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5 days ago · May 16, 1929. The first-ever “Best Picture” Oscar went to a movie about planes. Wings, which was also the only silent movie to win that award, told the story of two men who are in love with the same woman and end up becoming fighter pilots in World War I. The actors who played these men were Richard Arlen and Charles “Buddy” Rogers.
4 days ago · The academy was created in 1927 by 36 film industry leaders after Louis B. Mayer, the head of the powerful Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, actor Conrad Nagel, director Fred Niblo, and producer Fred Beetson had the idea for a new industry organization for handling labour disputes, promoting harmony among the different branches of film production (the academy’s original branches represented actors ...
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5 days ago · Movies That Won Best Picture at the Oscars and Golden Globes. Lists of fun facts and differing opinions about Hollywood's biggest, most self-congratulatory night. Over 28K filmgoers have voted on the 90+ films on Very Best Oscar-Winning Movies For Best Picture. Current Top 3: The Godfather, Schindler's List, The ...
4 days ago · Despite two Academy Award wins to his name (one for 1986’s, Hannah and Her Sisters, and the other for 1999’s The Cider House Rules) Michael Caine cannot say he has starred in a Best Picture ...
4 days ago · 1. August Schilling (1929) Answer: Emil Jannings. Emil Jannings (1884-1950) was born in Rorschach, Switzerland. He won this award when he was 44 years old. He was actually cited for his roles in two movies "The Way of All Flesh" (1927 as August Schilling) and "The Last Command" (1928 - as Grand Duke Sergius Alexander).
1 day ago · BFI entry for Hitchcock's first thriller, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) Hitchcock established himself as a name director with his first thriller, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927). The film concerns the hunt for a Jack the Ripper -style serial killer who, wearing a black cloak and carrying a black bag, is murdering young blonde women in London, and only on Tuesdays. A ...
3 days ago · 1) Rear Window (1954) Hitchcock’s best film is also one of the best films of all time. Rear Window is a mystery thriller that follows a professional photographer who, while recovering from a ...
