Deborah Kerr is an actress we’ve seen a lot throughout the blog most notably in the 1950s where she featured in the likes of Separate Tables, The King and I and From Here to Eternity. Kerr is almost the Peter O’Toole of the Best Actress Oscar with a massive six nominations to her name and … Continue reading
Previously I looked at several Biblical epics, such as The Robe and The Ten Commandments, which utilised the use of technicolour to full effect. One film I missed out during that post is Quo Vadis, which just like that films, uses new cinematic techniques to create a vivid story that references parts of The Bible. Continue reading
It’s now time for another random double bill of films that really don’t have anything in common other than their Best Picture nominees. Continue reading
As we saw in the post featuring An American in Paris and Gigi, Oscar’s love affair with the musical continued into the 1950s. The 1950s musical looked bolder thanks to the new technical advances in cinema including Technicolor and cinemascope. In this post we’ll lok at two such musicals that wowed the academy during the … Continue reading
We’ve now got a film that earned a massive five Oscar nominations in the acting categories including wins for Donna Reed and Frank Sinatra as well as nods for Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr. That film also went on to win Best Picture at the 1954 ceremony; I’m talking of course about From … Continue reading
One type of film I’ve been quite critical of up to this point is adaptations of plays into film because, on the whole, they don’t seem to utilise the cinematic medium. However, this didn’t bother me too much upon watching Best Picture nominee Separate Tables. In fact I think it was aided by the use … Continue reading
Between his performance in A Streetcar Named Desire and the next film on our list Brando had gone from strength to strength. One year after Streetcar he received his second Best Actor nod for Viva Zapata! with his third nomination coming a year after that. However, most people didn’t expect that role to be Marc … Continue reading
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