Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Anne Bauchens (85 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Editing      Oscar Win: Editing 1886: Frank Lloyd (74 at death)   {4 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Directing      Oscar Wins: Directing      Academy President #6: 1934-35, 1 term 1902: Wallace Kelley (80 at death)   {1 Nom, 0…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: David Boehm (69 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1894: John Ford (79 at death)   {6 Noms, 4 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing      Oscar Wins: Directing 1901: Benjamin Zemach (96 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Dance Direction 1901:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Ellis J. Thackery (87 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1921: Carol Channing (97 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1929: Jean Simmons (80 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress 1937: Philip Glass…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Percy Heath (49 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1892: Oliver T. Marsh (49 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1899: Edward G. Boyle (78 at death)   {7 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design,…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Alfred Junge (78 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color)      Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1903: Vina Delmar (86 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1913: Daniel Taradash (90 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination:…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Karl Hajos (61 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score 1892: Ernst Lubtisch (55 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Directing      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1893: Edwin B. Willis (70 at death)   {32 Noms, 8 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Jerome Kern (60 at death)   {8 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Musical Score      Oscar Wins: Original Song 1894: Irvin Talbot (79 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1895: Buddy De Sylva (55 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original…

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 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: Beatrice Dawson (68 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…