The French film, A Cage of Nightingales, was nominated for one Oscar: Original Story by Georges Chaperot and Rene Wheeler.
Oscar Movies: Caesar and Cleopatra (1946)
September 30, 2009 by
There are standout scenes, a combined result of the high-caliber of acting and of the cinematography, courtesy of the work of no less than four lensers: Freddie Young, Robert Krasker, Jack Hildyard, and Jack Cardiff (who became a director), all Oscar nominees and winners for other films.
Oscar Movies: Caddy, The (1953)
September 30, 2009 by
The Caddy received one Oscar nomination, for Dean Martin's first hit, "That's Amore."
Oscar Movies: Client, The (1994)
September 29, 2009 by
In 1994, the winner of the Best Actress Oscar was Jessica Lange for the family melodrama, "Blue Sky." Sarandon would win the Oscar the following year for "Dead Man Walking," directed by her companion-actor Tim Robbins.
Oscar Movies: Cinema Paradiso (1989)
September 29, 2009 by
In 1989, Italy's "Cinema Paradiso" was the Academy's sentimental-popular choice. The other nominees for the Best Foreign Language Oscar were "Camille Claudel" from France, "Jesus of Montreal" from Canada, "Waltzing Regitze" from Denmark, and "What Happened to Santiago" from Puerto Rico.
