• New Poll Series Debuts This Week

    New Poll Series Debuts This Week

    With the closure of the Friday Face-Off, we decided to start up a new polling series that asks you to rate every Oscar nominee in most of the major categories. Every day of the week at noon (Central), a new poll group will post with anywhere between 30 and 35 nominees across two to four…

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  • Oscar History: July 16 (2024)

    Oscar History: July 16 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: Leon Shamroy (72 at death)   {18 Noms, 4 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Wins: Cinematography (Color) 1902: Andrew L. Stone (96 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1907: Barbara Stanwyck (82 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar…

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  • Box Office History (Week 28, 2024)

    Box Office History (Week 28, 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 15 (2024)

    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)

    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)

    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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  • The Ultimate List Poll #107

    The Ultimate List Poll #107

    We’re looking back at all of the Oscar winners and selecting what films and performances and comparing them to one another. The most effective way to do that is pit each winner against each other winner. This long-running series will ultimately result in a final ranking of every winner in every category (except the documentary…

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  • Oscar History: July 12 (2024)

    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

    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)

    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

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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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