THE 20th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS (1948)
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The 20th Academy Awards spread awards around, with no film receiving more than 3 awards, the last time this would happen until the 78th Academy Awards.
The surprise winner for this year was Loretta Young for The Farmer's Daughter despite Rosalind Russell campaigning heavily for her performance in Mourning Becomes Electra.
James Baskett received a special Oscar for portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South, which had the effect of taking him out of the running for a Best Actor nomination. Nonetheless, civil rights organizations were unhappy at what was believed to be an unflattering portrait of African-Americans.
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A. Best Picture winner Gentleman’s Agreement has a running time of 1(A)8 minutes.
B. Best Actress nominee for Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (last name -7) = (B).
C. Best Actor winner Ronald Coleman has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. and one for television at 162(C) Vine Street. +2
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D. Kiss of Death was nominated for (D) Academy Awards.
E. Sgt. Peter Keeley in Best Picture nominee Crossfire (last name -4) = (E).
F. At age 71 Edmund Gwenn was the oldest Oscar winner ever at that time, which was previously held by Charles Coburn who was 66 at the time of his win. He also held the record for many years until 19(F)6 when George Burns won at age 80.
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