Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Barney McGill (51 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography 1907: Sidney Harmon (80 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1908: Eve Arden (82 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1913: Elmo Williams (102 at…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Robert Presnell (74 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1898: Adele Comandini (89 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1899: Duke Ellington (75 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Musical Score 1904: Eleanore Griffin (91 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 1878: Lionel Barrymore (76 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Directing, Actor      Oscar Win: Actor      Academy Awards Host: 5th-Co | 1 time 1893: Charles Schoenbaum (57 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) 1894: Warren Newcombe (66 at death)   {3 Noms, 2…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Fritz Maurischat (93 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1899: Walter Lantz (94 at death)   {10 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Animated Short Film      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1932: Anouk Aimee (93)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actress 1937: Sandy…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Joseph H. August (57 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1896: Jules C. Stein (85 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1898: C. Bakaleinikoff (68 at death)   {4 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score,…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Bunny Dull (90 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Assistant Directing, Documentary Feature      Oscar Win: Documentary Feature 1909: William L. Pereira (76 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Special Effects      Oscar Win: Special Effects 1912: Franklin Coen (78 at death)   {1 Nom,…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1907: Gabriel Figueroa (90 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1909: Bernhard Grzimek (77 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature      Oscar Win: Documentary Feature 1920: Ugo Pirro (87 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adapted…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1876: John DuCasse Schulze (67 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1893: Frank Borzage (69 at death)   {2 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Directing, Drama Directing      Oscar Wins: Directing, Drama Directing 1898: Ernest Laszlo (85 at death)   {8 Noms, 1 Win}…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Charles LeMaire (88 at death)   {16 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color)      Oscar Wins: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) 1899: Byron Haskin (84 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Special Effects      Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award –…