Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: William C. Thomas (80 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature 1914: Hugh Martin (96 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1925: Arnold Schulman (97 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay 1954: Terry…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Marcel Vertes (66 at death)   {2 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color), Costume Design (Color)      Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design (Color), Costume Design (Color) 1896: Walter Lang (75 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Directing 1902: Norma Shearer (80 at death)…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Leo Genn (72 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1906: Hugh Prince (53 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1906: Robert L. Surtees (78 at death)   {16 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color)      Oscar…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Owen Marks (61 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Editing 1899: Victor Young (57 at death)   {22 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score      Oscar Win: Drama/Comedy Score 1900: Robert Siodmak (72 at death)   {1…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Billie Burke (85 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1901: Ann Harding (80 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actress 1909: Ben Maddow (83 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1909: Joseph Newman (96 at death)   {2…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Oliver G. Wallace (76 at death)   {5 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score      Oscar Win: Musical Score 1895: Ernesto Lecuona (68 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1895: Phil Boutelje (83 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Wiard Ihnen (81 at death)   {3 Noms, 2 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) 1898: Lewis R. Foster (75 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original…

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 1897: Walter Oberst (55 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1907: Altina Carey (92 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Documentary Short 1912: David Raksin (92 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score 1914: Paul de Roubaix (90 at…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Louis Gruenberg (80 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score 1895: Leslie I. Carey (88 at death)   {6 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing      Oscar Win: Sound/Sound Mixing 1896: Maurice Ransford (72 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}…