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Golden Globe Award For Best Original Score
The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score is a Golden Globe Award presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), an organization of journalists who cover the United States film industry, but are affiliated with publications outside North America, since its institution in 1947. History Since the 5th Golden Globe Awards (1947), the award is presented annually, except from 1953 to 1958. The nominations from 1947 and 1948 are not available. Nominations for 1947 are not available. Nominations for 1948 are not available. The first Best Original Score award went to Max Steiner for his compositional work on '' Life with Father''. John Williams is the artist with the most nominations (24); those resulted in 4 wins. Dimitri Tiomkin had the same number of wins, but out of only 5 nominations. Other notable achievers include Maurice Jarre (10 nominations, 4 wins), Alan Menken (5 nominations, 3 wins), Hans Zimmer (15 nominations, 3 wins), and Alexandre Desplat (11 nom ... [...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 ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Legrand
Michel Jean Legrand (; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two of the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' (1964) and ''The Young Girls of Rochefort'' (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from '' The Thomas Crown Affair'' (1968), and additional Oscars for ''Summer of '42'' (1971) and Barbra Streisand's ''Yentl'' (1983). Life and career Legrand was born in Paris to his father, Raymond Legrand, who was himself a conductor and composer, and his mother, Marcelle Ter-Mikaëlian, who was the sister of conductor Jacques Hélian. Raymond and Marcelle were married in 1929. His maternal grandfather was Armenian. Legrand composed more than two hundred fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th Golden Globe Awards
The 9th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1951 films, were held on February 21, 1952, at the Ciro's nightclub located in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip. Winner and Nominees Best Picture — Drama '' A Place in the Sun'' *''Bright Victory'' *''Detective Story'' *'' Quo Vadis'' *''A Streetcar Named Desire'' Best Picture — Comedy or Musical '' An American in Paris'' Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama Fredric March – ''Death of a Salesman'' *Arthur Kennedy – ''Bright Victory'' *Kirk Douglas – ''Detective Story'' Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama Jane Wyman – '' The Blue Veil'' *Shelley Winters – '' A Place in the Sun'' *Vivien Leigh – ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical Danny Kaye – '' On the Riviera'' *Bing Crosby – '' Here Comes the Groom'' *Gene Kelly – '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destination Moon (film)
''Destination Moon'' (a.k.a. ''Operation Moon'') is a 1950 American Technicolor science fiction film, independently produced by George Pal and directed by Irving Pichel, that stars John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, and Dick Wesson. The film was distributed in the United States and the United Kingdom by Eagle-Lion Classics. ''Destination Moon'' was the first major U.S. science fiction film to deal with the practical scientific and engineering challenges of space travel and to speculate on what a crewed expedition to the Moon would look like. Noted science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein contributed to the screenplay. The film's premise is that private industry will mobilize, finance, and manufacture the first spacecraft to the Moon, and that the U.S. government will be forced to purchase or lease the technology to remain the dominant power in space. Different industrialists cooperate to support the private venture. In the final scene, as the crew approaches the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Life Of Her Own
''A Life of Her Own'' is a 1950 American melodrama film directed by George Cukor and starring Lana Turner and Ray Milland. The screenplay by Isobel Lennart focuses on an aspiring model who leaves her small town in the Midwest to seek fame and fortune in New York City. The film was produced by Voldemar Vetluguin and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Lily Brannel James ( Lana Turner) leaves her small home town in Kansas for New York City, and she is hired by the Thomas Caraway Model Agency. She befriends former top model Mary Ashlon (Ann Dvorak), who becomes her mentor. Mary is depressed about her floundering career and, following a night of excessive drinking, she commits suicide. Lily eventually becomes a very successful model. As a favor to her attorney friend Jim Leversoe ( Louis Calhern), she spends some time with Steve Harleigh (Ray Milland), a Montana copper-mine owner in New York on business. The two fall in love, but both realize nothing can come of it. After Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Boulevard (film)
''Sunset Boulevard'' (styled in the main title on-screen as ''SUNSET BLVD.'') is a 1950 American black comedy film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. It was named after a major street that runs through Hollywood, the center of the American film industry. The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, a struggling screenwriter, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a former silent-film star who draws him into her deranged fantasy world, where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen. Erich von Stroheim plays Max von Mayerling, her devoted butler, and Nancy Olson, Jack Webb, Lloyd Gough, and Fred Clark appear in supporting roles. Director Cecil B. DeMille and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper play themselves, and the film includes cameo appearances by leading silent-film actors Buster Keaton, H. B. Warner, and Anna Q. Nilsson. Praised by many critics when first released, ''Sunset Boulevard'' was nominated fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Golden Globe Awards
