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OWWTT? Podcast: 1951 All About Oscar
By Bruce Vilanch
March 24, 2025

Strap in, it’s going to be a bumpy Oscars! On this episode Bruce and “Tex” look back at one of the greatest years in filmmaking history, the 1951 Oscars for the films of 1950. A year which produced perhaps the greatest Oscar battle of all time: SUNSET BOULEVARD vs. ALL ABOUT EVE. Hollywood tragedy vs. Broadway deception. With double digit nominations and luminary actors, writers, and directors for each project — this was a true heavyweight showdown where it would be almost impossible to get it wrong. Yet in some cases, they may have! (I’m looking at you Best Actor Award!) This is one of our favorite episodes to record just from the sheer volume of outstanding movies and performances — some of which you may not have seen or heard of and should promptly add to your playlist! “Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my Oscar!”

MOVIES MENTIONED

All About Eve

Sunset Boulevard

The Substance

Gone with the Wind

Titanic

La La Land

Mrs. Miniver

Born Yesterday

Samson & Delilah

Annie Get Your Gun

The Asphalt Jungle

Broken Arrow

Caged

Cinderella

Father of the Bride

King Solomon’s Mines

The Third Man

Destination Moon

The Flame and the Arrow

Harvey

The Magnificent Yankee

Adam’s Rib

The Gunfighter

Cyrano de Begerac

Roxanne

Mr. 880

Village of the Damned

Phffft

It Should Happen to You

Platoon

Arsenic & Old Lace

The Solid Gold Cadillac

Chicago

Caged Heat

Of Human Bondage

My Fair Lady

Gigi

The Ghost and Ms. Muir

A Letter to Three Wives

Sleuth

No Way Out

Cleopatra

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Key Largo

The African Queen

The Maltese Falcon

Gaslight

A Star is Born

The Philadelphia Story

David Copperfield

The Chapman Report

Panic in the Streets

Bitter Rice

Mystery Street

When Willy Comes Home

The Red Danube

The Furies

Stage Fright

D.O.A.

Night and the City

Cheaper by the Dozens

The Pink Panther

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