1935 Best Actor & 1974 Best Supporting Actor Oscars

I rather lamely couldn’t think of a 1974 film that starred both Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.

Questions

A former boxer whose fights included an exhibition match against Jack Johnson, which Brit took home the Best Actor Oscar for his part in John Ford’s 1935 film “The Informer”? He played the role of ‘Gypo’ Nolan, a former member of the IRA in the period following the Irish War of Independence.

VICTOR MACLAGEN

One of three nominees for the 1935 Best Actor Oscar from “Mutiny on the Bounty”, who failed to follow up on his success from the previous year when he lost out to Victor Maclagen?

CLARK GABLE

With Clark Gable nominated for portraying Fletcher Christian, which Scarborough-born actor received a 1935 Best Actor Oscar nomination for taking on the role of Captain Bligh in “Mutiny on the Bounty”? That same year he had also played Inspector Javert in Richard Boleslawski’s “Les Misérables”.

CHARLES LAUGHTON

Distantly related to Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone, Franchot Tone was the third Best Actor nominee for 1935’s “Mutiny on the Bounty”. He played which fictional narrator, a character created for the original 1932 novel on which the film was based?

ROGER BYAM

During the brief period they were permitted, Paul Muni got into 1935 Best Actor Oscar contention through write-ins. For his role in which Michael Curtiz crime film was this, with him playing Pennsylvania coal miner Joe Radek?

BLACK FURY

Winning a black and white cinematography Oscar for “On the Waterfront”, Boris Kaufman is a younger brother of which early filmmaker whose pioneering work includes “Enthusiasm: The Symphony of Donbas”?

DZIGA VERTOV

Sung by Maureen McGovern during the film, which seven-word titled tune that featured in “The Towering Inferno” went on to win the Oscar for Best Original Song?

WE MAY NEVER LOVE LIKE THIS AGAIN

Despite receiving loads of Academy Award nominations, “The Towering Inferno” was recognised only once in the acting categories. For their role as Harlee Claiborne, who was in contention for 1974 Best Supporting Actor?

FRED ASTAIRE

Oreste Baldini played a young version of which character in a 1974 film, with another actor going on to win the Best Supporting Actor for their portrayal of him at an older stage in life?

VITO CORLEONE

With Clint Eastwood playing ‘Thunderbolt’, which actor was ‘Lightfoot’ in the 1974 Michael Cimino film “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot”? Later going on to win an Oscar, he was unsuccessful on this occasion when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

JEFF BRIDGES

A eulogy was given at Marilyn Monroe’s funeral by which person from the world of cinema? He would later be nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for their role as Hyman Roth in “The Godfather Part II”.

LEE STRASBERG

Along with Lee Strasberg and Robert De Niro, “The Godfather Part II” saw Michael V. Gazzo nominated for 1974 Best Supporting Actor. Known by the nickname ‘Frankie Five Angels’, what was the real name of the character that he played?

FRANK PENTANGELI

More Oscars

1974 Best Actress and 1947 Best Director make their appearance here along with a couple about the author of “The Princess Bride”.

Questions

Known for novels like “Marathon Man”, William Goldman won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for his work on which 1969 film?

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID

For which 1976 film did William Goldman double his Oscar collection when he was successful in the Adapted Screenplay category?

ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN

The second time she was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar, who played the role of Evelyn Mulwray in Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown”? This character hires Jake Gittes to investigate a potential infidelity by her husband.

FAYE DUNAWAY

Directed by Martin Scorsese, for which 1974 romantic comedy did Ellen Burstyn receive the Oscar for Best Actress? Also is the cast were Diane Ladd and her daughter, Laura Dern.

ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE

Playing the title role in “Claudine”, a film that saw her nominated for a 1974 Best Actress Oscar, whose love interests throughout life included both Sidney Poitier and David Frost? Her role in the TV series “Julia” is seen as a groundbreaking change in the portrayal of African-Americans on the small screen.

DIAHANN CARROLL

Valerie Perrine starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in Bob Fosse’s 1974 film “Lenny”, an adaptation of Julian Barry’s play about Lenny Bruce. What was the first name of her stripper character?

HONEY

The first of two Best Actress nominations for Gena Rowlands, “A Woman Under the Influence” saw her star as Mabel Longhetti. Also providing some of his own money to help get the film made, which actor played her construction worker husband Nick?

PETER FALK

Gregory Peck poses as a Jew in the 1947 drama “Gentleman’s Agreement” in order to investigate antisemitism in New York City. As well as this film winning the best picture, who took home the Best Director Oscar for it?

ELIA KAZAN

Later going on to win the Best Director Oscar for “My Fair Lady”, George Cukor received multiple nominations for that award including for which 1947 film noir for which Ronald Colman won Best Actor for portraying an actor?

A DOUBLE LIFE

His films including 1954’s “The Caine Mutiny”, which Canadian director whose surname is devoid of vowels received a Best Director Oscar nomination for the 1947 film-noir “Crossfire”, like “Gentleman’s Agreement” tackling the subject of antisemitism? He was jailed for a few months for refusing to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee.

EDWARD DMYTRYK

Later remade into 1996 Christmas flick “The Preacher’s Wife” with Whitney Houston in the title role, “The Bishop’s Wife” saw which German-born director nominated for a 1947 Oscar? He was married to Peggy Moran, who appeared in Abbott and Costello’s first film “One Night in the Tropics”.

HENRY KOSTER

No stranger to successful adaptations, for his take on which Dickens novel did David Lean receive a 1947 Best Director Oscar nomination? The film’s cast included John Mills, Alec Guinness and Jean Simmons.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Oscars – Best Director 1944, 1948

I had the annual scan through Oscar nominations this morning so we’ll see how many I still manage to get wrong in the coming months.

Questions

As well as receiving a 1948 Best Director nomination, for which post-World War II film did Fred Zinnemann accept a juvenile Oscar on behalf of Czechoslovak actor Ivan Jandl because the Communist authorities would not allow the youngster to travel to the USA to accept the award?

THE SEARCH

Despite being responsible for some of the most acclaimed films of all time John Huston only took home one Best Director Oscar. This was in 1948 for which adaptation of a B. Traven novel?

THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE

Nominated for 1948 Best Director as well as taking home the Best Actor Oscar that year, Laurence Olivier’s performance as the title character in “Hamlet” was alongside which actress who played Ophelia? This person’s British father won a bronze medal in gymnastics at the 1912 Olympics.

JEAN SIMMONS

Born in Romania, which 1948 Best Director nominee for “Johnny Belinda” was also at the helm for the Marilyn Monroe starring “How to Marry a Millonaire”?

JEAN NEGULESCO

Kiev-born Anatole Litvak got a nomination for Best Director in 1948 for which psychological drama that sees Olivia de Havilland inside an insane asylum, though she can’t remember how she got there?

THE SNAKE PIT

Based on a story by John Steinbeck, “Lifeboat” was a ‘limited-setting’ film that saw a 1944 Best Director Oscar nomination for which auteur?

ALFRED HITCHCOCK

His other films including “Duck Soup” and “An Affair to Remember”, who won the 1944 Best Director Oscar for “Going My Way”?

LEO MCCAREY

The second year in a row that he was up for the award, Henry King’s 1944 Oscar nomination for Best Director was a biographical film about which president of the United States?

WOODROW WILSON (The film was called “Wilson”)

Adapted from a Vera Caspary mystery novel, the 1944 film noir “Laura” saw which director given an Oscar nomination? His birthplace was in the present borders of Ukraine.

OTTO PREMINGER

Billy Wilder received a 1944 Best Director Oscar nomination when he adapted James M. Cain’s novel “Double Indemnity”. The filmmaker shares screenplay credits with which author, who also contributed to the one for “Strangers on a Train”?

RAYMOND CHANDLER

Oscars mix

I’ve had the DVD for “Deutschland ’83” for years and keep thinking I should watch that next. With German sub-titles of course!

Questions

Father of Jean-Michel and a three-time winner for Best Original Score, Maurice Jarre won all his Oscars for providing the music to films by which director?

DAVID LEAN

One of the directors for the TV series “Deutschland 83” and born in Wolfsburg, who saw his version of “All Quiet on the Western Front” take home the Best Foreign Film Oscar for 2022?

EDWARD BERGER

Including “The Secret in Their Eyes” star Ricardo Darín among its cast, which 2022 Best Foreign Film nominee follows the Trial of the Juntas that took place during Raúl Alfonsín’s period in office?

ARGENTINA, 1985

The follow up to his debut feature film “Girl”, which one-word titled film by Belgian Lukas Dhont sees two intimate young boys struggle with the judgments of their classmates? It was a winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes and got a Best Foreign Film nomination at the 2022 Oscars.

CLOSE

Both centring around a donkey, Jerzy Skolimowski’s 2022 Best Foreign Film nominee “EO” was inspired by which 1966 Robert Bresson film that was itself inspired by Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot”?

AU HASARD BALTHAZAR

Colm Bairéad’s 2022 Best Foreign Film nominee “The Quiet Girl” is based on the short story “Foster” by which Irish writer, whose “Small Things Like These” lost out to “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” when it made the Booker Prize shortlist?

CLAIRE KEEGAN

His film “Navalny” winning the 2022 Best Documentary Oscar, Canadian director Daniel Roher’s other work includes “Once Were Brothers”, this partly being based on which late singer’s memoir “Testimony”?

ROBBIE ROBERTSON

Losing out to Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was nominated for 2005 Best Actor was portraying Edward R. Murrow in “Good Night, and Good Luck”? He has played other historical figures including Willliam Seward in “Lincoln”.

DAVID STRATHAIRN

Better known for his acting than his 2008 album “Shine Through It”, whose only Oscar nomination for Best Actor was for the 2005 film “Hustle & Flow”, a drama where his character is as aspiring rapper?

TERRENCE HOWARD

A romantic comedy that featured Ricardo Montalbán, the 1949 film “Neptune’s Daughter” featured what Frank Loesser tune that went on to win the Best Original Song Oscar?

BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE

Best Director Oscar 1928, 1938, 1992

For such a famous name I have real trouble placing King Vidor, possibly because I don’t think I’ve seen any of his films. Maybe I need to track down “The Big Parade” to start.

Questions

Never managing to win the award, the third of five Best Director Oscar nominations for which filmmaker was for his 1992 effort “The Player”, a movie that saw Jeff Goldblum, Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis appear as themselves?

ROBERT ALTMAN

Their other films including “Beverly Hills Cop” and “Meet Joe Black”, whose only nomination for the Best Director Oscar was for “Scent of a Woman” in 1992, the film that saw Al Pacino win his Academy Award?

MARTIN BREST

James Ivory failed to win the Best Director Oscar in 1992 for which film, despite it going on to win Best Picture? This also happened in 1986, with both movies being based on works by the same author.

HOWARDS END

Nominated for Best Director though not succeeding in that category, Neil Jordan did win the 1992 Best Screenplay Oscar for which film? During it the Forest Whitaker character relates the fable of “The Scorpion and the Frog”.

THE CRYING GAME

Adapted from a George S. Kaufman play that won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, which film saw Frank Capra awarded a Best Director Oscar in 1938?

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU

Born in Budapest, who was nominated twice for the 1938 Best Director Oscar for “Angels with Dirty Faces” and “Four Daughters”, the cast of the latter including the Lane Sisters?

MICHAEL CURTIZ

Holding the record for youngest Best Director Oscar winner for many years before Damien Chazelle lowered it, who won that award for the 1931 film “Skippy”? He was also nominated in 1938 for “Boys Town”, a film based around how Edward J. Flanagan tried to tackle the education of some underprivileged orphans.

NORMAN TAUROG

Never winning the award during his illustrious career, King Vidor was nominated for the 1938 Best Director Oscar for which adaptation of an A.J. Cronin novel, its cast including Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell?

THE CITADEL

King Vidor was nominated for the Best Director Oscar at the first Academy Awards in 1928 for which silent film that sees a man who was born on the 4th July try to stand out in New York City?

THE CROWD

Starring Janet Gaynor as the prostitute Diane, which film saw Frank Borzage win Best Director for a Dramatic Picture at the first Oscars in 1928?

7TH HEAVEN

His silent films including adaptations of “Peter Pan”, “The Great Gatsby” and P.C. Wren’s “Beau Geste”, which Irish-born American was nominated for the Best Director for a Dramatic Picture Oscar in 1928 for their take on Warwick Deeping’s novel “Sorrell and Son”?

HERBERT BRENON

The only time a Best Director for a Comedy Picture was awarded before it merged with the Dramatic Picture in 1929, for which film set during the First World War did Lewis Milestone win this award?

TWO ARABIAN NIGHTS

The character of Harold Swift as played by Harold Lloyd carried what titular nickname in a 1928 silent film that saw Ted Wilde nominated for Best Director of a Comedy Picture at the very first Oscars?

SPEEDY

One of the highest grossing films in silent film history, for which movie did Charlie Chaplin receive his only Best Director Oscar nomination, this being in 1928 on the only occasion there was a specific comedy category?

THE CIRCUS

1998 Best Foreign Film & 1971 Best Actress

Another random combo in the Oscar smash. So that’s 12 Best Actress and 13 Best Foreign Film batches done. I daren’t work out the expected completion date at my current rate.

Questions

An opportunity to see scenes set in the delightful Tuscan city of Arezzo, the hugely successful “Life is Beautiful” took home the 1998 Best Foreign Film Oscar. Its director Roberto Benigni was also rewarded with the Best Actor Oscar for portraying which bookshop owning character?

GUIDO OREFICE

Built in an Art Deco style, what is the Portuguese name for the Rio de Janeiro landmark that provides the title to a 1998 Best Foreign Film Oscar nominee that was directed by Walter Salles?

CENTRAL DO BRASIL

Later directing the inevitably controversial “Muhammad: The Messenger of God”, Iranian director Majid Majidi saw which of his films nominated for the 1998 Best Foreign Film Oscar, with a pair of pink shoes being used to drive its plot?

CHILDREN OF HEAVEN

Adapted from a Benito Pérez Galdós novel, “The Grandfather” earned a 1998 Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination. It was directed by which Spaniard, whose films have been up for that award on four occasions?

JOSÉ LUIS GARCI

His earlier work including the “Flamenco” trilogy of “Blood Wedding”, “Carmen” and “El amor brujo”, Spanish director Carlos Saura saw which Buenos Aires set film of his receive a 1998 Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination?

TANGO

Jane Fonda took home the 1971 Best Actress Oscar for her role as a call girl in “Klute”, the first film in a trilogy directed by Alan J. Pakula that has come to be known by which word?

PARANOIA

One of multiple nominations for her in the Best Actress Oscar category, who played Constance Miller alongside Warren Beatty’s John McCabe in the 1971 Robert Altman ‘anti-Western’ “McCabe & Mrs. Miller”?

JULIE CHRISTIE

Involved in a love triangle with a doctor played by Peter Finch and a sculptor played by Murray Head, Alex Greville was portrayed by Glenda Jackson in which film, with her receiving a 1971 Best Actress nomination for her efforts?

SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY

With Glenda Jackson taking on the role of Queen Elizabeth I, who was given a 1971 Best Actress nomination for her take on the titular historical figure in “Mary, Queen of Scots”?

VANESSA REDGRAVE

Born in South Africa and married for a time to English theatre director Trevor Nunn, who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar in 1971 for portraying the last Empress of Russia in “Nicholas and Alexandra”?

JANET SUZMAN

Best Actor 1992 & Best Actress 1938

With a bonus music question to start. You’d think I’d be familiar with an Oscar winner born in the Stockport area, but my hometown continues to throw up surprises.

Questions

An English singer known as ‘The Man with the Golden Voice’, who was the singer on the Oscar-winning Best Original Song “Born Free”, with other film music sung by him including “On Days Like These” from “The Italian Job”?

MATT MONRO

A film that saw Penelope Ann Miller taking on the role of silent film actress Edna Purviance, who was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for their portrayal of the title character in Richard Attenborough’s 1992 film “Chaplin”?

ROBERT DOWNEY JR.

Al Pacino won a Best Actor Oscar for playing a blind man in the 1992 film “Scent of a Woman”, this being a remake of a 1974 Italian film directed by which prominent exponent of Commedia all’italiana?

DINO RISI

Later remade into a 2013 Japanese film, “Unforgiven” saw its director Clint Eastwood nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for playing which gunfighter who had tried to leave the outlaw life behind by taking up farming?

WILLIAM MUNNY

For playing a member of the IRA called Fergus in “The Crying Game” was which Irish actor nominated for a 1992 Best Actor Oscar? His supporting performance in the spy thriller TV series “The Honourable Woman” saw him win a BAFTA.

STEPHEN REA

Among the many roles of Denzel Washington to receive an Oscar nomination was his 1992 portrayal of the title character in “Malcolm X”, material for this film having been heavily influenced by “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, a work that was written by the activist in collaboration with which American writer?

ALEX HALEY

Bette Davis won the 1938 Best Actress Oscar for playing Julie Marsden in William Wyler’s “Jezebel”, this being an adaptation of whose play, with that writer having won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for drama with “Icebound”?

OWEN DAVIS (Not a relative!)

Winning the Best Supporting Actress in 1938 for “Jezebel”, for which film did Fay Bainter receive a Best Actress nomination in the same year? One of its plot devices involves trying to invent an iceless icebox.

WHITE BANNERS

Born in the Stockport suburb of Bramhall, which actress who later won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar found herself up for the top award in 1938 when she portrayed Eliza Doolittle in “Pygmalion”?

WENDY HILLER

A previous winner of the award, Norma Shearer was nominated for the 1938 Best Actress Oscar for playing which titular historical figure, the film being adapted from a biography by Austrian author Stefan Zweig?

MARIE ANTOINETTE

Previously married to Henry Fonda and William Wyler, Margaret Sullavan was nominated for 1938 Best Actress for “Three Comrades”. This was adapted from a novel by which author, best known for a 1929 classic?

ERICH MARIA REMARQUE

Supporting Actor 1966 & Supporting Actress 1937

My excuse for these two batches is missing “The Fortune Cookie” and O’Leary. The first of these I should have got but decided to ‘play it safe’ by going for “The Odd Couple”. Sometimes you just need to back yourself.

Questions

When Cleveland Browns player ‘Boom Boom’ Jackson runs into ‘Harry’ Hinkle in Billy Wilder’s “The Fortune Cookie”, the latter character is persuaded to sue for damages by ‘Whiplash Willie’ Gingrich, a role that saw which actor win the 1966 Best Supporting Actor Oscar?

WALTER MATTHAU

Known by a mononym, which Japanese-American received a 1966 Best Supporting Actor nomination for Robert Wise’s 1920s-set war film “The Sand Pebbles”, a film that sees Steve McQueen patrolling the Yangtze river? He later provided the voice for Aku, the shape-shifting demon lord who is the main antagonist in the “Samurai Jack” animated series.

MAKO

James Mason received a 1966 Best Supporting Actor nomination for which film that starred Lynn Redgrave as the title character, with it also getting in Oscar contention for Best Original Song thanks to Australian band The Seekers?

GEORGY GIRL

The soundtrack to the 1970 film “The Owl and the Pussycat” featured dialogue from Barbra Streisand and which other actor over music from jazz-rock fusion band Blood, Sweat & Tears? He was nominated for 1966 Best Supporting Actor for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and played Sam Spade Jr. in “The Black Bird”, a sequel to “The Maltese Falcon”.

GEORGE SEGAL

Best known for playing the role of shark hunter Quint in “Jaws”, for his portrayal of which historical figure was Robert Shaw given an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1966?

HENRY VIII (In “A Man for All Seasons”)

For her “In Old Chicago” performance as Kate O’Leary, the woman whose cow supposedly kicked over a lantern to start the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, who became the second person to win Best Supporting Actress at the 1937 Academy Awards? She was also nominated the previous year for her role in “My Man Godfrey”.

ALICE BRADY

Sharing her surname with an English city and retiring a few years later, who received a 1937 Best Supporting Actress nomination for “Stage Door”? The Gregory La Cava film also starred Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers.

ANDREA LEEDS

Taking her stage name from a fictional character, who was nominated for 1937 Best Supporting Actress for King Vidor’s “Stella Dallas”, the title role being played by Barbara Stanwyck?

ANNE SHIRLEY

Later going on to win the award for “Key Largo”, for which William Wyler drama did Claire Trevor find herself nominated for 1937 Best Supporting Actress? A film that also starred Humphrey Bogart, it gave its name to a group of ‘Kids’ who also appeared in “Angels with Dirty Faces”.

DEAD END

Awarded the title of ‘Dame’, which Liverpudlian was nominated for 1937 Best Supporting Actress for “Night Must Fall”, an adaptation of an Emlyn Williams play? Other roles included Miss Froy, the one who disappeared in Hitchcock’s “The Lady Vanishes”.

MAY WHITTY

Supporting Actress 1988 & Supporting Actor 2020

My abritrary rules have it that I now need to collect 10 questions as a minimum before I can post, this batch containing two separate ‘flags’ that I’ve hit.

Questions

Based on a 1964 investigation into the death of three civil rights workers, “Mississippi Burning” saw which actress receive a 1988 Best Supporting Oscar nomination? Born Cynthia Smith, she was later successful in the Best Actress category.

FRANCES MCDORMAND

Geena Davis won the 1988 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in what adaptation of an Anne Tyler novel, which explores the grief experienced by a travel guide writer following the loss of her son? The novel had been a Pulitzer Prize finalist, with the author later winning for “Breathing Lessons”.

THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST

Yet to win an Academy Award, the most recent of Sigourney Weaver’s Oscar nominations came when she was nominated for 1988 Best Supporting Actress for taking on the role of Katharine Parker, the manipulative boss of Tess McGill in which Mike Nichols film?

WORKING GIRL

Providing the voice of Jessie in the “Toy Story” franchise, which actress received a 1988 Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for Mike Nichols’ “Working Girl”? Her well known brother has never received a nod at the Academy Awards.

JOAN CUSACK

The first of three Oscar nominations, Michelle Pfeiffer was in 1988 Best Supporting Actress contention when she took on the role of Marie de Tourvel in which film, where she is seduced by a character played by John Malkovich?

DANGEROUS LIAISONS

Daniel Kaluuya won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2020 for portraying which American activist in “Judas and the Black Messiah”? This member of the Black Panther Party was killed during a police raid in 1969, with Mark Clark also losing his life and others suffering injuries.

FRED HAMPTON

Author of “Steal This Book”, which co-founder of the ‘Yippies’ was one of the defendants in Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7”? Sacha Baron Cohen received a 2020 Best Supporting Actor nomination for portraying him in the film.

ABBIE HOFFMAN

Notable for his role as vice president Aaron Burr in the “Hamilton” musical, who received a 2020 Best Supporting Actor nomination for their performance as Sam Cooke in “One Night in Miami…”, a film centring around Cassius Clay’s 1964 bout with Sonny Liston?

LESLIE ODOM, JR.

Briefly featuring in “Parks and Recreation” as a member of Pawnee Animal Control, which actor whose parents are deaf received a 2020 Best Supporting Actor nomination for “Sound of Metal”?

PAUL RACI

The role of FBI informant William O’Neal in “Judas and the Black Messiah” was taken on by which member of the “Atlanta” TV series cast, with him receiving a 2020 Best Supporting Actor nomination for his efforts? His other roles include Jimmie Lee Jackson in “Selma”, Snoop Dogg in “Straight Outta Compton” and L in “Death Note”.

LAKEITH STANFIELD

Best Supporting Actors 1950 and 1951

The extremely long finite Oscars list continues thanks to my inability to pay sufficient attention to winners in films I’ve actually watched, this time the culprit being George Sanders.

Questions

Also famous for being married to Zsa Zsa Gabor, with whom he co-starred in “Death of a Scoundrel” after they were divorced, Saint Petersburg-born Brit George Sanders won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for portraying Addison DeWitt in which 1950 film?

ALL ABOUT EVE

The real life Apache leader Cochise was portrayed by Jeff Chandler in which film, a role that saw him nominated for 1950 Best Supporting Actor? Starring James Stewart as Tom Jeffords, it is notable for being a Western that has a sympathetic portrayal of Native Americans.

BROKEN ARROW

A previous winner of the award for portraying Kris Kringle in “Miracle on 34th Street”, Edmund Gwenn got a 1950 Best Supporting Actor nomination for which film that involves counterfeited $1 bills with the mis-spelling ‘Wahsington’?

MISTER 880

Despite being blacklisted in the 1950s, Sam Jaffe managed to get roles in “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “Ben-Hur”. He received a Best Supporting Actor nomination in 1950 for which John Huston film, where he played criminal mastermind ‘Doc’ Riedenschneider?

THE ASPHALT JUNGLE

Born in Vienna, who received a 1950 Best Supporting Actor nomination for portraying Max von Meyerling in “Sunset Boulevard”? Other films in which he had roles include “La Grande Illusion” and “The Wedding March”, a silent drama that he also directed.

ERICH VON STROHEIM

His birth surname being Selukovich, who won Best Supporting Actor in 1951 for his performance in “A Streetcar Named Desire”? He played the role of Mitch, a friend of Stanley who becomes a love interest for Blanche Dubois.

KARL MALDEN

One of two nominations for 1951 Best Supporting Actor for “Quo Vadis”, Peter Ustinov portrayed which Roman emperor in the adaptation of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel?

NERO

English actor Leo Genn earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination in 1951 for playing which character in “Quo Vadis”, the supposed author of the Neronian era work “Satyricon”?

PETRONIUS

The male lead in Don Siegel’s “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”, who received a 1951 Best Supporting Actor nomination for playing Biff, Willy Loman’s son in “Death of a Salesman”?

KEVIN MCCARTHY

The first of Gig Young’s three nominations for Best Supporting Actor, which 1951 film that stars James Cagney centres around the trials of recovering from being an alcoholic?

COME FILL THE CUP