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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES

Vol. I No.6 1201 Taft Bldg .• 28. Calif. Nov. 1945

IN MEMORIAM

with the passing of Jerome Kern the Academy has lost one of its most distinguished Governors and loyal supporters. It is impossible for us to express the deep sense of personal loss felt by those of us privileged to count him a friend. He was loved by all who knew him, and he created his own lasting memorial in the music he bequeathed to the world. The memory of his kindliness and ~aiety. as well as his wonderful music will remain With us always. ACADEMY OFFICERS AND BOARD OF GOVERNORS OSCARS FOR ALL ACADEMY four each Saturday and Sunday from Febru­ ary 3rd through February 17th. Final WINNERS ballots will be mailed February 11th, and polls close midnight, Saturday, Feb­ Beginning with the 18th Awards, March ruary 23rd. Winners of all Awards will 7. 1946, gold statuettes wi 11 be given to be announced twelve days later in the a 11 Academy Award wi nners and the p 1 aqu e Ch i nese Theat reo formerly presented for Music, Short Sub­ j ect s and Document ary ach i evement will be abandoned as an Award trophy. The only exception to the above rule will be Class II of the Scientific or Technical Awards which will continue to be a plaque. This Award is given upon recommendation of the Academy Research Counc i 1 and is con side red DOCUMENTARY AWARDS a Special Award. Sid Solow has accepted the Chairman­ All plaque winners for Music, Short ship of the Special Committee on Documen­ Subjects and Documentaries prior to 1942 tary Awards. Serving with him are: may purchase Oscars through the Academy will iam Dozier, Phil ip Dunne, James Wong office by turning in their plaques. Howe, Nunnally Johnson, , Harriet Parsons, Anne Revere, Ersatz plaques and statuettes issued Joseph sistrom and Frank Tuttle. for the war years, 1942. 1943. 1944. (15th, 16th and 17th Awards) will be re­ At their first meeting, the committee placed with gold Oscars at Academy ex­ reviewed rules for voting in this special pense, as promised. The gold trophies category and decided that the procedure for these years will be ready for del ivery should remain substantially the same as soon after the 18th Awards presentat ion. 1 ast year. Awards will be made for the best fea­ ture-length and the best short documen­ tary film of the year. For the first time statuettes will be given for docu­ mentary aChievements.

Documentary films are defined as those AWARDS VOTING SCHEDULE with a factual background and realistic treatment, whether made by film studios The 18th Annual Awards presentat ion has or government a~encies. Only one entry been set for March 7, 1946 in Grauman' s in each classification will be accepted Chinese Theatre, one week earlier than from each producing unit, and no film in last year. the compet it i on for ot her Academy Award s wi 11 be el igible for Documentary Award Balloting will be conducted in approx­ considerat ion. Documentary Short Sub­ imately the serne manner as during the last jects are defined as those outside the two years with one notable except ion, that general entertainment Short Subjects writers alone will vote for both nomina­ classifications and 3000 feet or less in t ions and final selections in their craft. length. In the past, final choices for the three writ ing Awards have been made by , All nominations must be limited to directors and producers, as well as those that either have been produced in writers. or enlarged to 35mm. All nominations ballots will be mailed Friday, January 11, 1946, accompanied by a complete Reminder List of all pro-­ ductions released in the area duri ng the calendar year 1945. Nomi na­ tions voting win close January 23rd and the list of nominated achievements to NEW ACADEMY OFFICERS appear on final ballots will be announced Monday, January 28. 1946. Be~inning Mervyn LeRoy was elected 4th Vice­ February 3rd, pictures compet Ing for President, Joseph sistrom, Assistant Acting, Writing, Directing and Best Secretary and Alfred Newman was chosen Picture Awards will be screened at the as the third Music Branch representative Marquis Theatre for qualified voters. on the Academy Board at the last meet i ng Two films will be shown each evening and of Academy Governors hel d November 20t h.

