# 1945 (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover 1945. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Top Ten of 1960](https://www.silverscreeningroom.com/2026/08/the-top-ten-of-1960.html) _2026-08-20 · Walter L. Hollmann · Film Reviews, News, Casting Updates and Analysis: The Silver Screening Room_ Here are my Top Ten films of 1960, with apologies to The Facts of Life (my #11), Hiroshima mon amour , Jazz on a Summer's Day , Lola Montès , Our Man in Havana , and Spartacus. Beginning with #10… Click Here to Read More » ## [Hitch's Last Chance: Best Director, 1960](https://www.silverscreeningroom.com/2026/08/focus-on-psycho-best-director-1960.html) _2026-08-19 · Walter L. Hollmann · Film Reviews, News, Casting Updates and Analysis: The Silver Screening Room_ Here we come to the final Oscar category we're covering for 1960, the nominees for Best Director: Jack Cardiff, Sons and Lovers Jules Dassin, Never On Sunday Alfred Hitchcock, Psycho Billy Wilder, The Apartment Fred Zinnemann, The Sundowners Now, this would not be Hitchcock's year at the Oscars, though he didn't leave 1960 without some honors: when the Walk of Fame officially opened in early 1960,… ## [An All-Timer: Best Picture, 1960](https://www.silverscreeningroom.com/2026/08/an-all-timer-best-picture-1960.html) _2026-08-17 · Walter L. Hollmann · Film Reviews, News, Casting Updates and Analysis: The Silver Screening Room_ Tomorrow we close out the 1960 Oscars with Best Director, since this 1944/45/60 run began with the nominations for Alfred Hitchcock. That’s the marquee category this time around. Which means today, we get into the Big Prize. The nominees for Best Picture are: The Alamo The Apartment Elmer Gantry Sons and Lovers The Sundowners My rankings, from fifth to first: Click Here to Read More » ## [At Death’s Door: Best Actress, 1960](https://www.silverscreeningroom.com/2026/08/at-deaths-door-best-actress-1960.html) _2026-08-16 · Walter L. Hollmann · Film Reviews, News, Casting Updates and Analysis: The Silver Screening Room_ These are the 1960 nominees for Best Actress: Greer Garson, Sunrise at Campobello Deborah Kerr, The Sundowners Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment Melina Mercouri, Never on Sunday Elizabeth Taylor, BUtterfield 8 What a storied race this was! Melina Mercouri made a splash for a Greek film but refused to "campaign", saying the publicity from the nomination made her miserable. Greer Garson, absent from… ## [His Turn: Best Actor, 1960](https://www.silverscreeningroom.com/2026/08/his-turn-best-actor-1960.html) _2026-08-13 · Walter L. Hollmann · Film Reviews, News, Casting Updates and Analysis: The Silver Screening Room_ The nominees of 1960 continue with Best Actor: Trevor Howard, Sons and Lovers Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry Jack Lemmon, The Apartment Laurence Olivier, The Entertainer Spencer Tracy, Inherit the Wind All five performances are stellar, all five performers among the best to ever do it; only Howard was a one-and-done, the rest had been here before and would be again. Hell, three of them - Lemmon,… ## [Chill Wills’ Big Blunder: Best Supporting Actor, 1960](https://www.silverscreeningroom.com/2026/08/focus-on-chill-wills-best-supporting.html) _2026-08-11 · Walter L. Hollmann · Film Reviews, News, Casting Updates and Analysis: The Silver Screening Room_ The 1960 nominees for Best Supporting Actor: Peter Falk, Murder, Inc. Jack Kruschen, The Apartment Sal Mineo, Exodus Peter Ustinov, Spartacus Chill Wills, The Alamo Peter Ustinov won, but that win has been overshadowed by Chill Wills’ infamous awards campaign. Wills, who’d been in the business a good long time and figured this was his one short at the gold, hired a publicist named W.S.… ## [Shirley Jones Has Range: Best Supporting Actress, 1960](https://www.silverscreeningroom.com/2026/08/shirley-jones-has-range-best-supporting.html) _2026-08-10 · Walter L. Hollmann · Film Reviews, News, Casting Updates and Analysis: The Silver Screening Room_ We finally begin our 1960 Oscars coverage with Best Supporting Actress: Glynis Johns, The Sundowners Shirley Jones, Elmer Gantry Shirley Knight, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Janet Leigh, Psycho Mary Ure, Sons and Lovers All five were first-time nominees; three came from Best Picture nominees, including the eventual winner, Shirley Jones: At this point, Jones was best known as the heroine of… ## [Florida Winter: 1960, Part Nine](https://www.silverscreeningroom.com/2026/08/florida-winter-1960-part-nine.html) _2026-08-03 · Walter L. Hollmann · Film Reviews, News, Casting Updates and Analysis: The Silver Screening Room_ By the end of 1960, the United States of America had elected a new President, John F. Kennedy. At the cinemas, meanwhile, we were obsessed with sex and the mythologizing of