3-523: Paul Lerpae (April 7, 1900 – October 5, 1989) was a Mexican-born American special effects artist who was nominated during the 20th Academy Awards for the film Unconquered in the category of Best Special Effects . His nomination was shared with George Dutton , Farciot Edouart , Devereux Jennings, Gordon Jennings and W. Wallace Kelley . He worked on over 120 films during his long career. This biographical article related to film in Mexico
6-844: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 20th Academy Awards The 20th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1948, to honor the films of 1947 . It is notable for being the last Oscars until 2005 in which no film won more than three awards. Rosalind Russell was highly favored—particularly in a poll from the Daily Variety —to win Best Actress for her performance in Mourning Becomes Electra , but Loretta Young won instead for The Farmer's Daughter . James Baskett received an Academy Honorary Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of
9-617: The South , which made him the first African-American man, and the first actor in a Disney film, to win an Academy Award for acting. Winning Best Supporting Actor at age 71, Edmund Gwenn became the oldest Oscar winner, taking the record from Charles Coburn , who was 66 at the time of his win in 1943 for The More the Merrier . Darryl F. Zanuck , bitter over the failure of the 1944 biopic Wilson to win Best Picture, accepted
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