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If I Were the Academy for the Previous 40 Years (Part I: 1937-1956)
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The Life of Emile Zola (Special Edition)The Life of Emile Zola (Special Edition)
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My Choices for 1937: Best Picture-The Life of Emile Zola (it won); Best Actor-Spencer Tracy, Captains Courageous (he won); Best Actress-Greta Garbo, Camille (lost to Luise Rainer, The Good Earth); Best Supp. Actor-Joseph Schildkraut, The Life of Emile Zola (he won);...
Chicago (Widescreen Edition)Chicago (Widescreen Edition)
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1937 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Alice Brady, In Old Chicago (she won); Best Director-William Dieterle, The Life of Emile Zola (lost to Leo McCarey, The Awful Truth); Best Orig. Story-William A. Wellman & Robert Carson, A Star is Born (they won); Best Screenplay-Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, & Norman Reilly Raine, The Life of Emile Zola (they won).
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1938: Best Picture-The Adventures of Robin Hood (lost to You Can't Take It with You); Best Actor-James Cagney, Angels with Dirty Faces (lost to Spencer Tracy, Boys Town); Best Actress-Bette Davis, Jezebel (she won); Best Supp. Actor-John Garfield, Four Daughters (lost to Walter Brennan, Kentucky);...
Jezebel (Restored and Remastered Edition)Jezebel (Restored and Remastered Edition)
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1938 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Fay Bainter, Jezebel (she won); Best Director-Michael Curtiz, Angels with Dirty Faces (lost to Frank Capra, You Can't Take It with You); Best Orig. Story-Eleanore Griffin & Dore Schary, Boys Town (they won); Best Screenplay-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion (he won).
The Wiz (30th Anniversary Edition w/ Bonus CD)The Wiz (30th Anniversary Edition w/ Bonus CD)
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1939: Best Picture-The Wizard of Oz (lost to Gone with the Wind); Best Actor-Mickey Rooney, Babes in Arms (lost to Robert Donat, Goodbye, Mr. Chips); Best Actress-Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind (she won); Best Supp. Actor-Claude Rains, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (lost to Thomas Mitchell, Stagecoach);...
Wuthering HeightsWuthering Heights
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1939: Best Supp. Actress-Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wuthering Heights (lost to Hattie McDaniel, Gone with the Wind); Best Director-Victor Fleming, Gone with the Wind (he won); Best Orig. Story-Melchior Lengyel, Ninotchka (lost to Lewis R. Foster, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington); Best Screenplay-Sidney Buchman, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (lost to Sidney Howard, Gone with the Wind).
The Philadelphia StoryThe Philadelphia Story
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1940: Best Picture-The Philadelphia Story (lost to Rebecca); Best Actor-Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator (lost to Jimmy Stewart, The Philadelphia Story); Best Actress-Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story (lost to Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle); Best Supp. Actor-Walter Brennan, The Westerner (he won);...
The Grapes of WrathThe Grapes of Wrath
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1940 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Jane Darwell, The Grapes of Wrath (she won); Best Director-Sam Wood, Kitty Foyle (lost to John Ford, The Grapes...); Best Orig. Story-Benjamin Glazer, Arise, My Love (he won); Best Orig. Screenplay-Preston Sturges, The Great McGinty (he won); Best Screenplay-Donald Ogden Stewart, The Philadelphia Story (he won).
Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1941: Best Picture-Citizen Kane (lost to How Green Was My Valley); Best Actor-Orson Welles, Citizen Kane (lost to Gary Cooper, Sergeant York); Best Actress-Barbara Stanwyck, Ball of Fire (lost to Joan Fontaine, Suspicion); Best Supp. Actor-James Gleason, Here Comes Mr. Jordan (lost to Donald Crisp, How Green Was My Valley);...
How Green Was My ValleyHow Green Was My Valley
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1941 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Sara Allgood, How Green... (lost to Mary Astor, The Great Lie); Best Director-Orson Welles, Citizen Kane (lost to John Ford, How Green...); Best Orig. Story-Harry Segall, Here Comes Mr. Jordan (he won); Best Orig. Screenplay-Orson Welles, Citizen Kane (he won); Best Screenplay-John Huston, The Maltese Falcon (lost to Sidney Buchman, Here Comes Mr. Jordan).
