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  • Davis, Bruce (Former Executive Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), 1943- author.
     
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    The Academy and the award : the coming of age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences / Bruce Davis.
    by Davis, Bruce (Former Executive Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), 1943- author.
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    Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2022]
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  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- History.
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  • Academy Awards (Motion pictures) -- History.
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  • Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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    9781684581191 (hardcover) :
    1684581192 (hardcover) :
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    x, 500 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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    The beginning : unions, censors, and scandals -- Academies. And awards? -- A littel 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.
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    "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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    Hawaii State LibraryArt, Music & Recreation791.43079 DaChecked InAdd Copy to MyList
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