Showing posts with label 1950s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1950s. Show all posts

Friday, June 14, 2013

1958 CinSpec Awards


Winners indicated (*). I still have a lot of films to see, including Mon Oncle, Ashes and Diamonds, Ivan the Terrible, Part Two, Bonjour Tristesse, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Horse's Mouth, The Young Lions, The Last Hurrah, The Brothers Karamazov, Thunder Road, Run Silent, Run Deep, Les Miserables, Lonelyhearts, The Blob, Ice Cold in Alex, The Music Room, The Quiet American, and The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad.

Friday, April 19, 2013

1959 CinSpec Awards


Though I watched some films to catch up on this year, I still have a few left to see. For instance, I haven't seen The World of Apu, Compulsion, Floating Weeds, or The Young Philadelphians yet. As always, winners are indicated (*).

Friday, February 15, 2013

Best Film Editing: 1950s

1950: Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa)
Oscar winner: King Solomon's Mines (Ralph E. Winters and Conrad A. Nervig)
Was this nominated?: No

Friday, December 21, 2012

Best Screenplays: 1950s

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1950: All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
Oscar winner: All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

Friday, October 26, 2012

Best Music: 1950s

Best Original Score:

1950: Sunset Blvd. (Franz Waxman)
Oscar winner: Sunset Blvd. (Franz Waxman)

Friday, August 31, 2012

Best Cinematography: 1950s

UPDATE: Alex suggested including each year's Oscar winner and whether or not my pick was nominated, so I've added that on my Best Picture and Best Cinematography picks. My acting picks will be updated very soon.

1950: Sunset Blvd. (John F. Seitz)
Oscar winner: The Third Man (B&W),
King Solomon's Mines (Color)
Was this film nominated?: Yes

Friday, July 6, 2012

Friday, May 11, 2012

Friday, March 16, 2012

Best Actor: 1950s

1950: William Holden, Sunset Blvd.
Oscar winner: Jose Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac
Was he nominated?: Yes

Friday, January 20, 2012

Best Actress: 1950s

1950: Gloria Swanson, Sunset Blvd.
Oscar winner: Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
Was she nominated?: Yes

Friday, November 4, 2011

The Decades: 1950s

1950: Sunset Blvd.
Oscar winner: All About Eve
Was this film nominated?: Yes

1951: Ace in the Hole
Oscar winner: An American in Paris
Was this film nominated?: No

1952: Singin' in the Rain
Oscar winner: The Greatest Show on Earth
Was this film nominated?: No

1953: The Wages of Fear
Oscar winner: From Here to Eternity
Was this film nominated?: No

1954: Rear Window
Oscar winner: On the Waterfront
Was this film nominated?: No

1955: The Night of the Hunter
Oscar winner: Marty
Was this film nominated?: No

1956: Giant
Oscar winner: Around the World in Eighty Days
Was this film nominated?: Yes

1957: The Seventh Seal
Oscar winner: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Was this film nominated?: No

1958: Vertigo
Oscar winner: Gigi
Was this film nominated?: No

1959: Rio Bravo
Oscar winner: Ben-Hur
Was this film nominated?: No