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Golden Globe Award For Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year. The formal title has varied since its inception; since 2005, the award has officially been called "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture". Six actors have won the award twice: Richard Attenborough, Edmund Gwenn, Martin Landau, Edmond O'Brien, Christoph Waltz, and Brad Pitt. Winners and nominees 1940s David Brian - Intruder in the Dust 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple nominations ;5 nominations * Jack Nicholson ;4 nominations * Ed Harris * Brad Pitt ;3 nominations * Red Buttons * Robert Duvall * Hugh Griffith * Philip Seymour Hoffman * Al Pacino * Joe Pesci * Christopher Plummer * Jason Robards ;2 nominations * Ben Affleck * Eddie Albert * Mahershala Ali * Fred Asta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of the HFPA. The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented is normally held every January and has been a major part of the film industry's awards season, which culminates each year in the Academy Awards, although the Golden Globes' relevance has been declining in recent years. The eligibility period for the Golden Globes corresponds to the calendar year (from January 1 through December 31). History The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was founded in 1943 by Los Angeles-based foreign journalists seeking to develop a better organized process of gathering and distributing cinema news to non-U.S. markets. One of the organization's first major endeavors was to establish a ceremony similar to the Academy Awards to honor film achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Golden Globe Awards
The 3rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best achievements in 1945 filmmaking, were announced 6 March and held 30 March 1946 at the Knickerbocker Hotel (Los Angeles) in Los Angeles, California. Winners Best Picture '' The Lost Weekend directed by Billy Wilder'' Best Actor in a Leading Role '' Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend'' Best Actress in a Leading Role ''Ingrid Bergman - The Bells of St. Mary's'' Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture ''J. Carrol Naish - A Medal for Benny'' Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture ''Angela Lansbury - The Picture of Dorian Gray'' Best Director-Motion Picture ''Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend'' "Best Director-Motion Picture" http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1945 Best Film Promoting International Understanding '' The House I Live In'' See also * Hollywood Foreign Press Association * 18th Academy Awards * 1945 in film The year 1945 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battleground (film)
''Battleground'' is a 1949 American war film that follows a company in the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division as they cope with the siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, in World War II. It stars Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalbán, and George Murphy, features James Whitmore, and was directed by William A. Wellman from a script by Robert Pirosh. The film portrays American soldiers as vulnerable and human. While they remain steadfast and courageous, each soldier has at least one moment in the film when he seriously considers running away, schemes to get sent back from the front line, slacks off, or complains about the situation he is in. One writer – discarding Warner's successful Fighter Squadron of 1948 – describes ''Battleground'' as the first significant American film about World War II to be made and released after the end of the war. Plot In mid-December 1944, Private Jim Layton and his buddy Private William J. Hooper are a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Whitmore
James Allen Whitmore Jr. (October 1, 1921 – February 6, 2009) was an American actor. He received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Theatre World Award, and a Tony Award, plus two Academy Award nominations. Biography Early life and military service Born in White Plains, New York, to Florence Belle (née Crane) and James Allen Whitmore Sr., a park commission official, Whitmore attended Amherst Central High School in Snyder, New York, for three years, before transferring to the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, on a football scholarship. He went on to study at Yale University, but he had to quit playing football after severely injuring his knees."James Whitmore dies at 87" by Dennis McLellan. Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2009. After giving up football, he turned to the Yale Dramatic Society and began acting. While at Yale, he was a member of Skull and Bones, and was among the founders of the Yale radio s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Golden Globe Awards
The 7th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1949 films, were held on February 23, 1950. Winners and Nominees Best Picture ''All the King's Men directed by Robert Rossen'' *''Come to the Stable directed by Henry Koster'' Best Actor in a Leading Role Broderick Crawford - ''All the King's Men'' *Richard Todd - ''The Hasty Heart'' Best Actress in a Leading Role Olivia de Havilland - ''The Heiress'' * Deborah Kerr - ''Edward, My Son'' Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture James Whitmore - '' Battleground'' * David Brian - ''Intruder in the Dust'' Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Mercedes McCambridge - ''All the King's Men'' *Miriam Hopkins - ''The Heiress'' Best Director - Motion Picture Robert Rossen - ''All the King's Men'' *William Wyler - ''The Heiress'' Best Screenplay - Motion Picture '' Battleground - Robert Pirosh'' *''Rope of Sand - Walter Doniger'' Best Music, Original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (film)
