Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: January 21 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: J. Carrol Naish (77 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1898: Rudolph Mate (66 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1903: William Lyon (71 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing…
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Box Office History (Week 3, 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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Oscar History: January 20 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Mildred Griffiths (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1896: George Burns (100 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1907: Waldon O. Watson (79 at death) {6 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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Oscar History: January 19 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Elliott Clawson (59 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Writing 1902: Gene Milford (89 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing 1906: Millen Brand (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1907: Charles Henderson (63 at…
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Oscar History: January 18 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Anton Grot (90 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate) 1887: Frank Harling (71 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score Oscar Win: Scoring 1891: M.…
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Oscar History: January 17 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Mack Sennett (80 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short Film, Novelty Short Film Oscar Wins: Novelty Short Film, Special/Honorary 1912: Morton Scott (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1914: Irving Brecher (94 at death) {1…
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Oscar Profile: Sam Wood Revisited
Born Born July 10, 1883 in Philadelphia, PA, Samuel Grosvenor Wood married Clara Louise Rousch in 1908. He began his Hollywood career as an actor and assistant to Cecil B. DeMille in 1915, becoming a full-time director in 1917. He would eventually direct 82 films between 1920 and his death in 1949. Wood’s silent films…
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Oscar History: January 16 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Harry Carey (69 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1884: Hans Kraly (66 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Writing, Original Story Oscar Win: Writing 1890: Karl Freund (79 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White),…
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Oscar History: January 15 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Cinema Sight: Polls: Best Of… (13) Born 1890: Irving Ries (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1905: Allie Wrubel (68 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1907: Marcello Pagliero (73 at…
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Oscar History: January 14 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Hal Roach (100 at death) {3 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short Film, One-Reel Short Film Oscar Wins: Comedy Short Film, One-Reel Short Film, Special/Honorary 1896: Hans J. Salter (98 at death) {6 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1898: Margaret Booth…
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Box Office History (Week 2, 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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Oscar History: January 13 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Herbert Brenon (78 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Drama Directing 1885: James Monaco (60 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1901: A. B. Guthrie Jr. (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1901: Sidney Wagner (46…
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23rd Utah Critics Awards
An unusual result with The Wild Robot coming out on top. It was also the only film to pick up two awards without starting with the letter “S.” Awards Tallies (2) September 5, Sing Sing, The Substance, The Wild Robot (1) Alien: Romulus, The Brutalist, Challengers, His Three Daughters, Nickel Boys, The Piano Lesson, Red…
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Oscar History: January 12 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Melchior Lengyel (94 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1893: Edward Selzer (77 at death) {11 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short, Animated Short Film Oscar Wins: Documentary Short, Animated Short Film 1904: Joseph Gershenson (84 at death) {2 Noms, 0…
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Oscar History: January 11 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Charles Previn (85 at death) {7 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Musical Score Oscar Win: Scoring 1894: Alexander Hall (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing 1899: Eva Legallienne (92 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1900: Borden…