Page 2 MEMBERSHIP SCREENINGS during the German occupation opened the p rog r am. BURMA VICTORY, produced by the Brit ish Ministry of Information, was shown to THE LAST CHANCE, an unusual Swiss-made Academy Members and invited guests Tues­ film which should interest Academy mem­ day evening, November 27th. It gives an bers, will be shown at the Marquis Thea­ excellent account of the difficult opera­ t reI December 5th. Th i sis a story of tions in Burma and was directed by Lt. polItical refugees and their trek across Col. David MacDonald, whose DESERT V I CTORY Northern Italy to reach safety over the won the Academy Award for Best Feature­ Swiss border and includes French, German, length Documentary film of 1942. CHANNEL polish and Dutch nationals. The dialogue, ISLANDS, produced by the Crown Film Unit 80 per cent English, is in many l anguages. for the British Ministry of Information, Ehglish sub-titles are added wherever reconstructing life in the Channel Islands necessary.

t ACADEMY MEETINGS NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1945

Nov. 2. 1945 •• Television Committee Nov. 19, 1945 •• Camera Crane Specifica­ t ions Committee Nov. 6, 1945 •• Academy Foundat ion Trustees Cinematographic Awards Rules Corrrnittee Nov. 7, 1945 •• Music Executive Music Branch Meeting Committee Nov. 20, 1945 •• Board of Governors Nov. 8, 1945., Short Subjects Branch Nov. 21, 1945 •• Basic Sound Committee Television Committee Nov. 26, 1945 •• Camera Crane Specifica- Theatre Sound Standard­ tions Committee ization Committee Documentary Film Award Nov. 9, 1945 •• Camera Crane Specifica­ Committee t ions Committee Nov. 27. 1945 •• Cinematographic Awards I nternat ional Award Rules Committee Committee Television Committee Nov. 15, 1945 •• 18th Awards Presentat ion Nov. 29, 1945 •• Research Council Film Committee Dec. 4, 1945 •• Joint Meeting Academy Sub-Committee J on Foundation Trustees and Camera Noise Measure­ Academy Executive ments Committee Nov. 16, 1945 •• Spec ial Effect Awards Dec. 6, 1945 •• Finance Committee Rules Committee Dec. 10, 1945 •• Short Subjects Branch Television Committee Dec. 18, 1945 •• Board of Governors

Page :3 ACADEMY COMMITTEES 19~5 - 19~6

Jean Hersholt, president and Margaret Gledhill, Executive Secretary, ex officio members of all committees.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SPECIAL DOCUMENTARY Harry Brand COMMITTEE lBTH AWARDS will i am Do z i e r Sidney Solow, Chairman Ray Heindorf William Dozier Frank Lloyd Philip Dunne Mary C. McCall, Jr. James Wong Howe Thomas T. Moulton Nunnally Johnson William Cameron Menzies Harriet Parsons FINANCE COMMITTEE Anne Revere Joseph Si strom John LeRoy Johnston, Chairman Frank Tuttle Gordon Hollingshead wi a rd I h n en · SPECIAL COMMITTEE 18TH AWARDS PRESENTATION FILM VIEWING COMMITTEE , Chairman William Dozier, Chairman Joan Harrison Will i am Do z i e r Howard Koch Hal E1 ias Dore Schary A. Arnold Gillespie Johnny Green SHORT SUBJECTS EXECUTIVE Bernard Herzbrun COMMI TTEE Gordon Hollingshead Wiard Ihnen Jules white, Chairman John LeRoy Johnston Gordon Ho11 ingshead St acy Keach Walter Lantz Hal Kern Louis Notarius Robert Lees Smith Fred MacMu rray Mary C. McCall, Jr. MUSIC BRANCH EXECUTIVE Lou i s Mesenkop COMMITTEE Victor Milner Thomas T. Moulton Mario Caste1nuovo-Tedesco Clem Portman Adolph Deutsch Fred Ri chards Ray Heindorf Frederick Rinaldo Louis Lipstone Sidney Solow Abe Meyer Alfred Newman Herbert Stothart INTERNATIONAL AWARD Ned Washington COMM I TTEE MUSIC BRANCH HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT COMMITTEE wi 11 i am Gordon Luigi Luraschi Johnny Green, Chairman Robert Riskin Adolph Deutsch Carl Schaefer Ray Heindorf Robert Vogel Edward B. Powell Morris Stoloff Charles Wolcott ACADEMY FOUNDATION TRUSTEES Victor Young Charles Brackett Michael Curtiz MUSIC BRANCH ACTIVITIES Farc i ot Edouart COMMITTEE Nat Finston Franz Waxman, Chairman Y. Frank Freeman Adolph Deutsch Mary C. McCall, Jr. Meredith Willson