Great trivia! However, in fairness to the song, "As Time Goes By" in "Casablanca," it was written about 10-12 years before that for some Broadway show -- hence it wasn't original but thrown into the film as its signature theme.
Sort of the same thing with "Singin' in the Rain." Old song, not original, hence not nominated either in 1952. In fact, "Singin' in the Rain" is another glaring example of a snub by the Academy. No best pix nom. either. I guess back then they'd later say, "who knew?" -koose. ----Original Message Follows---- From: channinglylethomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: channinglylethomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: CHANNING'S OSCAR TRIVIA QUESTIONS -- THE ANSWERS! Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 13:17:47 -0800 3/3/2006 DEAR FELLOW MOPOERS -- Thanks to those of you who wrote and told me you wanted to know the Oscar trivia answers. So, here we go --
1) What is the mystery surrounding the 1941 Special Effects nomination for THE SEA WOLF?
The original nomination was for the Warner Bros. film DIVE BOMBER. At some point after the first announcement, the nomination was changed to THE SEA WOLF -- same technical team was nominated however. Nobody knows why!
2) What film rivaled THE COLOR PURPLE for most nominations and zero wins?
THE TURNING POINT with Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft
3) What was the first film to receive a writing nomination (yes, I have something for sale on it)?
Josef Von Sternberg's UNDERWORLD. Story by Ben Hecht (1927-1928)
4) What Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece received only a couple of technical nominations and no wins?
VERTIGO
5) What brilliant, visionary, science-fiction classic was not even nominated for Best Picture?
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
6) What piece of science fiction mastery lost for Best Visual Effects to ET?
BLADERUNNER
7) Elmer Bernstein's magnificent score to THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN lost to which of the following: THE ALAMO (Dimitri Tiomkin), EXODUS (Ernest Gold), ELMER GANTRY (Andre Previn), or SPARTACUS (Alex North)?
EXODUS
8) The Best Song of 1943 was YOU'LL NEVER KNOW from HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO. What incredibly famous song was not even nominated that year?
AS TIME GOES BY
9) What film brought Oscar nominations to the writing/directing team of John Steinbeck and Alfred Hitchcock?
LIFEBOAT
and finally, 10 What major 1961 film collaboration between John Huston, Arthur Miller, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach, Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe, and Andre Previn received not a single Academy Award nomination?
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