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Sep 29, 2023 · Marty stars the late Ernest Borgnine, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as the titular down-on-his-luck bachelor whose depression prevents him from abandoning his family ...
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Feb 13, 2014 · Oscars: 1955 best picture ‘Marty’ conquered love, TV and film. Ernest Borgnine on the phone in a scene from the 1955 film “Marty.”. “Ma, sooner or later, there comes a point in a man’s ...
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Feb 13, 2014 · Oscar Archives: 'Marty,' a 1955 film starring Ernest Borgnine, is the only movie based on a TV production to win the best picture Oscar.
Nov 16, 2021 · A renowned figure of the Golden Age of Television (from the late 1940s through the 1950s), Bronx-born Paddy Chayefsky wrote "Marty" originally as a television play. After unsuccessfully trying his hand in Hollywood in the 1940s and disliking having to give up control of his work to others, he began writing for radio, theater, and eventually television, and “Marty” came after several ...