Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Ellis J. Thackery (87 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1921: Carol Channing (97 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1929: Jean Simmons (80 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress 1937: Philip Glass…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Percy Heath (49 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1892: Oliver T. Marsh (49 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1899: Edward G. Boyle (78 at death)   {7 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design,…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Alfred Junge (78 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color)      Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1903: Vina Delmar (86 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1913: Daniel Taradash (90 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Karl Hajos (61 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score 1892: Ernst Lubtisch (55 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Directing      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1893: Edwin B. Willis (70 at death)   {32 Noms, 8 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Jerome Kern (60 at death)   {8 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Musical Score      Oscar Wins: Original Song 1894: Irvin Talbot (79 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1895: Buddy De Sylva (55 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original…

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…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Hugo Riesenfeld (60 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1903: Eddie Killey (78 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1906: Russ Saunders (81 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1908: Beatrice Dawson (68 at death)…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: Mildred Dunnock (90 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1905: Edward Colman (89 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1919: Norman Newell (85 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1945: Slawomir Idziak…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Henry King (96 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Directing 1892: Gladys Lehman (101 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1914: Frank R. McKelvy (66 at death)   {7 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White),…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Fred Niblo Jr. (70 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1906: Arthur Lonergan (83 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1910: Irene Sharaff (83 at death)   {16 Noms, 5 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color), Costume…