In this entertaining thriller-musical, directed by William Wellman, Barbara Stanwyck plays a tough stripper who is determined to find out who is the killer of people backstage at the burlesque house. The tale is based on Gypsy Rose Lee’s The G-String Murders. The secondary cast includes Michael O’Shea and Pinky Lee. Oscar Nominations: 1 Scoring of […]

In this minor film, directed by Erle C. Kenton, newly married Gloria Stuart and Larry Ross go through domestic comflicts, when she becomes more successful as a lawyer than he is as an architect Oscar Nominations: 1 Song: A Mist Over the Moon, music by Ben Oakland, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.   Oscar Awards: None […]

Set in a California resort, this minor musical tale, produced by Monogram centers on ice skater Belita.   Oscar Nominations: 2 Song: Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams, music by Lew Pollack, lyrics by Charles Newman Scoring of Musical: Edward Key Oscar Awards: Oscar Context: The Song Oscar went toJames Van Heusen and Johnny Burké’s Swinging on […]

Ann Sothern and Robert Young play married songwriters, who have to deal with both career and domestic problems. The musical, directed by Norman Z. McLeod, is notable for its Oscar-winning son, The Last Time I Saw Paris, which was not about love but about the fall of the city to the Nazis. The cast includes […]

Oscar-Nominated Films: E E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Earl Carroll Vanities Earrings of Madame De, The.. Earthquake East Lynne East of Eden Easter Parade Easy Rider Eat Drink Man Woman Ed Wood Eddy Duchin Story, The Edison, The Man Educating Rita Edward, My Son Edward Scissorhands Egge and I, The Egyptian, The 81/2 El Amor Brujo (aka […]