Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar Profile: Russell Harlan
Born September 16, 1903 in Los Angeles, California, Russell Harlan was the son of a couple from the Midwest who raised him and his younger brother, Richard, in Los Angeles. Harlan started in the film industry as an actor and stuntman, and by the early 1930s was working behind the camera as an assistant. Among…
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Oscar History: January 2 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Cinema Sight: Polls: Most Anticipated (13) Born 1893: Ernst Marischka (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1911: Jack Martin Smith (82 at death) {9 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production…
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Calendar Preview: January 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. JANUARY Festivals Thursday, Jan. 23 – Sundance Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Wednesday, Jan. 1 – Austin Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed) Friday, Jan.…
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Oscar History: January 1 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Herman Rossse (78 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design 1887: Joseph T. Rucker (70 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography Oscar Win: Cinematography 1891: Charles Bickford (76 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins}…
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Oscar History: December 31 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Philip Stevenson (68 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1897: Frank Skinner (70 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score 1897: Orry-Kelly (66 at death) {4 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume Design…
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Box Office History (Weeks 52 & 53, 2024)
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: December 30 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2011: Cinema Sight: Friday Face-Off (13) 2023: Awards Landscape Launches (1) 2023: Awards Landscape: Contenders (1) Born 1897: Lawrence Weingarten (77 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Picture Oscar Win: Irving G. Thalberg Award 1901: Henry Blanke (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0…
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Oscar History: December 29 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: John Sturtevant (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1891: Alfred Gilks (78 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1900: C. C. Coleman Jr. (71 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar…
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Oscar History: December 28 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Frank Butler (76 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay 1908: Lew Ayres (88 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1934: Herb Gardner (68 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1934: Maggie…
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Oscar History: December 27 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Sydney Greenstreet (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1892: Albert S. D’Agostino (77 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1894: Wesley C. Miller (67 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations:…
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Oscar Profile: Joseph Walker Revisited
Born August 22, 1892 in Denver, Colorado, Joseph Bailey Walker worked as a wireless telephone engineer, inventor and photographer of documentaries for the Red Cross during World War I before beginning his feature film career in 1919 with Back to God’s Country, a Canadian film that was filmed near the Artic Circle. He then freelanced as…
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Oscar History: December 26 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Monckton Hoffe (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1894: Stephen Dunn (85 at death) {4 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing Oscar Wins: Sound/Sound Mixing, Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Plaque) 1899: Irmgard Von Cube (77 at death) {1 Nom,…
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Oscar History: December 25 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Joseph M. Schenck (82 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1888: Sonya Levien (71 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Story and Screenplay Oscar Win: Story and Screenplay 1889: Nathaniel Shilkret (92 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination:…
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Oscar History: December 24 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Michael Curtiz (75 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Directing Oscar Win: Directing 1893: Ruth Chatterton (67 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actress 1893: Harry Warren (87 at death) {11 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Wins: Original Song…
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Box Office History (Week 51, 2024)
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…
