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The Best Picture win at the Oscars is the highest prize in the film industry. However, some films manage to take home the top award, yet they still don’t manage to stand the test of time. There are some Best Picture winners that no one talks about, even though they’ll always be a part of Academy Award history.

‘The Broadway Melody’ (1929) L-r: Charles King as Eddie Kearns, Bessie Love as Harriet ‘Hank’ Mahoney, Mary Doran as Flo, Anita Page as Queen Mahoney, and Nacio Herb Brown as Pianist | John Springer Collection/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images

Harriet ‘Hank’ Mahoney (Bessie Love) and Queenie Mahoney (Anita Page) are vaudeville sister performers looking to break into the Broadway scene. However, romantic melodrama quickly overshadows their attempt to pursue fame as a duo.

The Broadway Melody is the second film to win the Best Picture Oscar, with only Wings coming before it.

Food, wine, and twerking. It's this week's Atlanta Events Roundup. Atlanta Food & Wine FestivalGet ready to eat, drink, and indulge as the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival turns five this May 28-31. It’s a decadent weekend of Southern food and drink while exploring the traditions and global influences that make the South the destination for culinary explorers. This four‐day event is designed to lead guests on a culinary journey through the region with a weekend of Learning Experiences and Tasting Tents. Prices, including Southern-inspired dinners and events, begin at $45. Modern Atlanta Dance FestivalThe Modern Atlanta Dance Festival, now in its 21st year, will feature two nights of exceptional dance. Created by Douglas Scott and Full Radius Dance to showcase the diversity and excellence of the local dance scene, the Mad Festival strives to present the best of Georgia’s modern dance, allowing audiences to experience a variety of choreographers,...

Loretta Young films as TCM celebrates her 102nd birthday (photo: Loretta Young ca. 1935) Loretta Young would have turned 102 years old today. Turner Classic Movies is celebrating the birthday of the Salt Lake City-born, Academy Award-winning actress today, January 6, 2015, with no less than ten Loretta Young films, most of them released by Warner Bros. in the early '30s. Young, who began her film career in a bit part in the 1927 Colleen Moore star vehicle Her Wild Oat, remained a Warners contract player from the late '20s up until 1933. (See also: "Loretta Young Movies.") Now, ten Loretta Young films on one day may sound like a lot, but one should remember that most Warner Bros. -- in fact, most Hollywood -- releases of the late '20s and early '30s were either B Movies or programmers. The latter were relatively short (usually 60 to 75 minutes) feature films starring A (or B+) performers,...