Oscar Nominations That Should Have Been (1 Viewer)

[MovieMan66]

How could anyone list Oscar subs in the 40s without mentioning Edward G. Robinson for Double Indemnity?

 

[Todd Erwin]

John Goodman, 10 Cloverfield Lane

 

[maxfabien]

Maybe a little off topic but why don't they say "And the Winner Is" when awarding Oscars like they used to?
You hear media constantly referring to "the Academy award winning film" or" "the Ocsar winning film", not "the film the Oscar went to".
Is there a taboo against winners?
It makes me sad.

It was explained to me that saying "the winner is..." indirectly labels the other nominees as losers, a very negative image. Saying "the Oscars goes to..." doesn't leave the other nominees in such a negative light.

 

[Jeffrey D]

How could anyone list Oscar subs in the 40s without mentioning Edward G. Robinson for Double Indemnity?

Good call- great film.

 

[uncledougie]

Supporting Actress - Ethel Merman in It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

Actress - Geraldine Page in Dear Heart (1964)

 

[Beckford]

Actress - Geraldine Page in Dear Heart (1964)

A resounding yes to this.
My Best Actress candidates for '64 would have been
Geraldine Page "Dear Heart"
Catherine Deneuve "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"
Bette Davis "Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
Deborah Kerr "Night of the Iguana"
and
Monica Vitti "Red Desert"
(none of whom were actually nominated)

 

[Jack P]

James Stewart-"The Greatest Show On Earth" (Supporting)
Charlton Heston-"The Ten Commandments"
Robert Preston-"The Music Man"
Roddy McDowall-"Cleopatra" (Supporting)
Audrey Hepburn-"My Fair Lady" (With the caveat that they should have left her own vocals in on "Loverly")
Robert Shaw-"Jaws" (What category do we put him in?)

Cecil B. DeMille-"The Ten Commandments" (Best Director)
Elmer Bernstein-"The Ten Commandments" (Best Score)

Honorable mention for the fact that Christopher Fry's lack of a proper screen credit for the screenplay of "Ben Hur" kept the film from a clean sweep of all the categories it was nominated in.

 

[TravisR]

Robert Shaw-"Jaws" (What category do we put him in?)

I can see an argument both ways but I'd go with Supporting since he doesn't have a lot of screen time until the second half of the movie.