The Pride of the YankeesThe Pride of the Yankees
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1942: Best Picture-The Pride... (lost to Mrs. Miniver); Best Actor-Gary Cooper, The Pride... (lost to James Cagney, Yankee Doodle...); Best Actress-Bette Davis, Now, Voyager (lost to Greer Garson, Mrs. M...); Best Supp. Actor-Walter Huston, Yankee... (lost to Van Heflin, Johnny Eager); Best Supp. Actress-Agnes Moorehead, The Magnificent Ambersons (lost to Teresa Wright, Mrs. M...);...
Yankee Doodle Dandy (Two-Disc Special Edition)Yankee Doodle Dandy (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1942 (Cont'd): Best Director-Michael Curtiz, Yankee... (lost to William Wyler, Mrs. M...); Best Orig. Story-Sidney Harmon, The Talk... (lost to Emeric Pressburger, 49th Parallel); Best Orig. Screenplay-Michael Powell & Emeric P., One of Our... (lost to Michael Kanin, Woman of the Year); Best Screenplay-George Froeschel, Mrs. M... (he won).
Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition)Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1943: Best Picture-Casablanca (it won); Best Actor-Gary Cooper, For Whom the Bell Tolls (lost to Paul Lukas, Watch on the Rhine); Best Actress-Ingrid Bergman, For Whom... (lost to Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette); Best Supp. Actor-Claude Rains, Casablanca (lost to Charles Coburn, The More the Merrier);...
For Whom the Bell TollsFor Whom the Bell Tolls
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1943 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Katina Paxinou, For Whom... (she won); Best Director-Ernst Lubitsch, Heaven Can Wait (lost to Michael Curtiz, Casablanca); Best Orig. Story-William Saroyan, The Human Comedy (he won); Best Orig. Screenplay-Norman Krasna, Princess O'Rourke (he won); Best Screenplay-Epstein Bros., Casablanca (they won).
Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
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1944: Best Picture-Double Indemnity (lost to Going My Way); Best Actor-Cary Grant, None but the Lonely Heart (lost to Bing Crosby, Going...); Best Actress-Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight (she won); Best Supp. Actor-Claude Rains, Mr. Skeffington (lost to Barry Fitzgerald, Going...);...
GaslightGaslight
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1944 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Angela Lansbury, Gaslight (lost to Ethel Barrymore, None but...); Best Director-Otto Preminger, Laura (lost to Leo McCarey, Going...); Best Orig. Story-John Steinbeck, Lifeboat (lost to Leo McCarey, Going...); Best Orig. Screenplay-Preston Sturges, Hail the... (lost to Lamar Trotti, Wilson); Best Screenplay-Frank Butler, Going... (he won).
The Lost WeekendThe Lost Weekend
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1945: Best Picture-The Lost Weekend (it won); Best Actor-Gregory Peck, Keys of the Kingdom (lost to Ray Milland, The Lost...); Best Actress-Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce (she won); Best Supp. Actor-Michael Chekhov, Spellbound (lost to James Dunn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn);...
The Picture of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray
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1945 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Angela Lansbury, The Picture... (lost to Anne Revere, Nat'l Velvet); Best Director-Jean Renoir, The Southerner (lost to Billy Wilder, The Lost...); Best Orig. Story-John Steinbeck, A Medal for Benny (lost to Charles G. Booth, House on 92nd St.); Best Orig. Screenplay-Richard Schweizer, Marie-Louise (he won); Best Screenplay-Billy Wilder, The Lost... (he won).
It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition)It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition)
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1946: Best Picture-It's a Wonderful Life (lost to The Best Years of Our Lives); Best Actor-Jimmy Stewart, It's a... (lost to Fredric March, The Best...); Best Actress-Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter (lost to Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own); Best Supp. Actor-Harold Russell, The Best...(he won);...
The Spiral StaircaseThe Spiral Staircase
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1946 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Ethel Barrymore, The Spiral... (lost to Anne Baxter, Razor's Edge); Best Director-Frank Capra, It's a... (lost to William Wyler, The Best...); Best Orig. Story-Clemence Dane, Perfect Strangers (he won); Best Orig. Screenplay-Ben Hecht, Notorious (lost to Box Bros., 7th Veil); Best Screenplay-Robert E. Sherwood, The Best... (he won).
Great Expectations (1946) (Criterion Collection Spine #31)Great Expectations (1946) (Criterion Collection Spine #31)
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1947: Best Picture-Great Expectations (lost to Gentleman's Agreement); Best Actor-William Powell, Life with Father (lost to Ronald Colman, A Double Life); Best Actress-Joan Crawford, Possessed (lost to Loretta Young, The Farmer's Daughter); Best Supp. Actor-Richard Widmark, Kiss of Death (lost to Edmund Gwenn, Miracle on 34th St.);...
