Grand Hotel: 1932 Best Picture
1932’s Best Picture winner was Grand Hotel, produced by Irving Thalberg and directed by Edmund Goulding. It was the first film to feature an all-star cast: Greta Garbo, as Grusinskaya,...
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One Hit Wonders of the 80s
Here is a video with a bunch of songs dubbed the “Top 10 Cheesiest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s”, but right off the bat, they say the criteria used didn’t...
Cimarron: 1931 Best Picture
The Best Picture Oscar winner at the 4th Academy Awards was RKO’s “Cimarron,” a 1931 western based upon the 1929 Edna Ferber novel of the same name. What Ferber got...
All Quiet on the Western Front: 1930 Best Picture
The winner of the third Best Picture Oscar was Universal’s “All Quiet on the Western Front,” a 1930 American war film based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel, “Im Westen...
The Broadway Melody: 1929 Best Picture
This MGM musical starred Eddie Kearns and Anita Page, known as “The Girl with the Most Beautiful Face in Hollywood,” and Bessie Love, who was nominated for Best Actress for...
Wings: The First Best Picture Oscar Winner
Here is a review of “Wings”, a 1927 film that won the first Academy Award for “Outstanding Picture”, as the Best Picture award was then known. The award ceremony was...
More July Independence Celebrations Around the World
Did you know that our Secretary of State, John Kerry, sends greeting to countries about to celebrate their independence and his messages are posted on the Department of State website?...
Mr. Spock’s Illogical Song
Jeopardy had a clue about Star Trek’s Spock over 10 years ago on May 30, 2003 in the category FEELING “ILL” valued at $600: “Spock knows it means something that...
Rolf Harris Conviction Reactions
Here is the reaction of comedian Russell Brand to the conviction of 84-year-old entertainer Rolf Harris on 12 counts of sexual indecency on June 30, 2014. The “Tie Me Kangaroo...
Fool and Foolish Songs
We were talking about songs with some form of the word “fool” in the title on Friday’s Jeopardy! post, and that led to looking up Fool or Foolish songs that...
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