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THE OSCAR
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THE OSCAR
ORIGIN : the story attributes to MARGARET HERRICK who was a librarian af the academy. When Margaret saw the statuette for fish time she said taht it looked like her uncle Oscar. The academy officially adpted the nickname in 1938.
CEREMONY : The first ceremony was held on may 16 1929 at the roosevelt hotels blossom room in the presence of 270 attendees.
- Since 2002 the Oscar have been held at the Dolby theatre
THE FISRT WINNER: was in the last EMIL JANNING named best actor for his performances command and the way of all flesh won the first academy award.
THE STATUETTES WERE MADE : Of bronze with gold plating later the bronze was replaced by britannium alloy. first it was plated in copper then nickel silver and finally in 24 carat gold For theree years during WWII oscar werw made of painted plaster . After the war the academy invited recipients to exchange the plaster figures for gold plated metal ones.
HOW BIG IS THE OSCAR: Each oscar weighs 8.5 lbs (39 k and is 1305 inches (34.3 cm tall)
IDEA: In 1928 Lovis B mayer head of the metro goldwyn mayer film studio come up witch the idea to establish an organization benefit the film industry.
- A year later the first awards ceremony was held under the auspices of the academy motion picture arts and sciences.
- Dougles fairbanks was the academys first president.
- A year later the first awards ceremony was held under the auspices of the academy motion picture arts and sciences.
There ceremony awards for television and grammy awards for music and recording artists
THEATER : The dolby theater seats 3.400 people.
WINNERS ONE ANNOUNCED : When the academy awards werw first established the names of winners werw announced theree months in advance of the ceremony. Up until 1940 the winners names werw given to newspaper for publication at 11 pm the day before the ceremony . Now the winners names are not revealed until during the ceremony it self.
FILM LANGUAGE MOTION: In 1947 the first special award to honor a greing language motion picture was present to the Italian film shoshine but the foreign language film category was added in 1956.
PHRASE USED : Up until 1989 the phrase was "and the winner is the " the phrase currently used is " And the Oscar goes to ...."
MAJOR: The five most important OSCAR are considered the awands for *Best picture* Actor* Actress*Director*Screenplay*