Oscar Movies: Klondike Fury (1942)

This minor romantic adventure, produced by Monogarm, stars Edmund Lowe as a doctor whose patient dies during oerpation, forcing him to give up his practice and go to Yukon to start a new life. The cast also includes Lucille Fairbanks Oscar Nominations: 1 Scoring: Edward Kay Oscar Awards: None   Oscar Context: The winner of the […]

Oscar Movies: Kitty (1946)

This was Dalton Trumbo's only Oscar nomination under his real name. Both Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten, and Stewart were later blacklisted, using fronts for their work. Robert Rich was Trumbo's pseudonym as writer of “The Brave One,” and Ian McLellan Hunter as scribe of Roman Holiday.”

Oscar Movies: Kiss Me Kate–Cole Porter Musical of Shakespeare

MGM Shot in 3D by George Sidney, Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate is a musical within a musical, just like the source material, Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, was a play within a play. Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson star as a Broadway singing team who haven’t worked together since their divorce. Collaborating with […]

Oscar Movies: Khovanshchina–Soviet Musical

“King of Burlesque” received one Oscar nomination, for Dance Direction by Sammy Lee.

Oscar Movies: Junior–Starring Schwarzenegger

Ivan Reitman's Junior is to this year's holiday season what Mrs. Doubtfire was to last year's, an utterly conventional farce about gender and maternity.