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Friday, March 26, 2021 at 8:00AM On this day, March 26th, in Oscar history only...
1938 Jezebel opens in movie theaters. We discussed it in the Smackdown of '38. The movie will win Bette Davis her second and sadly final Best Actress Oscar.
1958 The 30th annual Academy Awards are held honoring the Best of 1957...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 8:30AM Today, March 24th, in Oscar history only. Four ceremonies have held on this day.
1949 The 21st Academy Awards are held honoring the films of 1948. We discussed this race a handful of years ago on the Smackdown. Johnny Belinda led the nominations with 12 but it was Laurence Olivier's Hamlet that emerged as the Best Picture winner and took home 3 other Oscars as well. It's actually a fairly interesting Oscar year given the variety of genres in the Best Picture shortlist...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:30AM 5 things that happened today, March 23rd, in Oscar History only...
1950 The 22nd annual Academy Awards honoring 1949 are held. All the King's Men wins Best Picture but it's the Olivia de Havilland classic The Heiress, among the Best Picture honorees, which wins the most Oscars (Actress, Costume Design, Art Direction, and Score) and has had the longest cultural shelf life thereafter.
1990 Pretty Woman hits movie theaters becoming a sensation and Julia Roberts ascends to superstardom...
Monday, March 22, 2021 at 10:40AM 7 random things that happened on this day, March 22nd, in showbiz history
1941 James Stewart joins the Air Corps, three weeks after winning the Oscar. He was the first American movie star to join the military for World War II
1957 The Elvis Presley single "All Shook Up" is released, soon hitting the top of the charts and becoming one of his signature songs...
Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 8:24AM 5 random things that happened on this day, March 21st, in Oscar history only:
1941 The Sea Wolf starring Edward G Robinson and Ida Lupino is released. Director Michael Curtiz is warming up for his rather incredible peak decade (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Casablanca, Mildred Pierce are next) but this one only snags one Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects
1956 The 28th annual Academy Awards are held honoring the films of 1955...
