With her huge talent and diverse skills, Jennifer Lawrence joins Hollywood’s elite club, headed by Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet,
Oscar Directors: McCarey Leo–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Cum Advantage)
December 20, 2013 by
Research in progress, September 29, 2020 Leo McCarey Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: No Nationality: US Social Class: father, fight promoter Race/Ethnicity: devout Catholic Family: Irish-Catholic Formal Education: University of Southern California law school Training: mining, boxing, songwriting; assistant director to Tod Browning in 1919. Training: assistant director to Tod Browning; Hal Roach shorts First Film: […]
Oscar 2013: Nine Foreign-Lingo Nominees
December 20, 2013 by
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has released its short list of foreign-language contenders: 9 films are semi-finalists for Oscar nomination, to be announced January 16.
Oscar Actors: Morgan, Frank
December 20, 2013 by
He was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar in 1934 for The Affairs of Cellini, though many considered his role to be a supporting one. The winner, however, was Clark Gable for It Happened One Night.
National Film Registry 2013: 25 Chosen Films
December 18, 2013 by
“Pulp Fiction,” “Roger & Me,” “The Magnificent Seven,” “Mary Poppins,” “Judgment at Nuremberg” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” are among 25 films selected by the Library of Congress this year to be added to its National Film Registry. The registry is composed of U.S.-made pics dating from 1912 that are deemed “culturally, historically or […]
