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Last week we said that Deborah Kerr and Irene Dunne were tied at five nominations and no wins in the Best Actress Category of The Academy Awards. We quickly learned we were wrong. A new correspondent to our blog who calls himself Melodramaboy wrote: Deborah Kerr was in fact nominated six times for Best Actress Oscar. […]
So the film you thought was the best last year, or the film you worked on, didn’t get ONE Oscar nomination. Not ONE. Not in ANY category. Don’t fret. History has proven that many films never recognized by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have gone on to become classics. Hello, everybody. Joe […]
The Oscar nominations have been announced, and there’s quite a hullabaloo about who’s been slighted. Well, guess that happens every year. Hello, everybody. Mrs. Norman Maine won her Oscar, but Mr. Joe Morella and Mr. Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, are here to discuss some of the biggest stars who never even got nominated. […]
A few weeks ago we mentioned various actors who had had two chances to win an Oscar in the same year. They included oldtimers such as Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, George Arliss, Maurice Chevalier, Fay Bainter and Barry Fitzgerald. But we forgot to mention not-so-old-timer Al Pacino. Hello everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers back […]
Mickey Rooney. Too manic for Frank. Very Talented for Joe. He’s been working in Show Business for over 90 years! He has an honorary Oscar for his work in “Boy’s Town,” and has been nominated for Oscars three times. And, he still keeps working. (His best known mainstream commercial picture of the last few […]