In 1948, “The Snake Pit” competed for the top Oscar with Laurence Olivier's “Hamlet,” which won Best Picture, Actor, and other awards; the ballet-drama “The Red Shoes,” which broke box-office records in the U.S.; Jean Negulesco's melodrama “Johnny Belinda;” and John Huston's “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” which won in three of its four nominations, including Director and Screenplay for John Huston.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948): John Huston’s Oscar Winning Crime Western, Starring Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt
November 8, 2007 by
In 1948, “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” competed for the top Oscar with Laurence Olivier's “Hamlet,” which won Best Picture, Actor, and other awards; the ballet-drama “The Red Shoes,” which broke box-office records in the U.S.; the melodramas “The Snake Pit,” with Olivia de Havilland, and Jean Negulesco's “Johnny Belinda,” starring Jane Wyman.
Oscar Movies: Johnny Belinda (1948)
November 8, 2007 by
The most nominated picture, and thus the biggest loser, “Johnny Belinda,” received 12 nominations, but won only one Oscar, Best Actress for Jane Wyman as the deaf-mute girl.
Oscar Movies: Educating Rita
November 6, 2007 by
Lewis Gilbert's British serio comedy was nominated for 3 Oscars: Screenplay (Adapted)by Willy Russell, Actor for Michael Caine, and Actress for newcomer Julie Walters.
Elmer Gantry (1960): Brooks’ Version of Sinclair Lewis Epic, Starring Burt Lancaster and Shirley Jones in Oscar-Winning Performances
November 6, 2007 by
Burt Lancaster, who deservedly won the 1960 Best Actor Oscar, gives one of his most memorable and splashiest performances in the title role, as the lustful, ambitious charlatan of Sinclair Lewis' 1927 powerful novel.
