Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: August 4 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Walter Oberst (55 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1907: Altina Carey (92 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Short 1912: David Raksin (92 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score 1914: Paul de Roubaix (90 at…
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Oscar History: August 3 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Louis Gruenberg (80 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score 1895: Leslie I. Carey (88 at death) {6 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing Oscar Win: Sound/Sound Mixing 1896: Maurice Ransford (72 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins}…
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Oscar History: August 2 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Bob Burns (65 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 10th | 1 time 1892: Jack L. Warner (86 at death) {1 Nom, 2 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Picture Oscar Wins: Picture, Irving G. Thalberg Award 1894: Hal Mohr (79 at death) {2 Noms, 2…
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Oscar Profile: Irene Dunne
This is a revision of the second article in this series originally published on CinemaSight in September 2010. Of all the great stars of the studio era, Dunne remains the least known to modern audiences. That’s largely because so many of her films were remade and the originals suppressed by the studios. Although most became…
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Calendar Preview: August
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. AUGUST Festivals Wednesday, Aug. 28 – Venice Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Saturday, Aug. 31 – Telluride Film Festival (Festival) (Unconfirmed)
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Oscar History: August 1 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Anthony Coldeway (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1898: Morris Stoloff (81 at death) {18 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score Oscar Wins: Musical Score 1910: Walter Scharf (92 at death) {10 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar…
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Oscar History: July 31 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Tom Barry (46 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Writing 1886: Fred Quimby (79 at death) {13 Noms, 7 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Animated Short Film Oscar Wins: Animated Short Film 1901: Renie (90 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume…
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Oscar History: July 30 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: William Kellner (95 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1907: Milton Holmes (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1908: Lawrence W. Butler (80 at death) {4 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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Box Office History (Week 30, 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: July 29 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1876: Maria Ouspenskaya (73 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1892: William Powell (91 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor 1896: William Cameron Menzies (60 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production…
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Oscar History: July 28 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1914: Carmen Dragon (69 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score Oscar Win: Musical Score 1916: David Brown (93 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Picture Oscar Win: Irving G. Thalberg Award 1927: Pasquale Festa Campanile (58 at death) {1 Nom, 0…
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Oscar History: July 27 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Donald Crisp (91 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1908: Nancy Hamilton (76 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature Oscar Win: Documentary Feature 1914: Miles White (85 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar…
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Oscar History: July 26 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1856: George Bernard Shaw (94 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay 1892: Charles Boyle (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) 1894: Lesser Samuels (86 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Story and Screenplay 1897:…
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Oscar Profile: Hugo Friedhofer
Born May 3, 1901 in San Francisco, California, Hugo Friedhofer was the son of cellist Paul Friedhofer and his wife. Following in his father’s footsteps, he began playing the cello at the age of 13. After studying at the University of California, Berkely, he was employed as a cellist by the People’s Symphony Orchestra. He…
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Oscar History: July 25 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2011: Oscar Preview (13) Born 1878: William C. de Mille (76 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy President #2: 1929-31, 2 terms; Academy Awards Host: 1st-Co, 2nd | 2 times 1894: Walter Brennan (80 at death) {4 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor…
