They traded barbed quips at each other:Maria: Whenever I start to tell a story, you finish it.If I go on a diet, you lose the weight.If I have a cold, you cough.And if we should ever have a baby, I""m not so sure I""d be the mother.Joseph:I""m satisfied o be the father.[Note: Joseph""s line surprisingly passed through the censorship board at the time.]Mr.Dobosh complained that Bronski""s Hitler portrayal and his unbelievable costuming were unsatisfactory, and then told off the make-up man (Armand ""Curly"" Wright) - "It""s not convincing.This was a major award-winning film that received ten Academy Award nominations and seven Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Picture, Best Color Cinematography (Freddie Young), Best Color Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Sound (John Cox), Best Music Score (Maurice Jarre), and Best Film Editing (Anne V.The daring, athletic and active female star performed some of the riskiest, hair-raising stunts in these films (stranded on the side of a cliff, in a runaway balloon, in a burning house, etc)."In the prison where bald Lex Luthor (calling himself the "greatest criminal mind...the greatest genius in this world") and bumbling assistant Otis (Ned Beatty) were held to serve a life sentence "plus 25," they worked in the laundry room.This black and white film received eleven Academy Award nominations - and won for the nominated director hisfirst and onlyBest Picture Oscar, beating out strong competition in 1940 fromThe Grapes of Wrath,The Great Dictator,The Philadelphia Story, and Hitchcock""s ownForeign Correspondent.