Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Hugo Riesenfeld (60 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1903: Eddie Killey (78 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1906: Russ Saunders (81 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1908: Norman Burnside (56 at death)…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: Mildred Dunnock (90 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1905: Edward Colman (89 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1919: Norman Newell (85 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1945: Slawomir Idziak…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Henry King (96 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Directing 1892: Gladys Lehman (101 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1914: Frank R. McKelvy (66 at death)   {7 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White),…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Fred Niblo Jr. (70 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1906: Arthur Lonergan (83 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1910: Walter Greene (73 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Musical Score 1910: Irene Sharaff…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: The Oscar Guy Became Cinema Sight (15) Born 1875: David Wark Griffith (73 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1884: Fred Fox (65 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing      Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1900: Fredric Hope (37…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: J. Carrol Naish (77 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1898: Rudolph Mate (66 at death)   {5 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1903: William Lyon (71 at death)   {6 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Editing      Oscar Wins: Editing…

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 1894: Mildred Griffiths (55 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1896: George Burns (100 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor      Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1907: Waldon O. Watson (79 at death)   {6 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Elliott Clawson (59 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Writing 1902: Gene Milford (89 at death)   {3 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Editing      Oscar Wins: Editing 1906: Millen Brand (74 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1907: Charles Henderson (63 at…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Anton Grot (90 at death)   {5 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White)      Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate) 1887: Frank Harling (71 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score      Oscar Win: Scoring 1891: M.…