In 1957, she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Bachelor Party.
Oscar Impact: Typecasting–Sidney Greenstreet–Supporting Actor
December 27, 2016 by
A strong screen image, created in a first film and certified by an Oscar nomination, is that of Sidney Greenstreet, who made an auspicious debut as Kasper Guttman, the ruthless villain in The Maltese Falcon, directed by John Huston 1941 and starring Humphrey Bogart
Oscar Impact: Typecasting–Jones, Carolyn (Bachelor Party)
December 27, 2016 by
In 1957, for her turn in “Bachelor Party,” Carolyn Jones competed for the Supporting Actress Oscar with Elsa Lanchester in “Witness for the Prosecution,” Hope Lange and Diane Varsi, both for “Peyton Place,” and Miyoshi Umeki (who won) in “Sayonara.”
Oscar Actors: Douglas, Kirk–His All-Time Favorite Film
December 26, 2016 by
Kirk Douglas produced and starred in Lonely Are the Brave, David Miller’s elegiac Western, lamenting the vanishing of the Old West and its breed of heroes and ethical mores.
Oscar 1941: Who Voted and How It Affected Results
December 26, 2016 by
A lot of people in the industry felt that Walter Brennan’s third Supporting Actor Oscar, for The Westerner, was largely due to the fact that extras were allowed to vote that year.
