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The first comedy to win the Academy Award for Best Picture was Frank Capra's 1934 film "It Happened One Night," which starred Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. It was the first of three movies to win the top five Oscars on the same night: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and a screenwriting award. The two others that accomplished the feat: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).
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∙ 14y agoFor Best Picture? There are quite a few awards.
Wings (1927) was the first film to ever win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is also the only silent film to have done so.
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∙ 12y agoWings - an Air Force war drama,. won the first Best Picture Oscar in I believe l928, it was produced by Paramount- High up!
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∙ 11y agoThe first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture was "Wings" (1927/1928).
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∙ 11y agoWings won the very first Best Picture Oscar in 1929.
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What award do you win at the Academy Awards?
You win an Academy Award and are presented with a trophy which is nicknamed Oscar, so sometimes it is said you have won an Oscar at the Academy Awards.
What was the last comedy film to win the Academy Award as best film?
If you include the category "romantic comedy," then it's Shakespeare In Love (1998). In the more traditional "Comedy" category, the answer is Annie Hall (1977). Norm S.www.meetinthelobby.comnorm@meetinthelobby.com
What did Debra winger win an Academy Award for?
To date she has only been nominated, but never won, an academy award.
Which african-american won an Academy Award for Gone With the Wind?
Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win the Academy Award for best-supporting actress in Gone With The Wind (1939)
Did Smokey and the Bandit win an Academy Award?
Nominated for best film editing did not win
What was the last comedy to win the Academy Award for best actor?
Jack Nicholson for As Good As It Gets (1997).
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Utah
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Bhanu Athaiya
Who was the First rapper to win Academy Award best song?
Eminem is the answer
Who was the first Indian singer to win an Academy Award?
ar rahman
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Satyajit ray
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Nafees Bin Zafar
Who was the first Indian to win an Academy Award for acting?
None yet
Who was the first white woman to win an Academy Award?
Janet Gaynor.
What was the first musical film to win the Oscar for best picture?
There is not an Academy Award for Best Musical. The first musical to win the Academy Award for Best Picture was The Broadway Melody in 1929. It was also the first sound film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
What was the first Indian film to win an Academy Award?
Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
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