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Only 83 films have won Best Picture to date and the general sentiment is that winning the big prize ensures that your film will have a place among the classics. Here are 10 films that won the grand prize that are not considered classics today: 10. The Broadway Melody, 1929 Since sound was introduced into [...]
Posted by Orrin Konheim on Monday, June 27, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged Academy Award for Best Director, Actor, America, American cinema, American film directors, Around the World In 80 Days, arsenic, arsenic and old lace, assistant, Atlantic City, Cannes film festival, Carol Reed, Cecille B. DeMille, Cesar Romero, Charles Coburn, Charles Dickens, china, Dances with Wolves, Dennis Schwartz, director, eccentric free-spirited professor, Elizabeth Taylor, Entertainment_Culture, film historian, films, Forrest Gump, Frank Capra, Frank Sinatra, Funny Girl, George Kaufman, India, Irene Dunne, It's a Wonderful Life, John Ford, John Huston, King, Louis B. Mayer, Marlene Dietrich, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM head, Mike Todd, Moss Hart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Mrs. Miniver, National Society of Film Critics, Oklahoma, On Golden Pond, Orrin Konheim, Oscar, Pakistan, producer, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reds, restless newspaper editor, Richard Dix, Roger Ebert, Sound film, Spielberg, Steven Spielberg, studio head, Susan Stark, Thailand, the 1924 Olympics, The Broadway Melody, The English Patient, The Golden Globes, The Greatest Show on Earth, the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Oscars, the Pulitzer-prize, The Third Man, third Oscar, Tim Dirks, United Kingdom, United States, Washington, winston churchill, Wonderful Life, You Can't Take It With You
Everyone has secrets. But while they may be terribly embarrassing or humiliating to the people who keep them buried year after year, their exposure rarely makes a ripple beyond the outer boundaries of their lives. But people aren’t the only ones who carry secrets. Powerful institutions like governments and business also sometimes have information they [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Business, People, Politics · Tagged Afghanistan, Al Pacino, America, American government, Archer Daniels Midland, Archers Daniel Midland, Army, Associate Director, Atomic Energy Commission, Atomic Workers Union, Bradley Manning, Carl Bernstein, Cherly Eckard, Cheryl Eckard, Coleen Rowley, company poisoning, Congress, contaminated testing equipment, Daniel Ellsberg, Detective, disease, diseases, Federal Bureau of Investigation, film, food additives, food industry giant, Frank Serpico, Geoff Shakespeare, Glaxo Quality Assurance Manager, GlaxoSmithKline, GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC, Harvard, intelligence analyst, International Olympic Committee, Iraq, J.Edgar Hoover, Japan, Julian Assange, Karen Silkwood, Kerr-McGee, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Knapp Commission, Lady Gaga, Major, Marc Hodler, Marine Lieutenant, Mark Whitacre, Mass media, Matt Damon, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, New York, New York City, New York Police Department, Official, Oklahoma, Pentagon, Peter Buxton, Peter Buxtun, Plastic surgery, president, president of their Bioproducts Division, Puerto Rico, RAND Corporation, researcher, Richard Nixon, Robert McNamara, Robert Woodward, Salt Lake City, Secretary of Defense, shock, Silkwood, ski coach, Swiss mountains, syphilis, testing equipment, the 2002 Winter Games, The Informant, The New York Times, The New York Times Co, the Olympics, the Salt Lake City Games, the Washington Post, The Washington Post Company, U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. Public Health Service, United States, untreated syphilis, US government, USD, Utah, venereal disease, venereal disease investigator, W. Mark Felt, Washington, White House, worker, World Trade Center, Zacarias Moussaoui
Ever since mankind first began building structures out of wood rather than stone, fire has been a part of the learning process. In fact, so common have these infernos been throughout history that nearly every major city in the world has been largely burnt to the ground at one time or another in its history. [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Friday, March 18, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History, Nature · Tagged 2nd millennium, A.D., Amsterdam, author, B-29, Boston, by-product, California, canada, chemical plants, Chicago, chief, Colorado, Copenhagen, denmark, Dennis Sullivan, Denver, Disaster_Accident, East Coast, Emergency management, emperor, Europe, Fire, fire insurance policy, Firefighting, Firestorm, flammable building materials, Great Chicago Fire, Great Fire of London, Greater London, Halifax, Halifax Harbor, History of the United States, Houston, Illinois, insurance, Italy, Japan, Jeff Danelek, London, London Bridge, Louisiana, maid, Massachusetts, Moscow, Netherlands, New Orleans, New York, New York City, newspaper reporter, North Holland, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Peshtigo, Peshtigo Fire, Peshtigo River, proper equipment, Province of Rome, real estate, Region Hovedstaden, Rhode, Rhode Island, Roman historian, rome, Russia, san francisco, San Francisco earthquake, Storm, Texas, Texas City, Thames, The Great Michigan Fire, TNT, Tokyo, United Kingdom, United States, Wisconsin, www.ourcuriousworld.com
Halloween is one of the creepiest times of the year. The holiday was molded from ancient Celtic practices, religious rituals, and European folk traditions. Halloween is a time for celebration, candy, and ghostly superstition. The day has long been thought of a time when the dead come alive and watch over the land. These spirits [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Holidays, Travel · Tagged Africa, Albert, America, Americas, author, Battle of Okinawa, BBC, Blue Bell, Blue Bell Hill, British Broadcasting Corporation, Bryan Johnson, buffalo, Bund, Burke, Camp Scott, canada, Canadian National Railway, Canadian National Railway Company, castle site, Chidester Mill, Clinton, commander, Corll Candy Company, counselor, Crime, Crime in the United States, David Brooks, Dean, Dean Corll, Doris Denise Milner, Doylestown, Durham, East Africa, Eastern Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines Inc, Edinburgh, Egypt Road Bridge, Elmer Wayne Henley, emperor, Energy, energy surrounding, england, Europe, France, Gene Leroy Hart, Germany, Girl Scout camp, Great Britain, Guadalupita, halloween, Hare, Heights Boulevard, Heights Elementary School, Hirohito, Houston, Houston Heights, Human height, Inc., Indian Ocean, Japan, Japanese government, Japanese military, Jefferson County, Ku Klux Klan, L-1011, Lake Sam Rayburn, large archeological site, large mining boom, law indicating, Liberty Township, Lori Lee Farmer, mainstream media, Mariana Islands, Maud Hughes Bridge, Maud Hughes Road Bridge, Mayes County, Mayes County Jail, Medway, MERCAT TOURS, metal warehouse, Mexico, Michele Guse, Missouri, Mount Tapochau, Mun, Netherlands, New Jersey, New Mexico, Norrie Rowan, North Bridge, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oklahoma police, Pacific Ocean, Passaic County, PERA Building, priest, prince, Richard Cross, Richard Kuklinski, Rogue Hollow Bridge, Rogues’ Hollow Bridge, Saipan, Salem, Santa Fe River, Saskatchewan, Scotland, Screaming Bridge of Maud Hughes Road, Snake creek, South America, South Bridge, Spring creek, St. Louis, State Highway, Stockholm, Sweden, Södermanland, Tanzania, Texas, The Netherlands, Tim Kerley, transportation, United Kingdom, United States, United States Army, United States' Commonwealth Day, USD, Weird NJ, West Milford, Yellowstone River, Yi script
