Unfound Oscar Noms
List of Oscar Nominees I haven't been able to find. If you know where to find any of these (besides in archives), please let me know. E-mail treadwaynathan at gmail
I'm aware there are lost films on this list. There's also a few I've been able to find, but, I need English subtitles for them.
I'm aware there are lost films on this list. There's also a few I've been able to find, but, I need English subtitles for them.
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- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsEmil JanningsBelle BennettPhyllis HaverA happy bank clerk loses his identity after a robbery and is then presumed dead.
- DirectorRoland WestStarsNorma TalmadgeNoah BeeryGilbert RolandA despot falls for a dancing girl. After she rejects him, he has her other beau framed for murder.
- StarsGraham McNameeJoseph CottenDocumentary describing the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Dutch East Indies, destroying 70% of the island and its surrounding archipelago.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsEmil JanningsLewis StoneFlorence VidorPaul I, the Emperor of All Russia, becomes the target of a deadly conspiracy.
- DirectorJohn A. HaeselerStarsFrank CrumitThree bear cubs are observed exploring the forests of the Sierra Nevadas, encountering other wildlife, and invading the kitchen of a local ranch house.
- DirectorRussell T. ErvinStarsTed Husing
- DirectorIrving AllenStarsWarren DouglasIring Allen was filming High Conquest when he shot this short film. Locale villagers rescue a couple trapped om the mountain.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsKent SmithHans ConriedAn Academy Award winner for best documentary, the film opens with a notice that..."Exhibition of confiscated Japanese film material authorized by permission of the Alien Property Custodian in the public interest under License No. LM 979"...and was assembled from hundreds of captured newsreels, historical dramas and propaganda films. While revealing the steps that Japan took that led to Pearl Harbor, it goes back 700 years to the feudal caste system, a peasant revolt suppressed after the Samurai murdered over 40,000 people, to Admiral Perry forcibly opening Japan to foreign trade, to the perversion of converting the Shinto religion of nature-worship to that of a fanatic state creed that preached the Japanese were a Master Race and the Emperor was a sun-god to be blindly obeyed. The film carried no credit for a director, while Richard Fleischer shared the Producer credit with Theron Warth.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsLee AakerNeville BrandHelen BrownAn orthopedic pediatrician wants to cure a scoliosis patient, but first he needs to convince the parents, who have rejected the child because of his disabilities.
- DirectorJean OserAn innovative profile of the painter Johannes Vermeer.
- DirectorAnthony Muto
- DirectorLouis Clyde StoumenStarsRaymond MasseyAcademy-Award winning short subject documentary that chronicles the Civil War through nearly 400 authentic artifacts, as opposed to using actors or sets.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenA depiction of the lives of "ama" divers, Japanese women who dive for pearls.
- DirectorRobert P. DavisStarsEzra R. BakerAn extremely funny film of abstract-expressionist painting.
- DirectorLarry SturhahnStarsPau CasalsWhile at his workshop in Puerto Rico, Pablo Casals prepares to conduct a Bach suite for a concert performance.
- DirectorRoger ChristianStarsRobert UrquhartRikki FultonJonathan McNeilLight-hearted tale about an enterprising Edinburgh boarding school boy who sets up an insurance scheme for fellow pupils in 1953 against getting caned, which quickly earns him a small fortune.
- DirectorHoward HigginStarsPhyllis HaverAlan HaleFred KohlerSailors find a baby in a rowboat and head to shore to find a woman who knows how to care for it.
- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsMilton SillsDorothy MackaillBetty CompsonA carnival barker wants his son to become a lawyer, but his son gets side-tracked into joining the carnival too.
- DirectorDonald CrispStarsWilliam BoydAlan HaleJacqueline LoganPete Smith, a lift bridge operator in a harbor, feels lonely in his cabin, his only visitor being a policeman on patrol, Sgt. Coughlin. One night, after hearing shots, Smith gives shelter to a wounded man, whom he hides from Coughlin. Before leaving, the man, Marcas, promises to return the favor and the coat he borrows from him. Later, Smith enters the police, and his chief, Mather, suspects he is protecting Marcas, who is actually a gangster. Marcas sends a girl, Mary Monks, to deliver a luxurious coat with a fur collar to Smith. Pete and Mary get along well, and for his sake, she betrays Marcas, who is eventually shot to death by the cops, after having stopped his mob from killing Smith. Mary goes away alone into the night, and when Mather finds out that Pete is protecting her, he drops away the evidence of her presence on the spot.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsRichard BarthelmessLucien LittlefieldKathrin Clare WardA writer is torn between his wife, and a more sophisticated woman that he lusts after.
