This is Renie in the 1940s:
She was nominated for an Academy Award five times and won for “Cleopatra” (1963):
Renie wins an Oscar for Cleopatra (1963)
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This is Renie in the 1940s:
She was nominated for an Academy Award five times and won for “Cleopatra” (1963):
Comments are closed.
I adore that set of brooches going across her bosom.
Quite the thing says I.
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
I’d like to see the return of the sculptural brooch – but I think we’d have to get back to classic tailoring to support it.
Quite so.
A dear friend of mine lives by the motto ‘clear lines, strong dark colour, one significant piece of jewellery’.
Needless to say she is quite the most elegant creature that ever lived.
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
Love (!!!) that sentiment. What’s her signature scent?
Inquiring minds want to know 😉
V
Would you believe Amarige!
She is also a Lady – I mean that in the literal British titular sense – though her virtue is also flawless.
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy.
Sweet white blossoms with an amber backbone? (I had to look it up) It sounds elegant to me.
Thank you, Dandy!
V
Those white blossoms include a trolley car full of tuberose.
It veers between love and hate with most people in the latter camp I fear.
I am heartily fond of it though.
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
If you’re going to win for something, Cleopatra is the one to aim for. Such talent.
I’d call a colossal design canvas – and it only took two years to complete 😉 I think adjusted for inflation it’s still the most expensive film ever made. I wonder what the studios would have made of it now???… Three months shooting in a converted warehouse in Albuquerque?
Maybe that is where the lost fist cut at 6 hours is…in that warehouse in Albuquerque.
I looked it up and this is how the Oscar for Cleopatra went.
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Academy Awards, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1964 Won Oscar Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
John DeCuir
Jack Martin Smith
Hilyard M. Brown
Herman A. Blumenthal
Elven Webb
Maurice Pelling
Boris Juraga
Walter M. Scott
Paul S. Fox
Ray Moyer
Best Cinematography, Color
Leon Shamroy
Best Costume Design, Color
Irene Sharaff
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Renié
Best Effects, Special Visual Effects
Emil Kosa Jr.
Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
Rex Harrison
Best Film Editing
Dorothy Spencer
Best Music, Score – Substantially Original
Alex North
Best Picture
Walter Wanger
Best Sound
James Corcoran (20th Century-Fox SSD)
Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD)
American Cinema Editors, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1964 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film
Dorothy Spencer
Golden Globes, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1964 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture – Drama
Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama
Rex Harrison
Best Motion Picture Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Best Supporting Actor
Roddy McDowall
Grammy Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1964 Nominated Grammy Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show
Alex North
Laurel Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1964 Won Golden Laurel Top Roadshow
2nd place Golden Laurel Top Male Dramatic Performance
Rex Harrison
National Board of Review, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1963 Won NBR Award Best Actor
Rex Harrison
Holy Moses! No, wait, that was another epic…
“Moses ,Moses, you stubborn adorable fool.” Nerfertari (Anne Baxter)
I’m also a fan of the flock of geese spanning her bosom.
My favorite movie, inspired me to want to be an Egyptologist. The costumes were beautiful and the sets wonderful.
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Elizabeth Taylor. Classic.