Winner
Zaza
6.3 (246)
Winner
Paris Honeymoon
5.8 (131)
Winner
Je suis un criminel
6.8 (2.7K)
Winner
The Great Man Votes
6.7 (652)
Winner
Wings of the Navy
6.0 (372)
Winner
L'Excentrique Ginger Ted
6.7 (361)

Best Pictures of the Month (May)

Winner
Echec à la dame
6.2 (259)
Winner
La Baronne de minuit
7.8 (6.1K)
Winner
Never Say Die
6.8 (687)
Winner
Petite princesse
7.1 (7K)
Winner
Victoire sur la nuit
7.4 (13K)
Winner
La féerie de la glace
5.2 (1.1K)

Best Pictures of the Month (November)

Winner
Place au rythme
6.3 (3K)
Winner
Ninotchka
7.8 (24K)
Winner
Les petites pestes
6.4 (110)
Winner
Un ange en tournée
6.8 (1.9K)
Winner
Mr. Smith au sénat
8.1 (127K)
Winner
La mousson
6.8 (2.4K)
Winner
Un jour au cirque
6.8 (6.6K)
Winner
Divorcé malgré lui
5.7 (940)
Winner
Jeunesse triomphante
6.8 (1.1K)
Winner
L'Esclave aux mains d'or
6.8 (2.3K)
Winner
Femmes
7.7 (16K)
Winner
Edith Cavell
6.5 (442)

Best Pictures of the Month (October)

Winner
La vieille fille
7.4 (4.2K)
Winner
I Stole a Million
6.1 (136)
Winner
La glorieuse aventure
6.5 (1.3K)
Winner
À chaque aube je meurs
7.2 (4K)
Winner
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
6.3 (447)
Winner
La dame des tropiques
6.1 (729)
Winner
André Hardy s'enflamme
6.5 (749)
Winner
Beau Geste
7.5 (6.8K)
Winner
L'Aigle des frontières
6.6 (1.1K)
Winner
Stanley et Livingstone
7.0 (1.6K)
Winner
These Glamour Girls
6.3 (526)
Winner
Le Magicien d'Oz
8.1 (453K)

Best Pictures of the Month (September)

Winner
Les quatre plumes blanches
7.4 (6.9K)
Winner
On Borrowed Time
7.7 (2.4K)
Winner
Mélodie de la jeunesse
6.9 (533)
Winner
Mademoiselle et son bébé
7.5 (4.9K)
Winner
Nous irons à Paris
6.8 (621)
Winner
Nuages sur l'Europe
6.5 (1.2K)
Winner
L'homme au masque de fer
7.0 (2.1K)
Winner
Land of Liberty
7.4 (358)
Winner
L'irrésistible Monsieur Bob
6.6 (203)

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