Fay Bainter

BASIC CABLE "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" 5 p.m., TCM He's a brave, much-admired hero -- but only in his own mind, at least for starters. Walter Mitty (Danny Kaye) actually is an accountant whose rich fantasy life is his only escape from his doting...

From The Times: March 1, 1940 The most glamorous of Hollywood's annual functions found a new setting last night of Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador, which probably has never before been given over to such a serious event. It was the first time in...

From The Times: April 10, 1962 It was a 10-strike for "West Side Story" at the 34th annual awards presentation of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Monday night in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium — only one fewer than "Ben-Hur's" all-...

denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Charles Boyer as Pepe Le Moko in ALGIERS Walter Wanger; UA James Cagney as Rocky Sullivan in ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES Warner Bros.-First National Robert Donat as Andrew Mason in THE CITADEL MGM...

denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Charles Boyer as Cisar in FANNY Mansfield Productions; Warner Bros. Paul Newman as Eddie Felson in THE HUSTLER Robert Rossen Productions; 20th Century-Fox Maximilian Schell as Hans Rolfe in...