Otto Preminger's “The Man With the Golden Arm” was nominated for three Oscars: Best Actor for Frank Sinatra, Art Direction-Set Decoration (b/w) for Joseph C. Wright and Darrell Silvera, and Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for Elmer Bernstein.

In 1966, the comedy “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming,” competed for the Best Picture Oscar with the drama “A Man for All Season,” which won Best Picture, Best Actor for Paul Scofield and other awards, , the British comedy “Alfie,” the War drama “The Sand Pebbles,” and “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf” the screen adaptation of Edward Albee's stage play (directed by first-timer Mike Nichols).

In 1950, for his turn as Cochise in the Western “Broken Arrow,” Jeff Chandler competed for the Supporting Actor Oscar with George Sanders, who won for “All About Eve,” Edmund Gwenn in “Mister 880,” Sam Jaffe in “The Asphalt Jungle,” and Erich Von Stroheim in “Sunset Boulevard.”

The Western Broken Arrow was nominated for three Oscars: Supporting Actor for Jeff Chandler, Screenplay for Michael Blankfort (front for blacklisted writer Albert Maltz), and Color Cinematography for Ernest Palmer.

The benevolent 1950 Western, “Broken Arrow” became a cause celebre for another, equally important reason. Its screenplay, credited to Michael Blankfort, was nominated for an Oscar, except that Blankfort served as a front to blacklisted writer Albert Maltz.