Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1868: George Arliss (77 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Actor      Oscar Win: Actor 1892: Harry Segall (83 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Original Story      Oscar Win: Original Story 1903: Marjorie Best (94 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Costume…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Joseph Lapis (92 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1906: Frederic Knudtson (57 at death)   {6 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Editing 1942: Brandon De Wilde (30 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1947: Rick Dior (51 at…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Victor Schertzinger (51 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Directing, Scoring      Oscar Win: Scoring 1892: Mary Pickford (87 at death)   {1 Nom, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actress      Oscar Wins: Actress, Special/Honorary 1896: E. Y. Harburg (84 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Paul Lerpae (89 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Special Effects      Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate) 1905: Herbert Spencer (87 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song Score, Original Song or Adaptation Score 1908: Percy Faith (67 at…

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: Walter Huston (66 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor      Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1895: Dudley Nichols (64 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay      Oscar Win: Screenplay 1895: Harold Rosson (93 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Arthur Hilton (82 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Editing 1900: Spencer Tracy (67 at death)   {9 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Actor      Oscar Wins: Actor 1901: Melvyn Douglas (80 at death)   {3 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor      Oscar Wins: Supporting…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Harry Oliver (85 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design 1896: Robert E. Sherwood (59 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Screenplay      Oscar Win: Screenplay 1908: Sydney Boehm (82 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Story and Screenplay…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Leslie Howard (50 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Actor 1897: John O. Aalberg (87 at death)   {10 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects      Oscar Wins: Gordon E. Sawyer Award, John A. Bonner Medal, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1898:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: Looking at the Weekend (15) Born 1899: William Garity (72 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1902: Edward Eliscu (96 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1908: William Kiernan (65 at death)   {6 Noms, 0…