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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

By Carol Martinheira on Jul 28, 2023 From The Old Hollywood Garden

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


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[last lines]
Merle Oberon: And the winner is... Frank - *Sinatra*!
[the audience applauds; Frankie Fane, already standing, is crushed; Sinatra jogs up to the podium]
Frank Sinatra: Thank you. Thank you very much.


Kay Bergdahl: Hymie, deep thinker, explain to me the ethical structure of the universe.


Kay Bergdahl: You're wasting your time. I'm not the kind of woman who uses sex as a release or, or even as a weapon.
Frankie Fane: You always talk like that?
Kay Bergdahl: I try.
Frankie Fane: Then do me a favor, will ya, try droppin' it with me, I'm not that smart. You free thinkers confuse me.
Kay Bergdahl: Let me put it this way. I think I have more to offer than just my body.
Frankie Fane: [mocking] Now I understand.
Kay Bergdahl: I am the end result of everything I've ever learned, all I ever hope to be, and all the experiences I've ever had.
Frankie Fane: How many experiences have you had?
Kay Bergdahl: None. But when the right time comes I'll be special for some man. So it's worth waiting for.


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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.
The Richard Sale novel on which this film is based followed Frank Fane as he systematically ruined the chances of his four fictitious Oscar rivals. In the movie, the other four Best Actor nominees are actual Hollywood stars, "nominated" as Best Actor for fictitious film titles.
Listed among the Top 10 Best Bad Movies of All Time in "The Official Razzie Movie Guide."
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