Tag: Oscar

March 3, 2018 /

Who designed the wardrobe on Some Like it Hot? Orry-Kelly. Did he win an Academy Award for it? Yes!

October 28, 2015 /

In 1952 Oscars for costume design went to Edith Head and Walter Plunkett, Irene, and Orry-Kelly

I don’t know which Gabor this is (Zsa Zsa?) presenting at the 1952 Academy Awards… But, Walter Plunkett shared an Oscar with Irene and Orry-Kelly for AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (color) and Edith Head won for A PLACE IN THE SUN (black and white).

August 24, 2015 /

SCARLETT’S LITTLE SISTERS ARRIVE ON THE LOT – GONE WITH THE WIND – EVELYN KEYES AND ANN RUTHERFORD

August 24, 2015 /

I SENSE TENSION ON THE SET – VICTOR FLEMING TAKES OVER FROM GEORGE CUKOR – GONE WITH THE WIND

August 24, 2015 /

PREPARING TO KISS IN FRONT OF CAMERA – AREN’T WE COMFY? – GONE WITH THE WIND

February 18, 2015 /

“It Happened One Night,” and the first Oscar sweep…

Yes, a really static shot of a bunch of people who made motion picture magic… Elected officers and board of directors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on November 15, 1932. Left to right, seated, Al Cohn, B. P. Schulberg, Benjamin Glazer, new vice president; Conrad Nagel,…

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February 16, 2015 /

“I found that the best way to handle filmmakers was to hang medals all over them. If I got them cups and awards they’d kill themselves to produce what I wanted. That’s why the Academy Award was created.” Louis B. Mayer

This week a series of posts about the Academy Awards, but I thought we’d start at the inception, the organizing banquet at the Biltmore on May 11th, 1927.

February 8, 2015 /

Renie wins an Oscar for Cleopatra (1963)

This is Renie in the 1940s: She was nominated for an Academy Award five times and won for “Cleopatra” (1963):

November 1, 2014 /

Laurence Olivier receives an honorary Oscar for Henry V on the set of Hamlet — that performance of the brooding prince won him a few more Oscars; Best Actor and Best Picture

September 26, 2014 /

An Oscar for Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird, at the Governor’s Ball in 1963 with Veronique