Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Malcolm Bert (70 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1910: Alex North (80 at death)   {15 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Original Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Substantially Original Score, Non-Musical Score, Drama Score      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1874: Arthur Wimperis (78 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Screenplay      Oscar Win: Screenplay 1891: Hans Koenekamp (100 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1907: Virginia Kellogg (73 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Story and Screenplay, Motion Picture…

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 1884: Joseph Farnham (46 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Title Writing      Oscar Win: Title Writing 1894: Viola Lawrence (78 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Editing 1899: Peter Herman Adler (90 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Musical Score 1902:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Otho Lovering (75 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Editing 1895: A. W. Watkins (74 at death)   {4 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing 1901: William Daniels (68 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Win:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Karl Struss (95 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Win: Cinematography 1888: Kenneth Macgowan (74 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Comedy Short Film      Oscar Win: Comedy Short Film 1891: B. B. Kahane (68 at death)   {0 Noms,…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Busby Berkeley (80 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Dance Direction 1907: Fred Bohanan (72 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Editing 1911: Walter Kent (82 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1914: Raoul Pene du Bois (70…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Lilia Skala (98 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1903: Emil Kosa Jr. (64 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Special Effects      Oscar Win: Special Effects 1904: Gilbert Kurland (73 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Sound/Sound Mixing…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Alberto Colombo (65 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1895: Adolfo Franci (58 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1898: Edward Kay (75 at death)   {5 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1909: James…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Charles Brackett (76 at death)   {8 Noms, 4 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Picture, Screenplay, Story and Screenplay, Motion Picture Story      Oscar Wins: Screenplay, Story and Screenplay, Special/Honorary      Academy President #12: 1949-55, 6 terms 1908: Leonard Spigelgass (76 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture…