Category: Academy Awards History
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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…
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Oscar History: December 23 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: John Cromwell (91 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 17th-Co | 1 time 1899: Richard Schweizer (65 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay, Motion Picture Story Oscar Wins: Original Screenplay, Motion Picture Story 1914: Fred Coe (64 at…
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Oscar History: December 22 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Lucien Hubbard (83 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Story 1907: Peggy Ashcroft (83 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1917: Freddie Francis (89 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White)…
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Oscar History: December 21 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Frances Goodrich (93 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Screenplay 1905: Harry Revel (52 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1914: Eustace Lycett (91 at death) {4 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Visual Effects, Special Effects Oscar Wins: Visual…
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Oscar History: December 20 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Virgil E. Miller (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1893: Stephen Avery (54 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1898: Irene Dunne (91 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actress 1907: Paul Francis Webster (76…
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Oscar Profile: Oscar Loves Christmas
While no film with Christmas as its main theme has ever won a Best Picture Oscar, one film in which the holiday is prominently featured did win the big prize. That was 1960’s bittersweet comedy, The Apartment, which takes place primarily from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve. Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Kruschen…
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Oscar History: December 19 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: George Dutton (77 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects 1902: Ralph Richardson (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1925: Robert B. Sherman (86 at death) {9 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Substantially Original…
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2024 Nominations Predictions: December
With many precursors announced (only one industry one, the editors) and the shortlists recently revealed, these are closing in on our final predictions. Please note that due to time constraints with the shortlists releasing yesterday afternoon, the precursors and changes pages of the website have not been updated but may be completed later today. For…
