He later won asecondBest Director Oscar forBorn on the Fourth of July (1989).Stone also had two Oscar nominations in the same category, Best Original Screenplay, for two different films:PlatoonandSalvador (1986), but both lost to Woody Allen""sHannah and Her Sisters (1986).] The early 50s film set in upstate New York, a period piece that reflects its imes, was actually a remake of Josef von Sternberg""s downbeat 1931 film (with the original titleAn American Tragedy), starring Sylvia Sidney, Phillips Holmes, and Frances Dee.The bulldozer moves in and knocks down the dilapidated shack in its path.The cat""s tire tracks in he dust cut across the shadows cast by the family.Although his family has already moved west, Muley has stubbornly vowed to stay (as "an old graveyard ghost") and virtuously defend his lost land even though he is hopelessly beaten:What was the use? He was right, and there wasn""t a thing in the world I could do about it.W.S.Van Dyke - a Best Picture nomineeAnother Thin Man (1939), d.W.S.Van DykeShadow of the Thin Man (1941), d.W.S.Van DykeThe Thin Man Goes Home (1945), d.Richard ThorpeSong of the Thin Man (1947), d.Edward BuzzellThe husband and wife team (billed as "the happiest married couple in radio") was also broadcast on radio (by Pabst Blue Ribbon) for many years, with Claudia Morgan in the role of Nora, and a number of actors in Nick""s role (Lester Damon, Les Tremayne, Joseph Curtin, and David Gothard).[Note: Bryce Dallas Howard played Gwen Stacy inSpider-Man 3 (2007).] The memorable, pathological and deadly villain was scientist Dr.Curt Connors (aka the Lizard) (Rhys Ifans), a one-armed former research co-worker with Peter""s father.