Category: Academy Awards History

  • Oscar History: July 3 (2025)

    Oscar History: July 3 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1906: George Sanders (65 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor      Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1908: Lewis J. Rachmil (75 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1914: George Bruns (68 at death)   {4 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations:…

  • Oscar History: July 2 (2025)

    Oscar History: July 2 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: George Folsey (90 at death)   {13 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1905: James Edward Grant (60 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1910: Earl Robinson (81 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1911: Diego…

  • Calendar Preview: July 2025

    Calendar Preview: July 2025

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. JULY Awards Wednesday, Jul. 23 – Critics Choice – Super (Awards) (Official)

  • Oscar History: July 1 (2025)

    Oscar History: July 1 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: Feed the Queue (7.1.2010 – 12.18.2014) (15) Born 1878: Waldemar Young (60 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1899: Charles Laughton (63 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Actor      Oscar Win: Actor 1902: William Wyler (79 at…

  • Box Office History (Week 26, 2025)

    Box Office History (Week 26, 2025)

    Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…

  • Oscar History: June 30 (2025)

    Oscar History: June 30 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1904: Irmin Roberts (74 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1917: Susan Hayward (57 at death)   {5 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Actress      Oscar Win: Actress 1927: James Goldman (71 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay      Oscar Win: Adapted Screenplay…

  • Oscar History: June 29 (2025)

    Oscar History: June 29 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: William C. Mellor (59 at death)   {4 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Wins: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1906: Tom Morahan (63 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1910: Frank Loesser (59 at death)   {5 Noms, 1…

  • Oscar History: June 28 (2025)

    Oscar History: June 28 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: The Morning After (15) Born 1902: Richard Rodgers (77 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song      Oscar Win: Original Song 1909: Eric Ambler (89 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1919: Ruggero Maccari (69 at death)…

  • Oscar History: June 27 (2025)

    Oscar History: June 27 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1891: Charles Dorian (51 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing      Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1920: I. A.L. Diamond (67 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay      Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1941: Krzysztof Kieslowski (54 at death)   {2 Noms,…

  • 534 New Academy Members Incoming

    THE ACADEMY INVITES 534 TO MEMBERSHIP LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 534 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures. “We are thrilled to invite this esteemed class of artists, technologists, and professionals to join…

  • Oscar Profile: Robert Donat Revisited

    Oscar Profile: Robert Donat Revisited

    Born March 18, 1905 in Manchester, England, Robert Donat‘s carefully honed speaking voice was a result of the elocution lessons he took as a boy to overcome a terrible stammer. Unfortunately, he never outgrew his other childhood affliction, an asthmatic condition that caused him to turn down more film roles than he accepted. On stage…

  • Oscar History: June 26 (2025)

    Oscar History: June 26 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Jeanne Eagels (39 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actress 1891: Sidney Howard (48 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Screenplay      Oscar Win: Screenplay 1907: Joan Harrison (87 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay 1909: Wolfgang…

  • Oscar History: June 25 (2025)

    Oscar History: June 25 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Anne Revere (87 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress      Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1909: Daniel Fuchs (84 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Motion Picture Story, Screenplay      Oscar Win: Motion Picture Story 1924: Sidney Lumet (86 at death)   {5 Noms,…

  • Oscar History: June 24 (2025)

    Oscar History: June 24 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Conrad A. Nervig (91 at death)   {3 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Editing      Oscar Wins: Editing 1908: Tullio Pinelli (100 at death)   {4 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay 1930: George Jenson (87 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Visual Effects 1940: Vittorio…

  • Box Office History (Week 25, 2025)

    Box Office History (Week 25, 2025)

    Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…

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