Screenland (May-Oct 1940)

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It was Vivien Scarlett O'Hara Leigh's great night. Basking in her reflected glory was her fiance, Laurence Olivier, and Olivia de Havilland, runner-up for best supporting actress award which went to Hattie McDaniel, first colored performer ever to win an Oscar. David O. Selznick's "Gone With the Wind" swept all before it, grabbing most of the big awards. Vivien Leigh, below, istens to praise from Spencer Tracy and Fay Bainter. Lower left, Mickey Rooney congratulates Judy Garland, who won the special juvenile award for 1939. Presenting pictorially movieland's most important event — the annual Academy Award Dinner, where screen's great and near-great gather to watch the "Oscars" change hands. Belie of the evening: Vivien Leigh 16