The 8th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1950 films, were held on February 28, 1951, in the Ciro's nightclub in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard, on the Sunset Strip. Winners and Nominees Best Picture '' Sunset Boulevard'' *'' All About Eve'' *'' Born Yesterday'' *'' Cyrano de Bergerac'' *'' Harvey'' Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama José Ferrer – '' Cyrano de Bergerac'' * Louis Calhern – '' The Magnificent Yankee'' *James Stewart – '' Harvey'' Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Gloria Swanson – '' Sunset Boulevard'' *Bette Davis – '' All About Eve'' * Judy Holliday – '' Born Yesterday'' Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Fred Astaire – '' Three Little Words'' * Dan Dailey – '' When Willie Comes Marching Home'' *Harold Lloyd – ''Mad Wednesday'' Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The King's Men (1949 Film)
''All the King's Men'' is a 1949 American drama written, produced, and directed by Robert Rossen. It is based on the 1946 Robert Penn Warren novel of the same name. The film stars Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, and Joanne Dru. The plot focuses on the rise and fall of the ambitious and ruthless politician Willie Stark (Crawford) in the American South. Though a fictional character, Stark strongly resembles Louisiana governor Huey Long. The film won three Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, the award for Best Actor, which went to Broderick Crawford, and the award for Best Supporting Actress, won by Mercedes McCambridge. In 2001, ''All the King's Men'' was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Plot The story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inspector General (1949 Film)
''The Inspector General'' is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film, suggested by the play by Nikolai Gogol. It stars Danny Kaye and was directed by Henry Koster. The film also stars Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, and Elsa Lanchester. Original music and lyrics are by the associate producer Sylvia Fine, who was married to Danny Kaye, with Johnny Green credited for musical direction and incidental score. Premise The film is loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's play '' The Inspector General''. The plot is re-located from the Russian Empire into an unspecified corrupted region of a country that suddenly finds itself under the supervision of the First French Empire. Plot Georgi (Danny Kaye), an illiterate member of a wandering band of Gypsies led by Yakov (Walter Slezak) escapes from a travelling medicine show after he innocently lets slip that the elixir they're selling is a fraud. Tired and hungry, he wanders into the small town of Brodny and whilst trying to sample the content ... [...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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Shoes (1948 Film)
''The Red Shoes'' is a 1948 British drama film written, directed, and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It follows Victoria Page (Moira Shearer), a ballerina who joins the world renowned Ballet Lermontov, owned and operated by Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), who tests her dedication to the ballet by making her choose between her career and her romance with composer Julian Craster ( Marius Goring). It marked the feature film debut of Shearer, an established ballerina, and also features Robert Helpmann, Léonide Massine, and Ludmilla Tchérina, other renowned dancers from the ballet world. The plot is based on the 1845 eponymous fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, and features a ballet within it by the same title, also adapted from the Andersen work. ''The Red Shoes'' was filmmaking team Powell and Pressburger's tenth collaboration and follow-up to 1947's ''Black Narcissus''. It had originally been conceived by Powell and producer Alexander Korda in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Golden Globe Awards
The 6th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1948 films, were held on March 16, 1949. Winners Best Picture (tie) '' Johnny Belinda'' directed by Jean Negulesco and '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' directed by John Huston Best Actor in a Leading Role Laurence Olivier - '' Hamlet'' Best Actress in a Leading Role '' Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda'' Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture '' Walter Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture '' Ellen Corby - I Remember Mama'' Best Director-Motion Picture '' John Huston - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' Best Screenplay - Motion Picture ''The Search written by Richard Schweizer'' Best Music, Original Score - Motion Picture '' The Red Shoes composed by Brian Easdale'' Cinematography '' La perla photographed by Gabriel Figueroa'' Special Award - Best Juvenile Actor ''Ivan Jandl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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