Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1875: Albert E. Smith (83 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1904: Alvah Bessie (81 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1907: Rosalind Russell (69 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Actress      Oscar Win: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Jack Okey (73 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1903: Ted Tetzlaff (91 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1907: Paul Rotha (76 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature…

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 1904: Ellsworth Fredricks (89 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography 1921: Frank Van der Veer (60 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Visual Effects 1935: Anthony Powell (85 at death)   {6 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Costume Design      Oscar Wins: Costume Design…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Frank Morgan (59 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor 1899: Werner Janssen (91 at death)   {6 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score 1901: John Van Druten (56 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1907:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Ernest Haller (74 at death)   {7 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1908: Don Ameche (85 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor      Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1916: Bert Haanstra (81 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Howard Hawks (81 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Directing      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1912: Hugh Griffith (67 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor      Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1920: Franklin J. Schaffner (69 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Josef Von Sternberg (75 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Directing 1897: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (60 at death)   {4 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring      Oscar Wins: Original Score, Scoring 1903: Bob Hope (100 at death)   {0 Noms, 5 Wins}      Oscar Wins:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1906: Robert Buckner (83 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1909: Irving Jacoby (76 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Live Action Short Film 1931: Carroll Baker (94)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actress 1931: Gordon Willis (82 at…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Lucile Watson (83 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1894: Dashiell Hammett (66 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1898: Lee Garmes (80 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Win: Cinematography…