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First Oscar for Special Effects

First Oscar for Special Effects
Who
The Rains Came
What
First
Where
United States
When
1940
The first Oscar for Special Effects was awarded to The Rains Came (USA, 1939), which featured an epic flood. This was overseen by 20th Century Fox's Fred Sersen (Czechslovakia). A variety of techniques, including the split-screen combination of live action and miniatures was used to depict flood and earthquake devastation. A lake created in a Fox lot for the movie was later named after Sersen.