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsRuth ChattertonPaul LukasDavid MannersA woman becomes estranged from her daughter when the girl learns that she is illegitimate.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsBobby ClarkPaul McCulloughJames FinlaysonA couple of down-at-heel specimens (Clark and McCullough) take on the job of insurance men, and, after exploiting their wrestling powers, manage to sell insurance to the president of the company employing them and to one who has hitherto proved unapproachable.
- DirectorBryan FoyStarsFrank FayLew CodyLaura La PlanteThis Masquers short (the first of the series) is a parody of every old-time melodrama that trod the stages or graced the silver screen...Our Nell...the Old Folks at Home...the Old Homestead...the Villain holding the Mortgage...the pure-as-snow Hero with IDEALs...and the Old Saw Mill with the Heroine tied to a log rapidly approaching the the Old (but sharp) Buzz Saw. All with the Keystone Kops thrown in.
- Old silent movies were edited and given silly soundtracks in this Paramount short subject series that ran from1931 to 1934. Of interest is that some now lost films are included here and are at least partially saved.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMatt McHughMarjorie KaneFranklin PangbornDel Lord, famous director of the Three Stooges shorts, directed this story of one man in various comical vignettes playing the "loud mouth" - a guy who can't keep a secret and is always getting himself in trouble with everyone he comes in contact with by shouting out his opinions and criticizing strangers to their face.
- DirectorLeigh JasonStarsKen MurrayDorothy LeeChick Chandler
- DirectorWanda JakubowskaStanislaw WohlStacy WoodardStarsGayne WhitmanA variety of sea creatures are filmed in their natural habitat. Included are seaweed, a sea snail, crabs, a starfish opening a mussel, a sea anemone eating an eel, a sea urchin, hermit crab, an octopus fleeing a crab, and a sea cucumber.
- StarsJames F. ClemengerThrough the adorably persuasive antics of a menagerie of cats, dogs, monkeys, lion cubs, and other animals great and small, Bosom Friends delivers a species-transcending message of tolerance. (Source: UCLA Film & Television Archive)
- StarsGraham McNamee
- DirectorDel LordStarsMonte CollinsTom KennedyRuth HiattMonty's nerves are shot, so he decides to go on a nice, relaxing trip to the country. Unfortunately, his brother-in-law Tom brings along the rest of the family. Comic chaos ensues. "Oh, My Nerves" was remade by the 3 Stooges as "Idiots Deluxe" (1945) and "Guns a Poppin'" (1957).
- DirectorRobert CarlisleStarsGayne WhitmanConsiders marvels of modern science: contact lenses, kitchen gadgets, bubble bath (with cheesecake), diatoms, Boulder Dam.
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsPhil HarrisLeah RayHarry Tyler
- DirectorFred WallerStarsYasha Bunchuk
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsWillie BestDaisy BuffordJesse Graves
- StarsGayne WhitmanRaising angora rabbits for wool; new marine navigation and safety technology; kitchen gadgets; developing new rose varieties.
- DirectorFrank P. DonovanStarsAlexander WoollcottAnnette DionneCecile DionneCecile, Annette, Yvonne, Emile and Marie, the Dionne Quintuplets, turn five years old and have a private birthday party in their garden. Other than the five little French-Canadian princesses-of-the-world, the other attendees at the party for the sheltered sisters are their doctor-and-mentor, Roy Dafoe; a priest and two nurses; radio's "Town Crier," Alexander Woollcott; and RKO-Newsreel cameraman Harry Smith. Happy Fifth Birthday, girls.
- DirectorJoseph KrumgoldStarsJohn KieranMichael O'ConnellYoung Boy Visits the Bronx Zoo
- DirectorLeslie M. RoushStarsJohnny LongJohnny Long and His OrchestraHelen YoungThis Paramount Headliner short (in-house number A1-1) was filmed at Jones Beach and features a background of pretty girls, bathing suits and the ocean. Johnny Long and His Orchestra provide the music for five songs, including "Kiss the Boys Goodbye", and Helen Young and Bob Huston provide the vocals.
