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Post by finniussnrub on Aug 2, 2023 23:48:40 GMT
What are some of the fake Oscar "facts" that used to be repeated as truth on the internet? (particularly on Wikipedia and imdb trivia pages).
Some examples I recall:
- Anthony Quinn's Oscar win for Lust For Life was the shortest in Oscar history (He's in fact in over 20 minutes of the film).
- Albert Salmi turned down an Oscar nomination for The Brothers Karamazov. (I'm guessing maybe he refused to campaign, either way it was repeated as though he got nominated then turned it down.)
- Richard Burton got out of his seat when Richard Dreyfuss won his Oscar. (The actual video shows that is clearly untrue).
Anything other examples you can recall?
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Aug 2, 2023 23:54:18 GMT
The "fact" Anthony Hopkins was only in The Silence of the Lambs for 16 minutes (he's in it for about 25) still gets parroted.
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Post by stephen on Aug 3, 2023 0:02:13 GMT
There was a rumour that went around (perpetrated by Susan Orlean) that Rin Tin Tin won the first Best Actor Oscar, but they didn't want to inaugurate their first awards ceremony by bestowing the Best Actor prize to a dog, so they wound up giving it to Emil Jannings. This has no basis in fact. The ballots are still in existence at the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library in L.A., and not one has Rin Tin Tin on it.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Aug 3, 2023 0:10:54 GMT
There was a rumour that went around (perpetrated by Susan Orlean) that Rin Tin Tin won the first Best Actor Oscar, but they didn't want to inaugurate their first awards ceremony by bestowing the Best Actor prize to a dog, so they wound up giving it to Emil Jannings. This has no basis in fact. The ballots are still in existence at the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library in L.A., and not one has Rin Tin Tin on it. Rin Tin Tin snubbed |
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Post by dadsburgers on Aug 3, 2023 0:41:13 GMT
There were definitely a lot of people who actually believed Marisa Tomei wasn't actually the winner
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Post by stephen on Aug 3, 2023 0:43:17 GMT
There was a rumour that went around (perpetrated by Susan Orlean) that Rin Tin Tin won the first Best Actor Oscar, but they didn't want to inaugurate their first awards ceremony by bestowing the Best Actor prize to a dog, so they wound up giving it to Emil Jannings. This has no basis in fact. The ballots are still in existence at the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library in L.A., and not one has Rin Tin Tin on it. Rin Tin Tin snubbed I feel like that story was largely designed at Jannings's expense because of his latterday Nazi associations, and it's easier to poke fun at his legacy that way. |
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Post by stephen on Aug 3, 2023 0:48:00 GMT
There were definitely a lot of people who actually believed Marisa Tomei wasn't actually the winner It can't be understated how much the Moonlight/La La Land snafu redeemed her. I mean, her body of work (and the enduring iconic legacy of the performance itself) had done that for the "real ones," but that really put the nail in the coffin of that horrible, hurtful rumour, and now that Tomei has become a legendary doyenne of cinema, I hope she continues to enjoy the full respect she should've gotten back in 1992. Also, obligatory fuck Rex Reed for starting that rumour in the first place. |
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Post by finniussnrub on Aug 3, 2023 1:01:45 GMT
There were definitely a lot of people who actually believed Marisa Tomei wasn't actually the winner It can't be understated how much the Moonlight/La La Land snafu redeemed her. I mean, her body of work (and the enduring iconic legacy of the performance itself) had done that for the "real ones," but that really put the nail in the coffin of that horrible, hurtful rumour, and now that Tomei has become a legendary doyenne of cinema, I hope she continues to enjoy the full respect she should've gotten back in 1992. Also, obligatory fuck Rex Reed for starting that rumour in the first place.Indeed. And only to add to the stupidity of that rumor is that no one was steamrolling anyways if you look at the precursors, so it's hard to say it was even an upset in a certain sense, AND of course, people constantly complain that the Academy doesn't reward comedies and when a comedy wins...what do they do? They complain!!! |
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Post by stephen on Aug 3, 2023 1:04:19 GMT
It can't be understated how much the Moonlight/La La Land snafu redeemed her. I mean, her body of work (and the enduring iconic legacy of the performance itself) had done that for the "real ones," but that really put the nail in the coffin of that horrible, hurtful rumour, and now that Tomei has become a legendary doyenne of cinema, I hope she continues to enjoy the full respect she should've gotten back in 1992. Also, obligatory fuck Rex Reed for starting that rumour in the first place.Indeed. And only to add to the stupidity of that rumor is that no one was steamrolling anyways if you look at the precursors, so it's hard to say it was even an upset in a certain sense, AND of course, people constantly complain that the Academy doesn't reward comedies and when a comedy wins...what do they do? They complain!!! It's just that Rex Reed is a bitter crabapple gossip-hound who thought that four veteran actresses losing to the ingenue meant a.) tearing down Jack Palance as a drunken old fogie who couldn't read a person's name in an envelope, and b.) shitting all over Tomei as a way to bring some sort of roundabout justice to Judy Davis/Vanessa Redgrave/Joan Plowright/Miranda Richardson because how dare a populist hit win an industry award. |
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Post by youngserling on Aug 6, 2023 5:23:34 GMT
Alice Brady's Oscar
For years I read that when Alice Brady won her Oscar (in her second nomination) for In Old Chicago, the actress couldn't make it to the ceremony so a man came onstage and gave a speech on behalf of the actress. Then he went down, he was around the place for a while and then he was not seen again. When the actress asked for her Oscar to be sent to her, everyone did not know where the Oscar was and the identity of the man. Alice Brady died a year later never knowing what happened to her Oscar and who had it.
But it seems that this story is false.
It is true that Alice Brady did not attend the Oscar ceremony but Henry King, director of In Old Chicago, accepted the Oscar on her behalf and the actress later received her Oscar. I mean, the Oscar was never missing.
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Post by dadsburgers on Aug 7, 2023 0:12:02 GMT
Alice Brady's Oscar For years I read that when Alice Brady won her Oscar (in her second nomination) for In Old Chicago, the actress couldn't make it to the ceremony so a man came onstage and gave a speech on behalf of the actress. Then he went down, he was around the place for a while and then he was not seen again. When the actress asked for her Oscar to be sent to her, everyone did not know where the Oscar was and the identity of the man. Alice Brady died a year later never knowing what happened to her Oscar and who had it. But it seems that this story is false. It is true that Alice Brady did not attend the Oscar ceremony but Henry King, director of In Old Chicago, accepted the Oscar on her behalf and the actress later received her Oscar. I mean, the Oscar was never missing. I literally thought this story was about Ann B. Davis from The Brady Brunch, until I realized the housekeeper doesn't tend to take the family name. Interesting story though! |
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