In this semi-documentary feature, directed by Norman Foster, a young Navajo boy rsists a teacher’s attempt to force him learn English. The movie was nominated for its b/w cinematography, but the winner was Robert Surtees forMinnelli’s lush melodrama, The Bad and the Beautiful.   Share this:

Ten year old Jodies Foster stars as Samantha, who joins Napoleon (Johnny Whitaker) and their pet lion, when his grandfather dies,  searching for their grown-up friend, Danny (Michael Douglas). This mediocre Disney adventure is memorable only as Foster’s first film; she would impress in two Scorsese films: “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” in 1974 and especially “Taxi […]

Based on two separate novels by Evan S. Connell, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge represent an excursion into Americana by the Ismail Merchant-James Ivory team, and as such differs from their other, better known films, which are adaptation of literary English classics (Howards End, A Room With a View) It was easy to market this serio-comedy […]

Directed by Irving pichel, this dramatic biopic chronicles the cleric (Niall MacGinnis), who began the Reformation movement. Oscar Nominations: 2 Cinematography (b/w): Joseph C. Brun Art Direction-Set Decoration (b/w): Fritz Maurischat and Paul Markowitz Oscar Awards: None Oscar Context: The winner of the Cinematography was Burnett Guffey for From Here to Eternity.  Julius Caesar won […]

In this minor musical comedy, directed by Alfred E. Green, Kenny Baker plays a small-town guy who becomes a hit on the radio as a singer. The supporting cast includes Kenny Baker, Jane Wyman, and Alice Brady. Oscar Nominations: 1 Song: Remember Me, music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin Oscar Awards: None Oscar […]