Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: William Demarest (91 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1898: Roger Heman (71 at death)   {5 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Special Effects      Oscar Win: Special Effects 1901: Elizabeth Hill (77 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1901: Robert…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: John Leipold (82 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Scoring      Oscar Win: Scoring 1900: Jean Negulesco (93 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Directing 1905: Vernon Harris (93 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1916: Jackie Gleason (71…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Jed Harris (79 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1908: George Duning (92 at death)   {5 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1911: Ingo Preminger (95 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Picture 1925: Larry Gelbart…

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: Marjorie Main (85 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1890: Fred Sersen (72 at death)   {8 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Special Effects      Oscar Wins: Special Effects 1895: Nat W. Finston (84 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Scoring 1897:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Victor Fleming (59 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Directing      Oscar Win: Directing 1899: Norman Taurog (82 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Directing      Oscar Win: Directing 1920: Maurice Richlin (70 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay      Oscar…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Luis Bunuel (83 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay 1901: Charles Newman (76 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1908: John Mills (97 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor      Oscar Win: Supporting…

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…