Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2011: Oscar Preview (14) Born 1878: William C. de Mille (76 at death)   {0 Noms, 0 Wins}      Academy President #2: 1929-31, 2 terms; Academy Awards Host: 1st-Co, 2nd | 2 times 1894: Walter Brennan (80 at death)   {4 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Edward R. Robinson (85 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1898: Bernard B. Brown (82 at death)   {11 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects      Oscar Wins: Sound/Sound Mixing, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1899: Dan George…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Emil Jannings (65 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Actor      Oscar Win: Actor 1888: Raymond Chandler (70 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay 1894: Hans Peters (82 at death)   {5 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White),…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Louis Diage (74 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1918: Wendell Mayes (73 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1926: Bryan Forbes (86 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay…

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 1893: Eugen Shuftan (84 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White)      Oscar Win: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1898: Charles Marshall (86 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1899: Ralph Staub (70 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: One-Reel Short Film…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Gregory Stone (90 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1920: Denys Coop (61 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Visual Effects 1938: Natalie Wood (43 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress 1942: Stephenie McMillan (71 at…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Max Fleischer (89 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Animated Short Film 1915: Elliot Scott (78 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1917: Lawrence B. Marcus (84 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination:…

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)…