The Big Picture In August 1939, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, directed by William Dieterle, was screened privately and became the first film entered into competition at the very first Cannes Film Festival. It was the only film shown. The event had been canceled due to the increasing threat of war breaking out in Europe. Awards for the previously planned plethora of films, including Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz, were only retrospectively given out in 2002.
Release Date May 5, 1939 Director Cecil B. DeMille Cast Barbara Stanwyck , Joel McCrea , Akim Tamiroff , Robert Preston , Lynne Overman Runtime 135 Minutes Writers Walter DeLeon , C. Gardner Sullivan , Jesse Lasky Jr. The 1939 Cannes Film Festival Was Conceived as a Challenge to Fascism Look at Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and you will find Michael Fassbender’s character reciting fact after fact about the Nazi’s obsession with the clout cinema could bring them.
Which Movie Won the Very First Palme d'Or? Close The line-up for the very first Cannes promised to be a spectacle, showcasing films that would become staples of cinema to this day, from the classic Wizard of Oz, which revolutionized cinema, to the 1940 Best Picture winner, Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Other films to be shown included Howard Hawks' Only Angels Have Wings, Lenin in October by Mikhaïl Romm, The Four Feathers, La Loi du Nord, L’Enfer Des Anges, and La Charrette Fantôme.
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