Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Joseph H. August (57 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White) –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1896: Jules C. Stein (85 at death) {Oscar Winner: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award – 0 Noms,1 Win} 1898: C. Bakaleinikoff (68 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score,Musical Score – 4 Noms,…
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Back to the large updates today, but a bit late with them. Here you go. Poster Highlights: Aside from the classic posters for Metropolis and The Law, the best new poster, oddly enough, comes from the Sex and the City sequel. Trailer Highlights: The best trailer in the bunch this week is for The Art…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Bunny Dull (90 at death) {Oscar Winner: Documentary Feature;Oscar Nominee: Assistant Director, Documentary Feature – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1909: William L. Pereira (76 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1912: Franklin Coen (78 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay –…
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Our very own Tripp Burton today is a proud papa. Little Elaina Lynn Burton entered the world at 2:32am. She’s 8 lbs., 11 oz., 22 in. Congratulations! Please be aware that Tripp may be conspicuously absent from our updates for a little while, but we understand perfectly why.
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1907: Gabriel Figueroa (90 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White) –1 Nom} 1909: Bernhard Grzimek (77 at death) {Oscar Winner: Documentary Feature – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1913: Maurice Carter (86 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Color) – 2 Noms} 1920: Ugo Pirro (87…
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We have more fun coming your way for the weekend. Don’t forget to post your answers before Monday when a separate post will reveal the answers to this week’s questions. (Please use the [.spoiler] [./spoiler] tags around your answers so that others can try to guess without seeing the answer) Game: Identify the Poster Back…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1876: John DuCasse Schulze (67 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White) –2 Noms} 1893: Frank Borzage (69 at death) {Oscar Winner: Directing, Drama Directing – 2 Noms, 2 Wins} 1898: Ernest Laszlo (85 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Black-and-White);Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) –8…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Charles LeMaire (88 at death) {Oscar Winner: Costume Design (Black-and-White),Costume Design (Color); Oscar Nominee: Costume Design, Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) – 16 Noms, 3 Wins} [Pictured] 1899: Byron Haskin (84 at death) {Oscar Winner: Sci-Tech III;Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 4 Noms, 1 Win}…
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Three new wide releases this week. One, Oceans opens Thursday, April 22 (Earth Day). The other two, The Back-Up Plan and The Losers open Friday, April 23. Here’s what we think of this upcoming slate of new releases. WIDE RELEASES THE BACK-UP PLAN See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview Will We See? Will…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: William Ferrari (61 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White);Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color) – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1904: Daniel L. Fapp (82 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color);Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White),Cinematography (Color) – 7 Noms, 1 Win} 1907: Joseph C.…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Charles D. Hall (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction – 2 Noms} 1892: Roy Pomeroy (55 at death) {Oscar Winner: Engineering Effects – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1893: Harold Lloyd (77 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary – 0 Noms, 1 Win} [Pictured] 1905: Nicholas Brodszky…
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Comedy is seldom rewarded by Oscar, but in 1934 not only did a comedy win Best Picture, but its two closest competitors were also comedies. Frank Capra’s screwball classic, It Happened One Night was the first film to sweep the major Oscars for Best Picture, Actor (Clark Gable), Actress (Claudette Colbert), Director (Capra) and Adapted…
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Game: Identify the Poster The results are in and Peter got both right.
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Film pioneer Dede Allen dies at 86 Editor cut ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ ‘Reds’ (Variety) – Pioneering film editor Dede Allen, who helped shape classic films including “Bonnie and Clyde,” died Saturday after suffering a stroke. She was 86. Allen, who brought a fresh approach to shaping the look and sound of American movies, was Oscar-nommed…
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We have a smaller update today than recent weeks because I’m out of town for most of the day. Enjoy this small glimpse of the future. Poster Highlights: If last week’s poster selection was a bit anemic, this week’s is downright bloodless. The best of the list is the minorly cheesy poster for Malice in…
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