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Guests say goodbye to Oklahoma TV and Radio Legend Danny Williams at Sunday Memorial Service held at Oklahoma History Center
Danny Williams, Oklahoma City radio and TV icon, passed away last Monday at the age of 85. A memorial service was held at the Oklahoma History Center which was flooded with family, friends and other well-wishers. Williams, best known as 3-D Danny, first made his way to local TV in 1950. Williams went on to have top rated programs on WKY-TV (now KFOR-TV) and was an enormously popular DJ on WKY radio for more than 20 years. Later, Danny was the morning show DJ on country music KEBC, then was the popular morning DJ on Oldies station KOMA-FM. Williams was one of the original 15 members of the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Watch Channel 4 KFOR-TV coverage of the event here. |
Beginning Cherokee Basket Making
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Oklahoma History Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Join us at the Oklahoma History Center for a beginning basket weaving class on Saturday, March 9. Instructor Marcia Bellawig will introduce basic basket weaving, and students will complete double-wall Cherokee-style baskets in the class. The cost for the class is $60.00 and includes all materials and lunch. The class is designed for adults and space is limited. Registration is required.
For more information or to register, please contact Sarah Dumas at sdumas@okhistory.org or by phone at 405-522-0791. |
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Oklahoma @ the Oscars
In honor of this past weekend's Academy Awards, the OKPOP and OHC team put together a list of Oklahoma ties to the most prestigious award in the film industry.
Learn more about Oklahoma's involvement in the film industry by visiting the tempoary exhibit Oklahoma @ the Movies at the Oklahoma History Center.
Oklahoma Movies with Best Picture Oscar/Nominations:
Cimarron (1931)- Best Picture Oscar
The Awful Truth (1937)- Best Picture Nomination
Grapes of Wrath (1940)- Best Picture Nomination
Picnic (1956)- Best Picture Nomination
How the West Was Won (1962)- Best Picture Nomination
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)- Best Picture Nomination
Last Picture Show (1971)- Best Picture Nomination
Bound For Glory (1976)- Best Picture Nomination
Rain Man (1988)- Best Picture Oscar
Oscar- Winning Oklahomans:
Joan Crawford - Lawton
Mildred Pierce (1945)- Best Actress Oscar
Possessed (1947)- Best Actress Nomination
Sudden Fear (1952)- Best Actress Nomination
Blake Edwards - Tulsa
Victor Victoria (1982)- Best Adapted Screenplay Nomination
Honorary Oscar for Career Achievement (2004)
Gray Frederickson - Oklahoma City
The Godfather, Part II (1974)- Best Picture Oscar
Apocalypse Now (1979)- Best Picture Nomination
Gene Havlick - Enid
Lost Horizon (1937)- Best Film Editing Oscar
You Can't Take It With You (1938)- Best Film Editing Nomination
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)- Best Film Editing Nomination
Van Heflin - Walters
Johnny Eager (1942)- Best Supporting Actor Oscar
Ron Howard - Duncan
A Beautiful Mind (2001)- Best Picture Oscar
A Beautiful Mind (2001)- Best Director Oscar
Frost/Nixon (2008)- Best Picture Nomination
Frost/Nixon (2008)- Best Director Nomination
Ben Johnson - Pawhuska
The Last Picture Show (1971)- Best Supporting Actor Oscar
Jennifer Jones - Tulsa
The Song of Bernadette (1943)- Best Actress Oscar
Since You Went Away (1944)- Best Actress Nomination
Love Letters (1945)- Best Actress Nomination
Duel in the Sun (1946)- Best Actress Nomination
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)- Best Actress Nomination
Steve LaPorte - Oklahoma City
Beetlejuice (1988)- Best Makeup Oscar
Matthew Mungle - Atoka
Dracula (1992)- Best Makeup Oscar
Schindler's List (1993)- Best Makeup Nomination
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)- Best Makeup Nomination
Albert Nobbs (2011)- Best Makeup Nomination
Elmo Williams - Lone Wolf
High Noon (1952)- Best Film Editing Oscar
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)- Best Film Editing Nomination
Michael Wilson - McAlester
A Place in the Sun (1951)- Best Screenplay Oscar
5 Fingers (1952)- Best Screenplay Nomination
Friendly Persuasion (1956)- Best Adapted Screenplay Nomination
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)- Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)- Best Adapted Screenplay Nomination
Oscar-Nominated Oklahomas:
Margaret Avery - Mangum
The Color Purple (1985)- Best Supporting Actress Nominatin
Lucien Ballard - Miami
The Caretakers (1963)- Best Black-and-White Cinematography Nomination
Ralph Blane - Broken Arrow
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)- "The Trolley Song" Best Original Song Nomination
Good News (1947)- "Pass that Peace Pipe" Best Original Song Nomination
Gary Busey - Tulsa
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)- Best Actor Nomination
James Garner - Norman
Murphy's Romance (1985)- Best Actor Nomination
Ed Harris - Oklahoma City
Apollo 13 (1995)- Best Supporting Actor Nomination
The Truman Show (1998)- Best Supporting Actor Nomination
Pollock (2000)- Best Actor Nomination
The Hours (2002)- Best Supporting Actor Nomination
Carol Littleton - Miami
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)- Best Film Editing Nomination
Terrence Malik - Bartlesville
The Thin Red Line (1998)- Best Director Nomination
The Thin Red Line (1998)- Best Adapted Screenplay Nomination
The Tree of Life (2011)- Best Director Nomination
Jack Oakie - Muskogee
The Great Dictator (1940)- Best Supporting Actor Nomination
Brad Pitt - Shawnee
Twelve Monkeys (1995)- Best Supporting Actor Nomination
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)- Best Actor Nomination
Moneyball (2011)- Best Picture Nomination
Moneyball (2011)- Best Actor Nomination
Alfre Woodward - Tulsa
Cross Creek (1983)- Best Supporting Actress Nomination |