''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' is a 1948 American Western film written and directed by John Huston. It is an adaptation of B. Traven's 1927 novel of the same name, set in 1925, and follows two downtrodden men (played by Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) who join forces with a grizzled old prospector (Walter Huston, the director's father), in searching for gold in Mexico. ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' was one of the first Hollywood productions to be shot on location outside the United States (in the state of Durango with street scenes in Tampico, Mexico), although many scenes were filmed back in the studio and elsewhere in the U.S. In 1990, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot In 1925, in the Mexican town of Tampico, labor contractor Pat McCormick recruits Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two broke American drifters, as rough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Huston
Walter Thomas Huston ( ;According to the Province of Ontario. ''Ontario, Canada Births, 1869–1911''. ancestry.com April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of the four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Golden Globe Awards
The 6th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1948 in film, 1948 films, were held on March 16, 1949. Winners Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Picture (tie) ''Johnny Belinda (1948 film), Johnny Belinda'' directed by Jean Negulesco and ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' directed by John Huston Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Best Actor in a Leading Role Laurence Olivier - ''Hamlet (1948 film), Hamlet'' Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actress in a Leading Role ''Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda (1948 film), Johnny Belinda'' Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture ''Walter Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Best Performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miracle On 34th Street
''Miracle on 34th Street'' (initially released as ''The Big Heart'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American List of Christmas films, Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies. It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne (actor), John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn. The story takes place between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day in New York City, and focuses on the effect of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real Santa. The film has become a perennial Christmas favorite. ''Miracle on 34th Street'' won three Academy Awards: Gwenn for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Valentine Davies for Academy Award for Best Story, Best Writing, Original Story, and George Seaton for Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Writing, Screenplay. The film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture, losing to ''Gentleman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Claus
Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a Legend, legendary figure originating in Western Christianity, Western Christian culture who is said to Christmas gift-bringer, bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve of toys and candy or coal or nothing, depending on whether they are "naughty or nice". In the legend, he accomplishes this with the aid of Christmas elf, Christmas elves, who make the toys in Santa's workshop, his workshop, often said to be at the North Pole, and Santa Claus's reindeer, flying reindeer who pull his sleigh through the air. The modern figure of Santa is based on folklore traditions surrounding Saint Nicholas (European folklore), Saint Nicholas, the English figure of Father Christmas and the Folklore of the Low Countries, Dutch figure of ''Sinterklaas''. Santa is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white-bearded man, often with spectacles, wearing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Golden Globe Awards
The 5th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best achievements in 1947 filmmaking, were held on 10 March 1948 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Winners Best Picture ''Gentleman's Agreement directed by Elia Kazan'' Best Actor in a Leading Role '' Ronald Colman - A Double Life'' Best Actress in a Leading Role ''Rosalind Russell - Mourning Becomes Electra'' Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture ''Edmund Gwenn - Miracle on 34th Street'' Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture ''Celeste Holm - Gentleman's Agreement'' Best Director-Motion Picture '' Elia Kazan - Gentleman's Agreement'' Best Screenplay ''Miracle on 34th Street written by George Seaton'' Best Music, Original Score - Motion Picture ''Life with Father composed by Max Steiner'' Cinematography '' Black Narcissus photographed by Jack Cardiff'' Most Promising Newcomer - Male ''Richard Widmark in Kiss of Dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Razor's Edge (1946 Film)
''The Razor's Edge'' is a 1946 American drama (film and television), drama film based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 The Razor's Edge, novel of the same name. It stars Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne (actor), John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, and Herbert Marshall, with a supporting cast including Lucile Watson, Frank Latimore, and Elsa Lanchester. Marshall plays Somerset Maugham. The film was directed by Edmund Goulding. ''The Razor's Edge'' tells the story of Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life. The story begins through the eyes of Larry's friends and acquaintances as they witness his personality change after the war. His rejection of conventional life and search for meaningful experience allows him to thrive while the more materialistic characters suffer reversals of fortune. ''The Razor's Edge'' was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Academy Award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
