Jordan (1941)took the screenplay honors.However, in the same year, its un-nominated star Mary Astor, in the best performance of her career, was actually the recipient of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role inThe Great Lie (1941)."Black-hearted, unattractive hag Rosa (Bette Davis) was first viewed when she lept up in the jammed and crowded courthouse and screamed out that she was innocent: "Why should I kill him? Someone tell me that! Why should I want to?" She was referring to an ""accidental"" murder that occurred five months earlier.]Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)Tim Burton""s remake was a reboot of the series after he original and four sequels (from 1968 to 1973).The summary ended with the previous film""s concluding sequence, in which Superman saved the West Coast from catastrophe when villain Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) detonated a nuclear missile on the San Andreas Fault.