Richard Widmar: 1950 (Best Year)
Night and the City; Panic in the Streets; No Way Out (Co-starring Sidney Poitier).
Oscar Actors: Widmark, Richard–Filmography, 1947-1991
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Oscar History via Oscar Directors: Lewis Milestone, Second Winner–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
November 26, 2023 by
The 1928 film Two Arabian Knights won him Best Director Oscar in the first Academy Award ceremony.
Movie Stars: Bennett, Constance (1904-1965)–Background, Career, Awards
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She is best remembered for her leading roles in Cukor’s What Price Hollywood? (1932), Bed of Roses (1933), Topper (1937), Topper Takes a Trip (1938).
Oscar Directors: Powell and Pressburger, British Team behind Many Masterpieces (“Black Narcissus,” “The Red Shoes”)
November 25, 2023 by
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger represent the best director teams in cinema’s history, outshining the longer, but weaker teaming of Merchant Ivory (who also partners in life until Merchant’s death).
Directors: Audry, Jacqueline (1908-1977) (“Gigi,” “Olivia”) (French Women in Film)
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Audry was the first commercially successful female director of post-war France.
