Oscar Directors: Dieterle, William–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Strangers in Paradise)

Dieterle’s best-known films include The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Life of Emile Zola which won the 1937 Best Picture Oscar, The Devil and Daniel Webster.

Oscar Directors: Schertzinger, Victor–Background, Career, Awards–Filmography

Victor L. Schertzinger Career Summary   Occup. Inheritance: Yes; both parents musicians Formal Education: Univ. of Brussels Violin prodigy First Film: silent and sound features Oscar Nom: One Night of Love, 1934; age 46 Last Film Marriage Death: heart failure, 1941; age 53 Victor L. Schertzinger  was American composer, film director, producer, and writer. His […]

Oscar Movies: Little Women (2019)

The film received six nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards.

Oscar Actors: Barrymore, Lionel–Background, Career, Awards

In 1931, Lionel Barrymore won the Best Actor Oscar for “A Free Soul,” in a tough race, competing with Jackie Cooper (“Skippy”), Richard Dix (“Cameron”), Fredric March (“The Royal Family of Broadway”), and Adolphe Menjou (“The Front Page”).

Oscar Directors: Vidor, King–Filmography

In the 1950s, King Vidor’s brilliant but eccentric pictures became more eccentric than brilliant. The Fountainhead and Ruby Gentry contain dynamic visuals, even as their overheated dramatics are improbable. Filmography The Grand Military Parade (1913) Hurricane in Galveston (1913) The Intrigue (1916)(*as young actor) The Lost Lie (1918) Bud’s Recruit (1918) The Chocolate of the […]