Gentleman's AgreementGentleman's Agreement
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1947 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Celeste Holm, Gentleman's... (she won); Best Director-David Lean, Great Exp. (lost to Elia Kazan, Gentleman's...); Best Orig. Story-Valentine Davies, Miracle on 34th St. (he won); Best Orig. Screenplay-Charlie Chaplin, Monsieur Verdox (lost to Sidney Sheldon, The Bachelor...); Best Screenplay-David Lean, Great Exp. (lost to George Seaton, Miracle on 34th St.).
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition)The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1948: Best Picture-Treasure of the Sierra Madre (lost to Hamlet); Best Actor-Laurence Olivier, Hamlet (he won); Best Actress-Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda (she won); Best Supp. Actor-Walter Huston, Treasure... (he won); Best Supp. Actress-Agnes Moorehead, Johnny Belinda (lost to Claire Trevor, Key Largo);...
The Bogart Collection (Casablanca/The Maltese Falcon/To Have and Have Not/The Big Sleep/The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)The Bogart Collection (Casablanca/The Maltese Falcon/To Have and Have Not/The Big Sleep/The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
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1948 (Cont'd): Best Director-John Huston, Treasure... (he won); Best Story-Emeric Pressburger, The Red Shoes (lost to Richard Schweizer, The Search); Best Screenplay-John Huston, Treasure... (he won).
All the King's Men (Special Edition)All the King's Men (Special Edition)
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1949: Best Picture-All the King's Men (it won); Best Actor-Kirk Douglas, Champion (lost to Broderick Crawford, All the...); Best Actress-Deborah Kerr, Edward, My Son (lost to Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress); Best Supp. Actor-James Whitmore, Battleground (lost to Dean Jagger, 12 O'Clock High); Best Supp. Actress-Ethel Barrymore, Pinky (lost to Mercedes McCambridge, All the...);...
The Heiress (Universal Cinema Classics)The Heiress (Universal Cinema Classics)
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1949 (Cont'd): Best Director-William Wyler, The Heiress (lost to Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to 3 Wives); Best Story-Virginia Kellogg, White Heat (lost to Douglas Morrow, Stratton Story); Best Screenplay-Sidney Buchman, Jolson Sings Again (lost to Robert Pirosh, Battleground); Best Writing-Robert Rossen, All the... (lost to Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter...).
Sunset Boulevard - The Centennial CollectionSunset Boulevard - The Centennial Collection
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1950: Best Picture-Sunset Boulevard (lost to All About Eve); Best Actor-Jimmy Stewart, Harvey (lost to Jose Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac); Best Actress-Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard (lost to Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday); Best Supp. Actor-Erich von Stroheim, Sunset Boulevard (lost to George Sanders, All About Eve);...
Sunset BoulevardSunset Boulevard by Billy Wilder
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1950 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Nancy Olson, Sunset... (lost to Josephine Hull, Harvey); Best Director-Carol Reed, The Third Man (lost to Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About...); Best Story-Edna & Edward Anhalt, Panic in the Streets (they won); Best Screenplay-Billy Wilder & Charles Brackett, Sunset... (they won); Best Writing-John Huston, Asphalt Jungle (lost to Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All...).
A Streetcar Named Desire (Two-Disc Special Edition)A Streetcar Named Desire (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1951: Best Picture-A Streetcar Named Desire (lost to An American in Paris); Best Actor-Marlon Brando, Streetcar... (lost to Humphrey Bogart, African Queen); Best Actress-Katharine Hepburn, African Queen (lost to Vivien Leigh, Streetcar...); Best Supp. Actor-Karl Malden, Streetcar... (he won); Best Director-Elia Kazan, Streetcar (lost to George Stevens, A Place in the Sun);...
Death of a Salesman/ Private ConversationsDeath of a Salesman/ Private Conversations
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1951 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Mildred Dunnock, Death of a Salesman (lost to Kim Hunter, Streetcar); Best Story-Paul Dehn, 7 Days to Noon (he won); Best Screenplay-Billy Wilder, Ace in the Hole (lost to Alan Jay Lerner, American in...); Best Writing-Tennessee Williams, Streetcar (lost to Michael Wilson, A Place...).
