Tagged: awards

The Best Picture winner at the 38th Academy Awards was “The Sound of Music”, starring Julie Andrews, 1964’s Best Actress winner for “Mary Poppins.” But it was Julie Christie who...

Best Picture of 1964 and other Academy Award winners; Jeopardy! clues on 1964 films and stars

1963 is one of those years in film where movies that were not nominated for Best Picture have fared better with the passage of time than those that were. “Tom...

1962’s Best Picture was “Lawrence of Arabia”. At the 35th Academy Awards, it won 7 Oscars out of 10 nominations. The other Best Picture nominees that year were: “The Longest...

Best Picture of 1961 and other Academy Award winners; Jeopardy! clues on 1961 films and stars

“The Apartment”, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray, was the most nominated (10) film at the 33rd Academy Awards. It won Best Picture and 4 other Oscars, as...

Just one year after “Gigi” set a new record at the 32nd Academy Awards, “Ben-Hur” beat it by winning 11 Oscars out of 12 nominations. The only one it lost...

As you will see in the above video, the MGM musical “Gigi” managed to sweep the Oscars at the 31st Academy Awards, winning all of its 9 nominations. At the...

The winner of the Best Picture Oscar at the 30th Academy Awards was “The Bridge on the River Kwai”. Out of 8 nominations, it won a remarkable 7, including Best...

Lots of great films this year that are still well thought of, but the one that won Best Picture at the 29th Academy Awards was “Around the World In Eighty...