Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: November 18 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Frances Marion (84 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Writing, Original Story Oscar Wins: Writing, Original Story 1900: Kim Gannon (73 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1900: Don Hartman (57 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original…
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Oscar History: November 17 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Charles Rosher (88 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Color) Oscar Wins: Cinematography, Cinematography (Color) 1898: William Flannery (60 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1899: Douglas Shearer (71 at…
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Oscar History: November 16 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Ray Binger (81 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects 1890: Max Terr (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Drama/Comedy Score 1896: Lawrence Tibbett (63 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1903: Thorold Dickinson (80 at death)…
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Oscar History: November 15 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Lewis Stone (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1893: Grover Jones (46 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Story, Screenplay 1905: Frank Tuttle (63 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White),…
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Oscar Profile: Teresa Wright Revisited
Born October 27, 1918, (Muriel) Teresa Wright became interested in acting after seeing Helen Hayes in Broadway’s Victoria Regina in 1936. Following her high school graduation in 1938 she was on Broadway herself as understudy to Martha Scott and Dorothy McGuire in Our Town. She took over the lead when Scott went to Hollywood to make the film…
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Oscar History: November 14 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Aaron Copland (90 at death) {6 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score Oscar Win: Drama/Comedy Score 1904: Dick Powell (58 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 20th-Co | 1 time 1911: F. R. Crawley (75 at death) {1 Nom,…
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The Contenders: October Retrospective/December Forecast
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of October and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to December and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts October Retrospective With October…
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Oscar History: November 13 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: E. H. Hansen (67 at death) {14 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects Oscar Wins: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects 1901: Perry Ferguson (62 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1903: Paul Sheriff (56 at…
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Oscar History: November 12 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1891: Richard A. Whiting (46 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1892: Sol Polito (67 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1903: Milo Lory (71 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Win:…
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Box Office History (Week 45, 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: November 11 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Roland Young (65 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1889: Clifton Webb (76 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor 1901: Sam Spiegel (84 at death) {4 Noms, 4 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture Oscar Wins: Picture, Irving G.…
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Oscar History: November 10 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Claude Rains (77 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1913: Les Bowie (65 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Visual Effects 1925: Richard Burton (58 at death) {7 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor 1928: Ennio Morricone (91…
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Oscar History: November 9 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1868: Marie Dressler (65 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actress Oscar Win: Actress 1883: Edna May Oliver (59 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1886: Ed Wynn (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1904: William…
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Oscar History: November 8 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Emmet Lavery (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Story and Screenplay 1909: George Wells (91 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1913: Robert Strauss (61 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor…
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Oscar Profile: Thelma Ritter Revisited
Born February 14, 1902 in Brooklyn, New York, Thelma Ritter was a hard-working, albeit obscure stage and radio actress whose movie breakthrough came in her first film, in an unbilled bit role in 1947’s Miracle on 34th Street. Her portrayal of a mother who is sent to Gimbels by Macy’s Santa made such an impression on…
