Trivia Help

[Greg]

Sorry, I guess I sometimes become obsessive-compulsive with data. Guess it's a professional hazard.

[FilmFan720]

Well, Wings, obviously, has no women, or men, in speaking roles. Lawrence Of Arabia must have some women extras in what would technically be speaking roles, i.e. shouting in a crowd.

Are we really squabbling like this now?

There are no women credited on the cast credits. How's that?

[Greg]

Well, Wings, obviously, has no women, or men, in speaking roles. Lawrence Of Arabia must have some women extras in what would technically be speaking roles, i.e. shouting in a crowd.

[FilmFan720]

Isn't it the only Best Picture winner with no women in speaking roles?

[OscarGuy]

Next up on "Need Trivia":

Lawrence of Arabia.

[FilmFan720]

Need another assist.

I need something unique regarding On the Waterfront. I don't have time to check, but was it the first film to receive three nominations in the Best Supporting Actor category? I know that three actors were nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty, but that wasn't Best Supporting Actor. I know that it also happened in Best Supporting Actress for Tom Jones. Are those the only three situations? or am I forgetting some?

The first two Godfathers

[OscarGuy]

Need another assist.

I need something unique regarding On the Waterfront. I don't have time to check, but was it the first film to receive three nominations in the Best Supporting Actor category? I know that three actors were nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty, but that wasn't Best Supporting Actor. I know that it also happened in Best Supporting Actress for Tom Jones. Are those the only three situations? or am I forgetting some?

[OscarGuy]

Film Fan gave me what I was looking for, a usable trivia answer. Thanks all.

[Uri]

Judy Holliday/Born Yesterday too.

[Uri]

Oh, and George Arliss too, who appeared countless of times as Disraeli on stage before winning the Oscar for recreating this role in the nominated film version.

[Uri]

Paul Lukas originated his Oscar winning role in the nominated Watch on the Rhine on Broadway too.

[Mister Tee]

I cannot find a source for this, but was this the first time an actor in a Best Picture nominee was given the Oscar for a role he originated on stage? I'm thinking Paul Scofield's Thomas More. Otherwise, I just don't think I can come up with a suitable bit of trivia for it.

Yul Brynner and Rex Harrison preceded him.

[FilmFan720]

The first Tony Winner for Best Play to win Best Picture too.

[OscarGuy]

I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel for some of these, but I'm working on short blurbs for the 86 Best Picture winners for a piece I'm putting together on behalf of the OFCS ranking the Best Picture winners.

I'm trying to put together one or two Oscar-related facts about each one and I'm getting stumped periodically.

I struggled on An American in Paris and a few others, but A Man for All Seasons has me completely stymied. I cannot find a source for this, but was this the first time an actor in a Best Picture nominee was given the Oscar for a role he originated on stage? I'm thinking Paul Scofield's Thomas More. Otherwise, I just don't think I can come up with a suitable bit of trivia for it.