Category: Lotsa Stuff

Isn’t it strange when a film gets a huge number of nominations but the leads in it don’t win Best Actor or Best Actress? At the 26th Academy Awards, “From...

There were a lot of surprises in the 1950s and one of them was when “The Greatest Show on Earth” won Best Picture at the 25th Academy Awards. Starring Betty...

“A Streetcar Named Desire” was the most nominated film (12) at the 24th Academy Awards but it did not win Best Picture. “An American in Paris” (8 nominations), starring Gene...

At the 23rd Academy Awards, “All About Eve”, starring Bette Davis, got a record number (14) of nominations, beating the prior record holder (“Gone with the Wind”) by one nomination....

All the King’s Men won 3 Oscars at the 22nd Academy Awards out of its 7 nominations. Besides Best Picture, its star, Broderick Crawford won Best Actor and Mercedes McCambridge...

Sir Laurence Olivier pulled off quite a coup at the 21st Academy Awards after he directed himself in “Hamlet.” The film was nominated for 7 Oscars and picked up 4:...

1947’s “Gentleman’s Agreement” won the Best Picture Oscar at the 20th Academy Awards. the film was based upon the best-selling novel of the same name by Laura Z. Hobson and...

“The Best Years of Our Lives” was RKO’s look at three Americans readjusting to civilian life after serving in World War II. This offering was twice as popular at the...

The 18th Academy Awards were held on March 7, 1946, hosted by James Stewart and Bob Hope

In 1944’s Best Picture “Going My Way”, Bing Crosby sang “Swingin’ on a Star”, with several boys singing the descriptions of the animals. It was the Best Original Song at...