However, 1939 was a banner year for great films, so its sole award went to Lewis R.Foster for his original story - originally a novel titledThe Gentleman from Montana.In 1940, Stewart was awarded the Best Actor Oscar for his lesser role inThe Philadelphia Story (1940), often considered a consolation prize for his loss in this year.In terms of the sixMiddle Earthfilms (both trilogies), it was the lowest-grossing (domestic) film, just $3 million below the previous film:The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), but it was the # 4 film worldwide (ahead of the first and second films in the original trilogy in the last two spots).The camera slowly freezes on the radio and dissolves o an early morning rooster""s crowing with the same shot of the window as George departs - the radio plays static.The main difference between the novel and the film is the reversal of the major roles: the narrating newspaper reporter akes precedence over the power-hungry governor in the novel.