- DirectorTom Cummiskey
- DirectorFrank Hurley
- DirectorEarl AllvineStarsPaul Douglas
- DirectorJack Kuhne
- DirectorJohn FernhoutIn the aftermath of the Allied defeat in the battle for Java, after which the island fell into Japanese hands, this propaganda film made for American audiences shows what has been lost.
- DirectorVictor StoloffStarsCharles Boyer
- DirectorWilliam H. Pine
- DirectorHarry W. Smith
- DirectorHarry Watt
- StarsEd ThorgersenA documentary about how American sports figures are contributing to the war effort.
- DirectorFrank P. Donovan
- DirectorHugh BennettStarsBetty Jane RhodesJohnny JohnstonVal SetzThe first of a series of six two-reel "Musical Parade" shorts produced in Technicolor for the Paramount 1943-44 production season. The series would continue into 1948, and then were reissued in the early 50's. In addition to listed cast, dancers Adriana & Charly were on hand, as were The Rogers Dancers. Songs included "All the Way" and "At the Mardi Gras."
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsEddie AlbertDesi ArnazGene AutrySeveral prominent actors are seen in their new roles as WWII military officers and enlisted men. Highlights include Robert Stack (a former amateur skeet shooting champion) displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone Power as a Marine drill instructor; Rudy Vallee leading a military band; and Glenn Ford in the everyday grind of a Marine private.
- DirectorHenry S. KeslerFyodor OtsepStarsAnna StenKent SmithMimi ForsytheThe Soviet Union, just after the German invasion in 1941. Natasha is a Red Cross volunteer who is dispatched to a field hospital located in an old pre-revolution mansion. The American test pilot John Hill who'd been in Russia on a goodwill mission, is wounded in a battle and brought to the hospital. As he slowly recovers from his wounds, Hill falls in love with Natasha. One day the crisis develops when the hospital personnel are forced to move immediately to Leningrad as the Germans advance.
- DirectorTom CummiskeyStarsEd Thorgersen
- DirectorBob WickershamStarsHarry Lang
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsCecil B. DeMilleLouella ParsonsWalt DisneyA look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in the series are featured, along with a montage of film greats who have passed away in the intervening years.
- DirectorGeorge TempletonStarsOlga San JuanBob GrahamAdeline De Walt ReynoldsOlga San Juan is the singing and dancing star of a night club in a South America country,and is in love with Bob Graham, the orchestra leader and vocalist, whose wealthy parents are unaware of his club and musical activities. The parents, when told of the romance, think the girl is after the son's future inheritance. A Paramount "Musical Parade" short.
- DirectorThomas MeadStarsJack Costello
- StarsLowell ThomasThis 1946 entry in the "Movietone Adventures" series of shorts was in Technicolor when originally released. Narrated by Lowell Thomas, it is a trip from Medicine Hat in southern Utah down the rapids of the San Juan River ending with a view of the Rainbow Bridge, hence the title and the use of Tehnicolor.
- DirectorGeorge TempletonStarsPat PhelanNoel NeillAudrey YoungTom Cannon, a tap-dancer senior at State University sets out to find a College Queen for the upcoming competition. He selects Cindy Harris, a girl who is working her way through college as a waitress and can sing and dance. They win and she is named College Queen. Songs include "I'm Learning a Lot in College" and "Down the Old Ox Road."
- DirectorTom CummiskeyStarsEd Thorgersen
- DirectorGeorge BlakeStarsMiklos GafniThis Columbia short (part of their "Two-Reel Special" series) tells the story of the Hungarian tenor, Miklos Gafni, who learned to sing while being confined in a Nazi slave-labor/concentration camp during World War II, and who had just made a successful New York City concert-hall debut. Mr. Gafni sings "The Return to Sorrento," "Vesti la Guiba," and an Hungarian love song.
- StarsDwight WeistConcerning the plight of Europe's six million displaced persons. Al but 850,000 who have not yet returned home after the war for fear of reprisals for their political or religious beliefs.
