Tag: Gone With the Wind
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Hattie McDaniel’s Lost Historic Oscar to Be Replaced by Academy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures are replacing “Gone with the Wind” actress Hattie McDaniel’s lost Oscar 80 years after her historic win for Best Supporting Actress.In 1940, McDaniel took home a plaque in lieu of an Oscar statue, as was customary for supporting actors at…
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Only One Person Has Won the Best Picture Oscar Two Years in a Row
Most filmmakers can only dream of winning an Oscar, whilst other talented industry greats have notably won more than once. One American film producer and screenwriter in particular is remembered for the spectacular achievement of winning Best Picture at the Oscars for two consecutive years. David O. Selznick is remembered for producing both Victor Fleming’s…
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How Some Dirty Dishes Inspired The Look Of Star Wars’ Millennium Falcon
She’s the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. She can outrun Imperial starships. She’s fast. She is the Millennium Falcon, and while she may not look like much, she’s got it where it counts. As for why she looks like, per Luke Skywalker, “a piece of junk,” that’s a surprisingly…
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This Movie Dog Was Paid More Than Some of Its Co-Stars
The Wizard of Oz is one of cinema’s most recognizable films ever produced. The iconic movie was released in 1939, often dubbed “Hollywood’s Golden Year” for the number of films released during this time that became legendary and timeless classics. That year saw the release of films like Stagecoach, which was actor John Wayne’s breakout…
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The Word “Virgin” Didn’t Appear in a Movie Until 1953 — People Still Lost It
When Clark Gable’s Rhett Butler told Vivien Leigh’s Scarlett O’Hara he “didn’t give a damn,” 1939 movie audiences audibly gasped. Gone With the Wind was the first mainstream American film in which a character uttered an actual swear word, signaling the first loosening of the Puritanical rules instituted by the Motion Picture Production Code. Producer…
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10 Underrated Actors From the Golden Age of Hollywood, According to Reddit
The arrival of the Talkies revolutionized American cinema and ushered in the Golden Age of Hollywood along with iconic stars like Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn, and Humphrey Bogart. Most film critics and historians credit the Golden Age as a pinnacle era of filmmaking that expanded classic cinema’s visual style and storytelling with groundbreaking films such…
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Most Diabolical Movie Characters Like Lydia Tár
With an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globes win, and Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA nods for her role as the wicked Lydia in director Todd Fields’ Tár, Cate Blanchett has succeeded in garnering the highest praise for portraying one of the most evil individuals in recent memory. As the composer-conductor who goes full bore to…
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Viola Davis Goes for Lead Actress and History-Making Noms for ‘The Woman King,’ Thuso Mbedu Campaigns Supporting (Exclusive)
After two weeks of solid showings at the box office, excellent reviews and passionate fan responses, “The Woman King” has become one of the year’s standout hits, with plans to be competitive in the awards races for both major and artisan category attention.One of the film’s standout stars, Thuso Mbedu, who plays the young Nawi,…
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Year Of The Vampire: Interview With The Vampire Imbibed The Spirit Of A Lost Century
(Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.)”Interview with the Vampire” begins with a spellbinding orchestration of the Latin burial chant “Libera Me,” sung by the American Boy Choir. Toward the end of the movie we…
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A view to a killing: how Amazon will exploit Bond and other MGM classics
The pay-tv giant has the chance to turn popular films into ‘universes’ of stories – and steal a march in the content-hungry streaming warsAmazon’s $8.5bn deal to buy MGM, the Hollywood studio behind James Bond, The Handmaid’s Tale and Gone With the Wind, has secured it the rights to a century’s worth of TV and…