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Category: Academy Awards History

  • This Day in Oscar History: October 3

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Karinska (97 at death) {Oscar Winner: Costume Design (Color) – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1888: Roy Webb (94 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score – 7 Noms, 0 Wins} 1898: Leo McCarey (70 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Directing, Original Story;Oscar Nominee:…

  • This Day in Oscar History: October 2

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Groucho Marx (86 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary – 0 Noms, 1 Win} 1904: Graham Greene (86 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1919: Shirley Clarke (77 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Live Action Short Film – 1 Nom, 0 Wins}…

  • This Day in Oscar History: October 1

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Stanley Holloway (91 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1911: Irwin Kostal (83 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Musical Score,Adaptation or Treatment Score; Oscar Nominee: Original Song or Adaptation Score, Musical Score, Adaptation or Treatment Score – 5 Noms, 2 Wins}…

  • Oscar Profile #5: Deborah Kerr

    Today would have been Deborah Kerr’s 89th birthday. The ballet-trained dancer-turned-actress, made her screen debut in a supporting role in 1941’s Major Barbara, causing such a sensation that she was immediately cast in leading roles in major British films. With the dual success of Black Narcissus and I See a Dark Stranger (aka The Adventuress)…

  • This Day in Oscar History: September 30

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: George Bancroft (74 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1895: Lewis Milestone (84 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Directing, Comedy Directing –3 Noms, 2 Wins} 1903: Laszlo Gorog (93 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom, 0…

  • This Day in Oscar History: September 29

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Cesare Zavattini (87 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay, Screenplay,Motion Picture Story – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1904: Greer Garson (91 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actress – 7 Noms, 1 Win} 1906: Charles Wolcott (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song, Musical Score – 4…

  • This Day in Oscar History: September 28

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Ernst Fegte (76 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color) – 4 Noms, 0 Wins} 1912: Peter Finch (64 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actor – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1924: Marcello Mastroianni (72 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor –3 Noms,…

  • This Day in Oscar History: September 27

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Vincent Youmans (47 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Robert O. Cook (92 at death) {Oscar Winner: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate);Oscar Nominee: Sound/Sound Mixing – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1906: Theodore St. John (49 at death) {Oscar Winner: Motion…

  • This Day in Oscar History: September 26

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1877: Edmund Gwenn (81 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor –2 Noms, 1 Wins} 1898: George Gershwin (35 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1904: Claude Carpenter (71 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White) –3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1917: Ted…

  • This Day in Oscar History: September 25

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: John Howard Lawson (82 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1900: Robert Wyler (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1902: Al Hoffman (57 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1902: Ray Nazarro…

  • This Day in Oscar History: September 24

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Paul Eagler (71 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects – 2 Noms, 1 Wins} 1908: Gile Steele (43 at death) {Oscar Winner: Costume Design (Black-and-White),Costume Design (Color) – 6 Noms, 2 Wins} 1909: Ben Oakland (69 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Noms, 0 Wins}…

  • Oscar Profile #4: James Stewart

    Hollywood’s “boy next door”, James Stewart had a mercurial rise to the top in films of the late 1930s. Still in bit roles in 1936, by 1938 he was starring in that year’s Best Picture Oscar winner, You Can’t Take It With You. The following year he won his first Oscar nomination for Mr. Smith…

  • This Day in Oscar History: September 23

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Stuart N. Lake (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1897: Walter Pidgeon (87 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1906: Walter MacEwen (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Two-Reel Short Film – 1 Noms, 0…

  • This Day in Oscar History: September 22

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Devereux Jennings (67 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 1 Noms, 1 Wins} 1885: Erich von Stroheim (71 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor –1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1895: Paul Muni (71 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actor – 5 Noms,…

  • This Day in Oscar History: September 21

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Robert Hopkins (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1901: William Snyder (82 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Color) – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1903: Harold E. Stine (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1912: Chuck…

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