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: Don Hartman (57 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Original Story 1900: Kim Gannon (73 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar
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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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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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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: Barbara McLean (92 at death)
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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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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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Born September 29, 1904 in London, England, the daughter of a Scottish father and Irish mother, Greer Garson was educated at King’s College, London and the University of Grenoble in France. Intent on becoming a teacher, she instead went to work in an advertising agency and did some acting on the side, eventually turning to
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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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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 What a
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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: Jack Oakie (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1903: Milo
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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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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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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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The Perfect Stranger dominated these awards with only Ocean with David Attenborough and Orwell: 2+2=5 the only other films to pick up more than one prize. Will Perfect Stranger be the latest to be ignored by the Academy? We shall see. Nominations Tallies (5) The Perfect Neighbor (2) Ocean with David Attenborough, Orwell: 2+2=5 (1)
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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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