Category: History

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Groucho Marx (86 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1904: Graham Greene (86 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1919: Shirley Clarke (77 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Live Action Short Film 1941: Les Lazarowitz (75 at…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Stanley Holloway (91 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1911: Irwin Kostal (83 at death)   {5 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song or Adaptation Score, Musical Score, Adaptation or Treatment Score      Oscar Wins: Musical Score, Adaptation or Treatment Score 1920: Walter…

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 1882: George Bancroft (74 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actor 1895: Lewis Milestone (84 at death)   {3 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Directing, Comedy Directing      Oscar Wins: Directing, Comedy Directing 1903: Laszlo Gorog (93 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Cesare Zavattini (87 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay, Motion Picture Story 1904: Greer Garson (91 at death)   {7 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Actress      Oscar Win: Actress 1906: Charles Wolcott (80 at death)   {4 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Ernst Fegte (76 at death)   {4 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1912: Peter Finch (64 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Actor      Oscar Win: Actor 1924: Marcello Mastroianni (72 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Vincent Youmans (47 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1903: Robert O. Cook (92 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing      Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate) 1906: Theodore St. John (49 at death)   {1 Nom, 1…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1877: Edmund Gwenn (81 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor      Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1898: George Gershwin (35 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1904: Claude Carpenter (71 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: John Howard Lawson (82 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1900: Robert Wyler (70 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1902: Al Hoffman (57 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1902: Ray Nazarro (83 at…

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Paul Eagler (71 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Special Effects      Oscar Win: Special Effects 1908: Gile Steele (43 at death)   {6 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color)      Oscar Wins: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) 1909: Ben Oakland…