- DirectorPaul RothaStarsRobert AdamsElizabeth CowellValentine DyallAn examination of the problems of world food distribution following World War II, outlining steps underway to deal with the problems.
- DirectorBilly DanielStarsLita BaronRuss VincentBilly DanielNight club owner Russ Vincent hires boogie-woogie dancer Betty Hannon for a spot in a South American revue which is headed by Lita Baron (as Isabelita). The latter is wary of Hannon's motives, but Vincent dismisses her feelings as jealousy.
- DirectorArthur CohenStarsMel AllenWinter sports in the Rocky Mountains.
- DirectorWilliam LaskyDickie MooreStarsDickie MooreA crippled boy discovers a wounded bald eagle, nurses it back to health, tames and teaches it to fly. One day, a rattlesnake is about to strike the boy, when the bird attacks the snake and a vicious fight erupts between the snake and the bird. In the excitement, the boy forgets his crutches and finds himself able to walk without them...
- DirectorIrving Allen
- DirectorCharles F. SchwepStarsWilliam CanfieldKenji is torn between the glowing promises of communism and ideals of his girlfriend Aki's Christian religion.
- DirectorGeoffrey BoothbyDavid Eady
- DirectorJean VidalStarsSherry ManaganBalzac is a 1951 short documentary film by French director Jean Vidal. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1952 and won first prize for best director at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival the same year.
- DirectorJacques-Yves CousteauStarsJacques-Yves Cousteau
- DirectorOwen CrumpStarsMarvin MillerAn updated Technicolor followup to a black & white Broadway Brevity (1941) tour of the Morristown, New Jersey seeing eye dog training program. Much of the narration comes from the canine's point of view.
- DirectorJack EatonStarsWard WilsonThis Grantland Rice Sportlight visits the internationally famous Mexican Army Equestrian Teams as it puts on a demonstration if the finest in horsemanship.
- DirectorAlberto AncilottoA close-up study of a spider at work.
- DirectorJean Oser
- DirectorRichard StatileStarsArt GilmoreColor footage of a whale hunt, filmed in a five month period near Antarctica.
- DirectorVincenzo Lucci-ChiarissiPrimitive sculptures trace the evolution of religious motives in early man.
- DirectorOtto LangThe first travelogue released by Twentieth Century-Fox in CinemaScope, produced and directed by Otto Lang, is a photographic record of a journey from Milan to Naples, through Florence and Rome, on a streamlined passenger train. En route, the film takes time out in the cities mentioned to take a look at the landmarks---past and present---with the climax on the edge of Vesuvius' smoldering crater.
- DirectorRussell T. ErvinStarsWard Wilson
- DirectorJohn JayStarsArt Gilmore
- DirectorOtto Lang
- DirectorHerbert MorganStarsDel KuhnA motorcycle cop buys a used car to take his family on vacation to the East Coast. Minor car trouble along the way causes him to meet first a reckless driver, and then a highway patrolman who shares stories of bad drivers with him. Various dangers of careless driving - both fictional and real - are depicted as the patrolman continues on the job, later crossing paths with the reckless driver again. When the police officer makes the return trip from his vacation, he finds that the situation has changed in a surprising way.
- DirectorBjarne Henning-JensenStarsLars Henning-JensenHannibal MathiasenFrederikke FlyDrama documentary about the 10-year-old boy Mikisoq (Hannibal Mathiesen), who lives with his family in a remote settlement on the west coast of Greenland.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenThe film visits cities and small towns of Switzerland to explore the local customs and activities during the seasons. The climax is a climb to the top of the Matterhorn with three mountaineers.
- DirectorJustin HermanA young hurler relates an account of the sport in the fictional Irish town of Ballykilly.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsWinston HiblerThe story of a happy people on an island paradise begins with a description of life and cultural events in the communities. There are glimpses of fishing and local foods being prepared, and the building of a guest house is shown.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsCharles BickfordNancy ReaganCornell BorchersA young girl, played by Pamela Beaird, normal in every way is affected with severe epilepsy. What happens in regard to her parents and school friends and their reactions, is shown. In addition, an explanation of the affliction and demonstrations of the treatment involved, both physically and psychologically, are detailed.