Once Upon a Time at the Oscars
Oct 5, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min · 13 segments
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Captain's Courageous has four nominations.
The top of them is film editing.
This is from Elmo Varon.
An outstanding production on behalf of Metro-Golden-Mayer MGM.
Yeah.
And if you scroll down to the bottom, it'll show you like, this is your most watched director.
But it'll also be like, this is your most watched costume designer.
Oh.
It'll show you your most watched studio as well.
MGM is insane at how much they have put out in 1930s.
So I write, every time we cover a movie, I write my notes of the nominations, including outstanding production, best picture, and then the studio behind it.
And I feel like more than any other studio, I've written MGM.
Yes.
I think MGM had at least 15 more films that I've watched than the next, like the second best or the second highest following studio.
That's wild.
It is crazy.
And it's one of those things where, you know, on this podcast, we say MGM.
Yeah.
Like, they're such reoccurring names.
Heavy hitters.
It's insane.
Captain's Courageous has four nominations.
The top of them is film editing.
This is from Elmo Varon.
An outstanding production on behalf of Metro-Golden-Mayer MGM.
Yeah.
And if you scroll down to the bottom, it'll show you like, this is your most watched director.
But it'll also be like, this is your most watched costume designer.
Oh.
It'll show you your most watched studio as well.
MGM is insane at how much they have put out in 1930s.
So I write, every time we cover a movie, I write my notes of the nominations, including outstanding production, best picture, and then the studio behind it.
And I feel like more than any other studio, I've written MGM.
Yes.
I think MGM had at least 15 more films that I've watched than the next, like the second best or the second highest following studio.
That's wild.
It is crazy.
And it's one of those things where, you know, on this podcast, we say MGM.
Yeah.
Like, they're such reoccurring names.
Heavy hitters.
It's insane.
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