High Noon (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)High Noon (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)
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1952: Best Picture-High Noon (lost to Greatest Show on Earth); Best Actor-Gary Cooper, High Noon (he won); Best Actress-Bette Davis, The Star (lost to Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba); Best Supp. Actor-Richard Burton, My Cousin Rachel (lost to Anthony Quinn, Viva Zapata!); Best Supp. Actress-Gloria Grahame, Bad and the Beautiful (she won);...
The Greatest Show on EarthThe Greatest Show on Earth
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1952 (Cont'd): Best Director-Cecil B. DeMille, Greatest Show... (lost to John Ford, Quiet Man); Best Story-Leo McCarey, My Son John (lost to Fredric M. Frank, Greatest Show...); Best Screenplay-John Steinbeck, Viva Zapata! (lost to T.E.B. Clarke, Lavender...); Best Writing-Charles Schnee, Bad and... (he won).
From Here to EternityFrom Here to Eternity
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1953: Best Picture-From Here to Eternity (it won); Best Actor-Montgomery Clift, From Here... (lost to William Holden, Stalag 17); Best Actress-Ava Gardner, Mogambo (lost to Audrey Heburn, Roman Holiday); Best Supp. Actor-Jack Palance, Shane (lost to Frank Sinatra, From Here...); Best Supp. Actress-Donna Reed, From Here... (she won);...
Stalag 17 (Special Collector's Edition)Stalag 17 (Special Collector's Edition)
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1953 (Cont'd): Best Director-Billy Wilder, Stalag 17 (lost to Fred Zinnemann, From Here...); Best Story-Dalton Trumbo, Roman Holiday (he won); Best Screenplay-Charles Brackett, Titanic (he won); Best Writing-Daniel Taradash, From Here... (he won).
On the Waterfront (Special Edition)On the Waterfront (Special Edition)
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1954: Best Picture-On the Waterfront (it won); Best Actor-Marlon Brando, On the... (he won); Best Actress-Judy Garland, A Star is Born (lost to Grace Kelly, The Country Girl); Best Supp. Actor-Rod Steiger, On the... (lost to Edmond O'Brien, The Barefoot Contessa); Best Supp. Actress-Eva Marie Saint, On the... (she won);...
Brando 3-Pack (On the Waterfront / The Wild One / The Freshman)Brando 3-Pack (On the Waterfront / The Wild One / The Freshman)
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1954 (Cont'd): Best Director-Elia Kazan, On the... (he won); Best Story-Philip Yordan, Broken Lance (he won); Best Screenplay-Budd Schulberg, On the... (he won); Best Writing-Stanley Roberts, Caine Mutiny (lost to George Seaton, The Country Girl).
Marty (1954)Marty (1954)
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1955: Best Picture-Marty (it won); Best Actor-James Dean, East of Eden (lost to Ernest Borgnine, Marty); Best Actress-Susan Hayward, I'll Cry Tomorrow (lost to Anna Magnani, Rose Tattoo); Best Supp. Actor-Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause (lost to Jack Lemmon, Mr. Roberts);...
TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Romantic Dramas (East of Eden / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / A Streetcar Named Desire / Rebel Without a Cause)TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Romantic Dramas (East of Eden / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / A Streetcar Named Desire / Rebel Without a Cause)
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1955 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Natalie Wood, Rebel... (lost to Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden); Best Director-John Sturges, Bad Day at Black Rock (lost to Delbert Mann, Marty); Best Story-Nicholas Ray, Rebel... (lost to Daniel Fuchs, Love Me...); Best Screenplay-William Ludwig, Interrupted... (he won); Best Writing-Richard Brooks, Blackboard Jungle (lost to Paddy Chayefsky, Marty).
The Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary Collection)The Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary Collection)
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1956: Best Picture-The Ten Commandments (lost to Around the World in 80 Days); Best Actor-Rock Hudson, Giant (lost to Yul Brynner, King & I); Best Actress-Katharine Hepburn, The Rainmaker (lost to Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia); Best Supp. Actor-Anthony Perkins, Friendly Persuasion (lost to Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life);...
Written on the Wind - Criterion CollectionWritten on the Wind - Criterion Collection
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1956 (Cont'd): Best Supp. Actress-Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind (she won); Best Director-King Vidor, War & Peace (lost to George Stevens, Giant); Best Story-Dalton Trumbo, The Brave One (he won); Best Orig. Screenplay-Federico Fellini, La Strada (lost to Albert Lamorisse, Le Ballon Rouge); Best Adapted Screenplay-Tennessee Williams, Baby Doll (lost to James Poe, Around the...).