Jimmy Stewart, best actor, "The Philadelphia Story" (1941)

It didn't matter that Jimmy Stewart had a lightweight, supporting role in "The Philadephia Story." He won because Oscar voters owed him for stiffing him the year before for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." But Stewart's victory ended up shutting out two of the greatest leading male performances in film history: Henry Fonda ("The Grapes of Wrath") and Charlie Chaplin ("The Great Dictator").

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It didn't matter that Jimmy Stewart had a lightweight, supporting role in "The Philadephia Story." He won because Oscar voters owed him for stiffing him the year before for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." But Stewart's victory ended up shutting out two of the greatest leading male performances in film history: Henry Fonda ("The Grapes of Wrath") and Charlie Chaplin ("The Great Dictator").

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