Of the 63 people who have gone home with at least two Oscars on the same evening, only four of them have been women. Lady Gaga could well become the fifth woman to make history at the Academy Awards with wins for both Best Actress and Best Original Song (“Shallow) for “A Star is Born.”
The first woman to pull off this double act was costume designer Edith Head in 1950. Back then, there were Oscars for both black-and-white and color films and Head claimed both for “All About Eve” and “Samson and Delilah.” That evening stands as the Oscar ceremony with the most multiple winners. Joseph L. Mankiewicz won for writing and directing “All About Eve” while three men — Sam Comer, Hans Dreier and Ray Moyer — prevailed twice for art direction of the black-and-white “Sunset Boulevard” and the color film “Samson and Delilah.”...
The first woman to pull off this double act was costume designer Edith Head in 1950. Back then, there were Oscars for both black-and-white and color films and Head claimed both for “All About Eve” and “Samson and Delilah.” That evening stands as the Oscar ceremony with the most multiple winners. Joseph L. Mankiewicz won for writing and directing “All About Eve” while three men — Sam Comer, Hans Dreier and Ray Moyer — prevailed twice for art direction of the black-and-white “Sunset Boulevard” and the color film “Samson and Delilah.”...
- 12/21/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
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We celebrate a century of huge and expensive film sets, from historical epics to sprawling fantasies and sci-fi action movies...
The advent of cinema saw the art of set design gradually spread its wings from the relative confines of the theatre. As movies established their own language and became ever more ambitious in the early part of the 20th century, so set designers were called on to create increasingly expansive and more detailed backdrops.
As the list of movies below proves, the construction of huge sets has been a major part of cinema for the past century. And with scale comes expense, as the recreation of ancient landmarks, futuristic cities or doomed ocean liners takes hundreds of artists, designers and crafty types months of labour to plan and construct. Often, these sets are on the screen for a few scant minutes before they're torn down and largely...
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We celebrate a century of huge and expensive film sets, from historical epics to sprawling fantasies and sci-fi action movies...
The advent of cinema saw the art of set design gradually spread its wings from the relative confines of the theatre. As movies established their own language and became ever more ambitious in the early part of the 20th century, so set designers were called on to create increasingly expansive and more detailed backdrops.
As the list of movies below proves, the construction of huge sets has been a major part of cinema for the past century. And with scale comes expense, as the recreation of ancient landmarks, futuristic cities or doomed ocean liners takes hundreds of artists, designers and crafty types months of labour to plan and construct. Often, these sets are on the screen for a few scant minutes before they're torn down and largely...
- 2/9/2016
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will showcase a new digital restoration of .Breakfast at Tiffany.s,. in celebration of the film.s 50th anniversary, on Friday, July 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
With her giant sunglasses, Givenchy dresses, pearls and cigarette holder, Audrey Hepburn.s Holly Golightly set the stage for the glamour of the 1960s and ushered in a new notion of femininity in .Breakfast at Tiffany’s.. Directed by Blake Edwards, this popular and acclaimed film adaptation of Truman Capote.s bestselling novel provoked discussion, laughter and controversy, and established the archetype of the independent single girl in the city.
Hepburn.s performance earned her a Best Actress nomination. Composer Henry Mancini and lyricist Johnny Mercer won the Academy Award® for Best Song for .Moon River,. and Mancini.s score also received an Oscar®. The...
With her giant sunglasses, Givenchy dresses, pearls and cigarette holder, Audrey Hepburn.s Holly Golightly set the stage for the glamour of the 1960s and ushered in a new notion of femininity in .Breakfast at Tiffany’s.. Directed by Blake Edwards, this popular and acclaimed film adaptation of Truman Capote.s bestselling novel provoked discussion, laughter and controversy, and established the archetype of the independent single girl in the city.
Hepburn.s performance earned her a Best Actress nomination. Composer Henry Mancini and lyricist Johnny Mercer won the Academy Award® for Best Song for .Moon River,. and Mancini.s score also received an Oscar®. The...
- 6/29/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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