Best Picture: The Artist
Best Animated Feature: Rango
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12.16.2010
The Official Poster of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards
The academy also released these promotional posters to go along with their ad campaign this year...
12.10.2010
4th Academy Awards (1930/31)
Best Picture
"Cimarron"
RKO Radio.
- The Scientific or Technical Awards were presented for the first time.
- President Herbert Hoover sent Vice President Charles Curtis to attend the ceremony.
- At the ceremony, nine-year-old Jackie Cooper, nominated for Best Actor in "Skippy," fell asleep on the shoulder of Best Actress nominee Marie Dressler. When Dressler was announced as the winner, Cooper had to be eased onto his mother’s lap.
- In August 1930, Betty Boop premiered in the animated film "Dizzy Dishes."
- On December 2, 1930, President Herbert Hoover gave his State of the Union Address, in which he asked for at least $100 million to fund a public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
- In February 1931, the original "Dracula," starring Bela Lugosi, was released.
- In March 1931, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the national anthem of the United States.
- In March 1931, Nevada legalized gambling.
- On May 1,1931, New York City’s Empire State Building opened to the public.
3rd Academy Awards (1929/30)
Best Picture
“All Quiet On The Western Front”
Universal.
- Voting rules changed drastically; the nominations and winners were voted on by the entire Academy membership, not just by a board of judges.
- Academy members, for the first time, were charged a $10 fee to attend the banquet and the event sold out.
- Thomas A. Edison and George Eastman were both given honorary Academy memberships for their pioneering in the film medium. Although Edison did not attend the event, he provided a film that was shown after the banquet.
- Eight awards were presented.
- George Arliss won Best Actor for "Disraeli" and it was the first time a performer was honored by the Academy for recreating a role on screen which he had previously performed on stage.
- On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed, marking the beginning of the Great Depression.
- In November 1929, the Museum of Modern Art opened to the public in New York City.
- In January 1930, the Mickey Mouse comic strip made its first appearance.
- On April 18, 1930, the BBC Radio Service from London, somewhat infamously, reported on this day that "There is no news."
- In April 1930, Warner Bros. released the cartoon "Sinkin’ in the Bathtub," the inaugural entry in its long-running "Looney Tunes" series, which was overseen by animation greats such as Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising and Tex Avery during its four decades of production.
12.08.2010
2nd Academy Awards (1928/29)
Best Picture
"The Broadway Melody"
M-G-M.
Produced by Harry Rapf
- Best Picture: "The Broadway Melody"
- Awards were presented in only seven categories.
- No distinction was made in the voting between sound and silent films. All awards went to films with sound.
- The award presentations were made by the new Academy president, William C. de Mille.
- The first radio broadcast from an Academy Awards ceremony (by local L.A. station KNX) took place.
- Frank Lloyd received consideration for his direction of three films, "The Divine Lady," "Drag" and "Weary River"; he won the Directing award for "The Divine Lady."
- Hans Kraly won for writing for "The Patriot"; his work on "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" was also considered by the judges.
- In September 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin
- On November 6, 1928, Herbert Hoover won the U.S. presidential election.
- In November 1928, the Boston Garden opened in Boston.
- In March 1929, the San Francisco Bay Toll Bridge opened; it was the longest bridge in the world at the time.
12.07.2010
1st Academy Awards (1927/28)
Best Picture
“Wings”
Paramount Famous Lasky.
Program from the 1st Academy Awards
- Best Picture: “Wings”
- “Wings” was the only silent film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
- “Wings” also won the Academy Award for Engineering Effects.
- The event was held a full three months after the winners had already been announced.
- 270 people attended the event, mostly Academy members.
- Guests of members were invited to attend at a slight charge of $5 to their hosts.
- Douglas Fairbanks, the president of the Academy, made the official award presentations.
- Twelve awards were presented at the dinner and 20 additional certificates of honorable mention were given to runners-up in each awards category.
- The Academy statuette was designed in 1928 by MGM’s art director, Cedric Gibbons. Sculptor George Stanley was paid $500 to execute the original statue from Gibbons’ design.
- The first year, awards could be for a single achievement, for several achievements, or for the whole body of work during the year.
- Janet Gaynor won Best Actress for her work in three films: “7th Heaven,” “Street Angel,” and “Sunrise.”
- For the first and only time, the Academy gave awards for both dramatic direction (Frank Borzage for “7th Heaven”) and comedy direction (Lewis Milestone for “Two Arabian Knights”).
- Special awards went to Warner Bros. for producing “The Jazz Singer” and to Charles Chaplin for writing, producing, acting in and directing “The Circus.”
- In 1927, the average cost of a movie ticket was 25 cents.
- In January 1927, the first transatlantic telephone call was made from New York City to London. Transatlantic calls cost $75 per three minutes.
- On May 18, 1927, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre opened, showing Cecil B. DeMille’s “The King of Kings.”
- On October 8, 1927, the New York Yankees and their “Murderers Row” lineup completed a four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates to win their second World Series title.
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The Official Poster of the 80th Annual Academy Awards
The official poster of the Academy of Motion Picture of Arts and Sciences’ 80th Academy Awards features the iconic Oscar glowing among bright lights against a black background.
Capturing the allure and excitement of the Oscars, the design was originally conceived by legendary motion picture poster illustrator Drew Struzan and executed by his son, Christian.
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