Category: History

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),…

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,…

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…

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…

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.…

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 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…

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…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Emmet Lavery (83 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Story and Screenplay 1909: George Wells (91 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay      Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1913: Robert Strauss (61 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Herman J. Mankiewicz (55 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay      Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1903: Ary Barroso (60 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1903: Dean Jagger (87 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting…