Very quickly, Hitchcock's first American film, REBECCA, won the 1940 Oscar
for Best Picture. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, SUSPICION, LIFEBOAT, and
SPELLBOUND were all nominated for Best Picture, as his British film, THE
LADY VANISHES, had been. Joan Fontaine won Best Actress for SUSPICION,
making her the only performer to win an Oscar under his direction. Few
others were nominated; those who were included Claude Rains for NOTORIOUS
and Janet Leigh for PSYCHO.
Hitchcock himself was nominated for Best Director five times--for REBECCA,
LIFEBOAT, SPELLBOUND, REAR WINDOW, and PSYCHO. He lost to John Ford (THE
GRAPES OF WRATH), Leo McCarey (GOING MY WAY), Billy Wilder (THE LOST
WEEKEND), Elia Kazan (ON THE WATERFRONT), and Billy Wilder (THE
APARTMENT), respectively.
Dennis Bingham
Indiana University, Indianapolis
On Sun, 30 Jan 2000 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> does anyone know, off-hand [please don't go
> out of your way to find out if you don't] whether
> hitchcock, or a hitchcock film, was ever nominated
> for an academy award . . . and if so, which films
> earned that recognition??
>
> thanks
>
> mike frank
>
> ----
> To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L
> in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]
>
----
To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L
in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]
|