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The Academy and the award : the coming of age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences /

"The early history of the formation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its most famous award-the Oscar-as told by its former executive director who reveals many previously unknown stories"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Bruce (Former Executive Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The beginning : unions, censors, and scandals
  • Academies. And awards?
  • A little figure for Cedric Gibbons
  • A system evolves
  • The Hays incursion
  • ...And sciences
  • - Academy washed up : ash can looms
  • Better than precious ointment
  • Frank Capra's new deal
  • Honorary awards
  • Bette Davis and the war
  • Postwar and Cold War
  • Straining at the leash
  • Into the modern era
  • Oscar full-blown.