Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Clemence Dane (77 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story      Oscar Win: Motion Picture Story 1898: Ray Moyer (87 at death)   {12 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color)      Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Bernard Knowles (74 at death)   {0 Noms, 0 Wins} 1912: Pierre Boulle (81 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay      Oscar Win: Adapted Screenplay 1925: Robert Altman (81 at death)   {7 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1926: Tadeusz…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Paul Terry (84 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Animated Short Film 1895: Louis Calhern (61 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actor 1899: Homer G. Tasker (90 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing 1911: Merle Oberon (68…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Adolphe Menjou (73 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actor 1907: Oscar Brodney (100 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Story and Screenplay 1917: Ralph S. Hurst (55 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1918: Ivan…

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 1890: Sol Lesser (90 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1898: Fred Guiol (66 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1904: Milton Krasner (84 at death)   {7 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color)…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Robert Flaherty (67 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1884: Bert Kalmar (63 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1896: Carl Dreher (80 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing 1899: Leland Fuller (63…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 1996: The Oscar Guy Launched on GeoCities (29) Born 1893: Walter Donaldson (54 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1896: William H. Pine (59 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature 1899: Gale Sondergaard (86 at death)   {2…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Jack Benny (80 at death)   {0 Noms, 0 Wins}      Academy Awards Host: 16th | 2 times 1896: Werner Heyman (65 at death)   {4 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1903: Stuart Erwin (64 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1908: Lennie Hayton (63 at death)   {6 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Musical Score      Oscar Wins: Musical Score 1918: Nino Oliviero (62 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1918: Oliver Smith (75 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design…