nations. As witness: Click Here to Read More » ## [Imitation Kurosawa: 1960, Part Eight](https://www.silverscreeningroom.com/2026/07/imitation-kurosawa-1960-part-eight.html) _2026-08-01 · Walter L. Hollmann · Film Reviews, News, Casting Updates and Analysis: The Silver Screening Room_ In October 1960, JFK floated the idea of a Peace Corps while Khruschev banged his shoe at the United Nations. And at the movies: Click Here to Read More » ## [Got Me Feeling Like A...: 1960, Part Seven](https://www.silverscreeningroom.com/2026/07/got-me-feeling-like-1960-part-seven.html) _2026-07-30 · Walter L. Hollmann · Film Reviews, News, Casting Updates and Analysis: The Silver Screening Room_ In September 1960, OPEC is founded, The Flintstones premieres on ABC, and the first-ever televised presidential debate takes place between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. And there was much at the cinema, too, but the big story was Psycho . Psycho was a bit of a gamble for director-producer Alfred Hitchcock, who insisted on making it, even when his parent studio Paramount balked. But Hitchcock… ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/V1YYohxaYsR3) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Entdeckungen auf ‚Find a Grave‘](https://teuthorn.net/feuilleton/?p=11691) _2026-02-15 · PT · Genealogie-Feuilleton_ Eine Gräberdatenbank hilft Familiengeschichte abzurunden Nach eigener Erfahrung, und vermutlich nicht nur nach meiner, sind die allerersten und bevorzugten Quellen des Familienforschers Geburts- und Heiratsregister. Erst weit danach rangieren Sterberegister, Lesen Sie weiter ... ## [Die Schroter-Teuthorn-Familie / Kalifornien](https://teuthorn.net/feuilleton/?p=11649) _2026-01-31 · PT · Genealogie-Feuilleton_ Abstract: This text supplements an earlier essay on the Schroter family with newly discovered sources from the Find a Grave platform. Newspaper obituaries provide a comprehensive portrait of this family, Lesen Sie weiter ... ## [Entdeckungen im eigenen Archiv ;-)](https://teuthorn.net/feuilleton/?p=11634) _2025-12-28 · PT · Genealogie-Feuilleton_ Manche Datei wurde als Rechercheergebnis angelegt, als Material für vorgesehene Veröffentlichungen, niemals war eine eigene Veröffentlichung vorgesehen. Aus der Rückschau kann solches „Material“ einen eigenen Wert darstellen. Manches, in PDF-Form Lesen Sie weiter ... ## [Der achte Mai](https://teuthorn.net/feuilleton/?p=11605) _2025-05-08 · PT · Genealogie-Feuilleton_ Zusammenbruch & Befreiung ## [Das einzig Hemmende ist der entsetzliche Eid … (Lesefrucht)](https://teuthorn.net/feuilleton/?p=10360) _2025-04-22 · PT · Genealogie-Feuilleton_ Allgemeine Auswandererzeitung, No 76, 1850 Der Autor des Lederstrumpf schreibt: Ob er das ironisch meinte? Oath „I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all Lesen Sie weiter ... ## [Frankenhausen: Die 1683 bestehenden Rats-Drittel](https://teuthorn.net/feuilleton/?p=11543) _2025-04-12 · PT · Genealogie-Feuilleton_ Am Sonntag, den 7. November 1683 und am folgenden Dienstag, den 9. November – mit hoheitlichen Abläufen auf dem Frankenhausener Schloss – wird der neue Superintendent Magister Johann Heinrich Hempel Lesen Sie weiter ... ## [Johannes Teuthorn begegnet Samuel Gerlach](https://teuthorn.net/feuilleton/?p=11534) _2025-04-11 · PT · Genealogie-Feuilleton_ Theokrit᾿Εκ Μοισᾶν ἀγαθὸν κλέος ἔρχεται ἀνθρώποισιIn amica\[le\]m sui recordationemReverendo atq\[ue\] Spectatiss\[im\]oD\[omi\]no Possessori hoc serenianimi τεκμήριον adjicerevoluit Neoburgi Comitatus Oldenb,\[urgensis\]Joh.\[annes\] Teuthorn IslebiensisA\[nn\]o 1640.\[Der Dichter\] TheokritDurch die Musen wird den Menschen wahrer Lesen Sie weiter ... ## [Greifswalds Stadttore](https://teuthorn.net/feuilleton/?p=11505) _2025-04-07 · PT · Genealogie-Feuilleton_ Die Stadttore sind seit Jahren abgetragen. Als letztes der sogenannten Haupttore war das Steinbeckertor, dass ich in meiner Jugend noch gesehen habe, an der Reihe. Über die Lubinus-Karte erfahre ich Lesen Sie weiter ... ## [Die Ahnen meiner Großeltern Malinowsky-Petersdorf …](https://teuthorn.net/feuilleton/?p=11412) _2024-12-16 · PT · Genealogie-Feuilleton_ … eine Bildbeschreibung Eine typische Übung in meiner Schulzeit war die Bidbeschreibung. Vorder-, Mittel-, Hintergrund. Gucken, erkennen, beschreiben, interpretieren. Versuchen wir das doch einmal mit einem genealogischen Gegenstand. (Die obige Lesen Sie weiter ... ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/b6CkPD2IQcXV) _2024-12-16 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [Schutztruppe](https://teuthorn.net/feuilleton/?p=11380) _2024-09-17 · PT · Genealogie-Feuilleton_ „Am 4. Mai 1915, als die Engländer dicht vor Windhuk waren, rückte als letzte auch die Eisenbahnkompagnie ab.“ Siehe auch http://www.teu-net.de/genealogie/familienfotos/b\_emil\_schutztruppe.html