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1 day ago · The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story .
3 days ago · 'The Great Ziegfeld' won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Dance Direction as well as being nominated for, but failing to achieve, Best Art Direction, Best Direction, Film Editing and Writing, Original Screenplay.
16 hours ago · Box office. $29.7 million. The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum 's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind.
1 day ago · The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film is an award for documentary films. In 1941, the first awards for feature-length documentaries were bestowed as Special Awards to Kukan and Target for Tonight. [1] They have since been bestowed competitively each year, with the exception of 1946. [2]
4 days ago · Capra’s “golden period” began with It Happened One Night (1934), the first motion picture to win an Academy Award in five major categories: best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best adapted screenplay.
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2 days ago · In 1937 the Roxy Theatre chain commissioned a travelling stage show based around the Big Apple. They held the auditions for dancers in Columbia and 16 local kids were selected (Betty Wood was one of those chosen few). The show was a great success playing for two years at Roxy Theaters all over the country.
3 days ago · Who’s won the most Oscars? (Show more) Notable Honorees: Alfred Hitchcock. Steven Spielberg. Woody Allen. Orson Welles. Top Questions. How did the Academy Awards start? How does Academy Award voting work? Why is the Academy Award called “Oscar”? What is the significance of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag? Where are the Academy Awards held? Recent News.
