Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Georges Annenkov (84 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Costume Design (Black-and-White) 1891: Gene Lockhart (65 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1893: Richard Dix (56 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actor 1893: M. K. Jerome (83…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Osmond Borradaile (100 at death)   {0 Noms, 0 Wins} 1899: James Cagney (86 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Actor      Oscar Win: Actor 1905: William Gargan (73 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1909: James W. Sullivan (65 at death)…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: Leon Shamroy (72 at death)   {18 Noms, 4 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Wins: Cinematography (Color) 1902: Andrew L. Stone (96 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1907: Barbara Stanwyck (82 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Nathan Levinson (64 at death)   {24 Noms, 4 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects      Oscar Wins: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special/Honorary, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1889: Marjorie Rambeau (80 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1893: William Dieterle (79 at death)…

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 1894: Dave Fleischer (84 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Animated Short Film 1894: Hal C. Kern (90 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Editing      Oscar Win: Editing 1894: Ted Koehler (78 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1894:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Clyde De Vinna (63 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography      Oscar Win: Cinematography 1891: John Victor Mackay (54 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1892: Donald Jahraus (70 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2011: Cinema Sight: Polls: Now That You’ve Seen… (14) Born 1882: Max Parker (81 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1886: Jean Hersholt (69 at death)   {0 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Wins: Special/Honorary      Academy President #11: 1945-49, 3 terms…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Howard Estabrook (94 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Writing, Adaptation      Oscar Win: Adaptation 1892: Thomas Mitchell (70 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor      Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1894: Walter Wanger (74 at death)   {3 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Sam Wood (66 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Directing 1893: Jimmy McHugh (75 at death)   {5 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1901: Ralph Jester (90 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume Design (Color) 1905: Thomas Gomez…