Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers (13) Born 1890: Marc Connelly (90 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1899: Sidney S. Brod (55 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1901: George R. Groves (74 at death)   {8…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: Harry M. Warner (76 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1893: Edward G. Robinson (79 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1897: Eddie Imazu (81 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1899: Floyd Crosby (85…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1912: Carlo Ponti (94 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Picture, Foreign Film      Oscar Win: Foreign Film 1923: Betsy Blair (86 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1931: Rita Moreno (94)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress      Oscar Win:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Victor McLaglen (72 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor      Oscar Win: Actor 1893: Lew Brown (64 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1903: Una Merkel (82 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1906:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Oliver Emert (72 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White)      Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1905: Dalton Trumbo (70 at death)   {3 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Screenplay, Motion Picture Story      Oscar Wins: Motion Picture Story 1911: Broderick Crawford (74…

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 1886: Gerard Carbonara (72 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Drama/Comedy Score 1896: Bryan Foy (80 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature 1900: Irene (61 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) 1906: Daniel…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Harry Chandlee (73 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1887: Ernst Toch (76 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score 1891: Fay Bainter (76 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress      Oscar…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Ernest Palmer (92 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1887: Lynn Fontanne (95 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actress 1889: Abem Finkel (58 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1890:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Milan Roder (77 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1897: Nunnally Johnson (79 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Screenplay 1898: Grace Moore (48 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actress 1901: Walt Disney (65 at death)   {59 Noms,…