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This Day in Oscar History: July 17 (2015)

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July 17, 2015
Oscar Profile #244: Hal B. Wallis

Born Aaron Blum Wolowicz on October 18, 1988, Harold Brent Wallis’ name was legally changed by his parents on September 14, 1889. In his early twenties Wallis was managing a Los Angeles movie theatre owned by Warner Brothers where he met and married comedy film star Louise Fazenda in 1927. Around the same time he…

July 16, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 16 (2015)

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July 16, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 15 (2015)

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July 15, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 14 (2015)

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July 14, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 13 (2015)

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July 13, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 12 (2015)

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July 12, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 11 (2015)

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July 11, 2015
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 28, 2015)

Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals in the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…

July 10, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 10 (2015)

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July 10, 2015
Oscar Profile #243: Morgan Freeman

Born June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee to Mayme Edna Freeman, a teacher and her husband, Morgan, a barber, Morgan Freeman has been ac ting since the age of 9 when he performed in a school play. After serving four years in the U.S. Air Force (1955-1959), Freeman began to pursue his acting career in…

July 9, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 9 (2015)

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July 9, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 8 (2015)

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July 8, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 7 (2015)

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July 7, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 6 (2015)

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July 6, 2015