Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: July 15 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Nathan Levinson (64 at death) {24 Noms, 4 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects Oscar Wins: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special/Honorary, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1889: Marjorie Rambeau (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1893: William Dieterle (79 at death)…
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Oscar History: July 14 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Dave Fleischer (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Animated Short Film 1894: Hal C. Kern (90 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1894: Ted Koehler (78 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1894:…
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Oscar History: July 13 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Clyde De Vinna (63 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography Oscar Win: Cinematography 1891: John Victor Mackay (54 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1892: Donald Jahraus (70 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win}…
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Oscar History: July 12 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2011: Cinema Sight: Polls: Now That You’ve Seen… (13) Born 1882: Max Parker (81 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1886: Jean Hersholt (69 at death) {0 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Wins: Special/Honorary Academy President #11: 1945-49, 3 terms…
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Oscar Profile: Lee Garmes
Born May 27, 1898 in Peoria, Illinois, Lee Garmes came to Hollywood in 1916. His first job was as a painter’s assistant in the paint department at the old Thomas H. Ince Studios. Garmes and future director Henry Hathaway were property boys together at “Inceville” where Sunset Blvd, met the Pacific Ocean. The New York…
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Oscar History: July 11 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Howard Estabrook (94 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Writing, Adaptation Oscar Win: Adaptation 1892: Thomas Mitchell (70 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1894: Walter Wanger (74 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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Contenders: July Update
For our July update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 We have seven films moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally had all of…
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Oscar History: July 10 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Sam Wood (66 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1893: Jimmy McHugh (75 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1901: Ralph Jester (90 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume Design (Color) 1905: Thomas Gomez…
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Oscar History: July 9 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: William Anthony McGuire (59 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1882: Richard Hageman (83 at death) {6 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score Oscar Win: Scoring 1890: Hy Heath (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins}…
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Box Office History (Week 27, 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 8 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Arthur Miller (75 at death) {6 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Wins: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1900: Paul Weatherwax (60 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing 1930: John Calley (81 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar…
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Oscar History: July 7 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: Film Previews / Trailer Watch (14) 2011: Cinema Sight: Polls: Oscar’s Best/Oscar Revisionist (13) Born 1898: Edward Curtiss (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1899: George Cukor (83 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Directing Oscar…
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Oscar History: July 6 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Ralph Morgan (72 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1898: Hanns Eisler (64 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score 1911: Rudi Fehr (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1912: Milton Sperling (76 at death) {1…
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Oscar History: July 5 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: Harry Wild (59 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography 1912: Mack David (81 at death) {8 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1918: Moss Mabry (87 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color)…
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Oscar Profile: Dan Dailey
Born December 14, 1915 in New York, New York, Daniel James Dailey, Jr.’s father ran a hotel for show people on Long Island. The star struck kid made his first appearance in show business as a performer in a minstrel show in 1921 when he was just five years old. He then moved on to…
