Oscar Nominations: 1 original screenplay: Milton Holmes Oscar Awards: None Oscar Context: Richard Schweizer won the Original Screenplay Oscar for “Marie-Louise.” Share this:
Oscar Movies: Sally (1929-1930)–Starring Marilyn Miller
October 14, 2014 by
John Francis Dillon’s film tries to capture a celebrated broadway musical that launched the carrer of the legendary Marilyn Miller. Miller plays the title role, a restaurant dishwasher who dreams of becoming a dancer. Disguising herself at a chic party, Sally becomes a star of “Ziegfeld Follies.” The musical movie was not a success despite […]
Oscar Movies: Sal of Singapore (1928-29) Starring Phyllis Haver and Alan Hall
October 14, 2014 by
This mostlysient film (less than 20 minutes contain dialogue), nominated for the Best Writing Oscar, concerns a tough waterfront girl named Sal (Phyllis Haver), who is enlisted by Captain Erickson (Alan Hall) to look after a baby he has found in a lifeboat. Oscar Nominations: 1 Writing Achievement: Elliott Clawson Oscar Context Hans Kraly won […]
Sal of Singapore (1928): Oscar-Nominated Melodrama, Starring Alan Hall
October 14, 2014 by
This mostly silent film (less than 20 minutes contain dialogue) was nominated for the Best Writing Oscar. It concerns a tough waterfront girl named Sal (Phyllis Haver), who is enlisted by Captain Erickson (Alan Hall) to look after a baby he has found in a lifeboat. My Oscar Book: Oscar Nominations: 1 Writing Achievement: Elliott […]
Oscar Movies: Wild Bunch (1969)
October 13, 2014 by
Oscar Context: The film received two Academy Award nominations, for Best Original Screenplay (Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner, Sam Peckinpah) and Best Original Music Score (Jerry Fielding). At Oscar time, another, inferior Western, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, won two Oscars: screenwriting to William Goldman and score to Burt Bacahrach. Peckinpah was nominated by the Directors Guild […]
