I’ll start with the obvious: The 85th annual Academy Awards air Sunday night on ABC.
Now for the not-so-obvious: A hell of a lot of Oklahomans have won or been nominated for the Oscars in years past, and three such statuettes are on display in the Oklahoma History Center’s ongoing Oklahoma @ the Movies exhibit.
To celebrate Sunday’s big event, the OHC has passed along this list of Okie-centric films, actors, actresses and behind-the-camera talent who’ve been blessed by Oscar’s gaze. —Rod Lott
Oklahoma Movies with Best Picture Oscar/Nominations:
• Cimarron (1931) Best Picture Oscar
• The Awful Truth (1937) Best Picture Nomination
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Best Picture Nomination
• Picnic (1956) Best Picture Nomination
• How the West Was Won (1962) Best Picture Nomination
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Best Picture Nomination
• The Last Picture Show (1971) Best Picture Nomination
• Bound for Glory (1976) Best Picture Nomination
• Rain Man (1988) Best Picture Oscar
Oscar-Winning Oklahomans:
Joan Crawford
• Mildred Pierce (1945) Best Actress Oscar
• Possessed (1947) Best Actress Nomination
• Sudden Fear (1952) Best Actress Nomination
Blake Edwards
• Victor/Victoria (1982) Best Adapted Screenplay Nomination
• Honorary Oscar for Career Achievement (2004)
Gray Frederickson
• The Godfather, Part II (1974) Best Picture Oscar
• Apocalypse Now (1979) Best Picture Nomination
Gene Havlick
• Lost Horizon (1937) Best Film Editing Oscar
• You Can't Take It with You (1938) Best Film Editing Nomination
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Best Film Editing Nomination
Van Heflin
• Johnny Eager (1942) Best Supporting Actor Oscar
Ron Howard
• A Beautiful Mind (2001) Best Picture Oscar
• A Beautiful Mind (2001) Best Director Oscar
• Frost/Nixon (2008) Best Picture Nomination
• Frost/Nixon (2008) Best Director Nomination
Ben Johnson
• The Last Picture Show (1971) Best Supporting Actor Oscar
Jennifer Jones
• The Song of Bernadette (1943) Best Actress Oscar
• Since You Went Away (1944) Best Actress Nomination
• Love Letters (1945) Best Actress Nomination
• Duel in the Sun (1946) Best Actress Nomination
• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1955) Best Actress Nomination
Steve LaPorte
• Beetlejuice (1988) Best Makeup Oscar
Matthew Mungle
• Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) Best Makeup Oscar
• Schindler's List (1993) Best Makeup Nomination
• Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) Best Makeup Nomination
• Albert Nobbs (2011) Best Makeup Nomination
Elmo Williams
• High Noon (1952) Best Film Editing Oscar
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Best Film Editing Nomination
Michael Wilson
• A Place in the Sun (1951) Best Screenplay Oscar
• 5 Fingers (1952) Best Screenplay Nomination
• Friendly Persuasion (1956) Best Adapted Screenplay Nomination
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Best Adapted Screenplay Nomination
Oscar-Nominated Oklahomans:Margaret Avery
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The Color Purple (1985) Best Supporting Actress Nomination
Lucien Ballard
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The Caretakers (1963) Best Black-and-White Cinematography Nomination
Ralph Bane
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Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) "The Trolley Song" Best Original Song Nomination
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Good News (1947) "Pass that Peace Pipe" Best Original Song Nomination
Gary Busey
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The Buddy Holly Story (1978) Best Actor Nomination
James Garner
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Murphy's Romance (1985) Best Actor Nomination
Ed Harris
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Apollo 13 (1995) Best Supporting Actor Nomination
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The Truman Show (1998) Best Supporting Actor Nomination
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Pollock (2000) Best Actor Nomination
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The Hours (2002) Best Supporting Actor Nomination
Carol Littleton
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E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Best Film Editing Nomination
Terrence Malick
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The Thin Red Line (1998) Best Director Nomination
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The Thin Red Line (1998) Best Adapted Screenplay Nomination
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The Tree of Life (2011) Best Director Nomination
Jack Oakie
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The Great Dictator (1940) Best Supporting Actor Nomination
Brad Pitt
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Twelve Monkeys (1995) Best Supporting Actor Nomination
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Best Actor Nomination
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Moneyball (2011) Best Picture Nomination
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Moneyball (2011) Best Actor Nomination
Alfre Woodard
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Cross Creek (1983) Best Supporting Actress Nomination
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