Mark Robson's “Paris Blues” received one Oscar nomination, Scoring of Musical Picture by Duke Ellington, who appears in the Paul Bewman's picture alongside Louis Armstrong.

Michael O'Keefe plays Calvin Beckett in “American Violet,” which is being released April 17, 2009 by Samuel Goldwyn Films.

Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, the controversial Mississippi Burning won one Oscar, for Peter Biziou's Cinematography.

Michael Curtiz’s tough Depression-era melodrama, based on a screenplay by Abem Finkel and Carl Erickosn, stars Paul Muni as an angry, committed coal miner fighting union corruption.

Boom Town was nominated for two Oscars: Cinematography (b/w) for Harold Rosson and Special Effects for A. Arnold Gillespie and Douglas Shearer (sound).