The Oscar also reinforces the determination of players to pursue careers in a profession that's inherently unstable. Asked how “Gandhi” changed his life, in addition to the resulting barrage of scripts and a constantly ringing telephone, the Britihs actor Ben Kingsley said, “I profoundly believe I'm an actor now. I'm not saying I believe I'm a good actor. I just believe there is nothing else in the world I should be than an actor.”

“Before I made Two Women, I had been a performer. Afterward, I was an actress”–Sophia Loren, 1961 Best Actress winner.

“Even before the nominations were announced, I sensed a change of attitude: 'I had been getting smiles from people I didn't know, a little more deference from the people in the mailroom, and an unaccountable query from the studio operations wanting to know if I'd prefer a parking lot right outside my dressing room instead of the one I now had'”–Ray Milland, 1945 Oscar Winner, The Lost Weekend.

“Naughty Marietta,” the first of several successful Jeanette MacDnonald-Nelson Eddie teamings, was nominated for two Oscars, including Best Picture, winning on, for
Sound by Douglas Sherarer (actress Norma Shearer's brother).

Oscar Nominations: 2

Picture, produced by Hunt Stromberg
Sound Recording: Douglas Shearer

Oscar Awards: 1

Sound Recording

Oscar Context

“Mutiny on the Bounty,” the Oscar winner, beat out eleven other films nominated for Best Picture. They were, beside “Naught Marietta” (alphabetically):
“Alice Adams,” “Broadway Melody of 1936,” “Captain Blood,” “David Copperfield,” “The Informer,” “Les Miserables,” “Lives of a Bengal Lancer,” “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” “Ruggles of Red Gap,” and “Top Hat.”

Directed by Barry Levinson, “The Natural received four Oscar nominations: Supporting Actress for Gelnn Close, Cinematography for Caleb Desschanel, Art Direction-Set Decoration for Angelo Graham, Mel Bourne, James J. Murakami, Speed Hopkins, and Bruce Weintraub, and Original Score for Randy Newman.