Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1858: May Robson (84 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actress 1894: Leonard Smith (53 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1903: Frederic Ullman Jr. (45 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Documentary Feature, Documentary…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Leopold Stokowski (95 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1893: Jo Swerling (71 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1897: Ralph Dawson (65 at death)   {4 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Editing      Oscar Wins: Editing 1902: Harry Owens (84 at…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1907: Ross Dowd (58 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1910: Ivan Goff (89 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1911: George Seaton (68 at death)   {5 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Directing,…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: R. T. Layton (57 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1889: Arthur Lange (67 at death)   {5 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1889: Charles Chaplin (88 at death)   {4 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Actor, Original Screenplay,…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: William McGann (84 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1896: Harry Jackson (57 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) 1906: Jack D. Moore (92 at death)   {7 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: James Stephenson (52 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1890: Scott Beal (83 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Assistant Directing      Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1898: Lee Tracy (70 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1901:…

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 1896: Gerald Duffy (32 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Title Writing 1908: Jerry Bresler (69 at death)   {5 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: One-Reel Short Film, Two-Reel Short Film      Oscar Wins: One-Reel Short Film, Two-Reel Short Film 1920: John K. Wilkinson (82 at death)…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1917: Reg Allen (71 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1927: Alvin Sargent (92 at death)   {3 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Adapted Screenplay      Oscar Wins: Adapted Screenplay 1940: Herbie Hancock (85)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Original Score      Oscar Win:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1907: Paul Douglas (52 at death)   {0 Noms, 0 Wins}      Academy Awards Host: 22nd | 1 time 1911: Robert Saudek (85 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Documentary Short Subject 1914: Norman McLaren (72 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short Subject,…