Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Charles Boyer (78 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Actor      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1899: James Wong Howe (76 at death)   {10 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Wins: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1903: Allen Vincent (76 at death)   {1 Nom, 0…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Thomas Little (98 at death)   {21 Noms, 6 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color)      Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1893: Victor Heerman (84 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Adaptation      Oscar Win: Adaptation 1905:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1873: Lee De Forest (87 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1896: William S. Gray (50 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Editing 1898: Clem Beauchamp (94 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Assistant Directing      Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1903:…

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 1880: Robert Stolz (94 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Drama/Comedy Score 1894: Talbot Jennings (90 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Screenplay 1898: Van Nest Polglase (70 at death)   {6 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Elmer Dyer (77 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1897: Boris Kaufman (82 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White)      Oscar Win: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1897: Fred Rose (57 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1926:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Willard Van Der Veer (68 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography      Oscar Win: Cinematography 1901: William Hornbeck (82 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Editing      Oscar Win: Editing 1902: John Lee Mahin (81 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Lajos Biro (68 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1892: Joseph Walker (92 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Win: Gordon E. Sawyer Award 1893: Cecil Kellaway (79 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Hans Dreier (81 at death)   {23 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color)      Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1892: Louis Brock (78 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1904: Ralph Berger (56 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1911: George White (86 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Editing 1919: Walter Bernstein (101 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1942: Isaac Hayes (65…