“On the Waterfront” was nominated for 12 Oscars at the 27th Academy Awards, one less than “Gone with the Wind” and “From Here to Eternity”. It won 8 Oscars, the...

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...