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The Oscar (1966) was a Drama Film directed by Russell Rouse and produced by Joseph E. Levine and Clarence Greene.

Academy Awards 1966 --- Ceremony Number 39 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan; Set Decoration: Robert Benton, James PayneNominated
Best Costume DesignEdith HeadNominated
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AND THE OSCAR DOESN’T GO TO… Val Lewton

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AND THE OSCAR DOESN’T GO TO… Val Lewton On October 20, 2023 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from TCM It is perhaps no coincidence the Horror Month’s AND THE OSCAR DOESN’T GO TO? features the very first person that was never nominated for an Osc... Read full article


AND THE OSCAR DOESN’T GO TO… Harold Adamson

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AND THE OSCAR DOESN’T GO TO… Harold Adamson On September 27, 2023 By CarolIn Uncategorized Best Original Song is one of the most interesting categories at the Oscars. In recent years, it seems like a lot of James Bond themes end up winning; in the 90s it... Read full article


AND THE OSCAR DOESN’T GO TO… Deborah Kerr

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AND THE OSCAR DOESN’T GO TO… Deborah Kerr On August 29, 2023 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from Reel Rundown Of all the people who never won an Oscar, Deborah Kerr is one of the most surprising ones. Surely one of the most talented actresses of her gener... Read full article


AND THE OSCAR DOESN’T GO TO… Roland Anderson

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AND THE OSCAR DOESN’T GO TO… Roland Anderson On July 28, 2023 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from mubi Very little is known about production designer Roland Anderson. Which is strange, considering that he could easily come up in those Oscar record trivia ... Read full article


AND THE OSCAR DOESN’T GO TO… Clifton Webb – Pride Month Edition

By Carol Martinheira on Jun 21, 2023 From The Old Hollywood Garden

AND THE OSCAR DOESN’T GO TO… Clifton Webb – Pride Month Edition On June 21, 2023 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from the Movie Database It’s Pride Month, and you know that’s one of the Garden’s favorite things on the planet. And th... Read full article


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Kay Bergdahl: Do you know what I do, Hymie? I count nights. I found a Freudian substitute for counting sheep. I count empty nights.


Kay Bergdahl: If a woman doesn't treasure herself, how can a man treasure her?
Frankie Fane: You make my head hurt with all that poetry.
Kay Bergdahl: [laughs] I think you try awfully hard not to understand people.


Frankie Fane: You know, I think you go a little soft in the gourd early in the morning.
Sophie Cantaro: [angrily] Look at me when you talk to me! I'm not some sort of garbage pail you can slap a lid on and walk away!


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This film opens with footage of stars' arrivals shot outside an actual mid-1960s Academy Awards ceremony, with the year of the event carefully obscured in all wide angles. One transfer of the film reveals that it is the 37th Academy Awards, held in 1964.
Edith Head:  an Oscar nominee for her costume designs for this film, appears in a scene set at a Hollywood party, when Kay calls Frank to congratulate him on his Oscar nomination, and one other scene.
Hal Pereira:  appears at a party that Frankie attends, full of other Paramount people.
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