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

VOL. 7, NO.3 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER, 1962 Shaw Series Climaxes BOARD CHANGES MUSIC RULES, '62 Schedule of Sunday Membership Showings EXTENDS FOREIGN FILM DEADLINE Showing of three films based on the Acting on recommendations of the Awards Policy Committee on Rules, the Board of Governors has approved several rules changes for the 35th Annual works of George Bernard Shaw will Awards voting period. complete the Academy's 1962 Mem­ As a result of Board action, rules governing the two Music Scoring Awards bership Screenings, Geoffrey M. Shur­ have been reworded to remove the former distinctions between musical pictures lock, chairman of the Forum and and dramatic or comedy pictures. Screening Committee, has announced. Under the new rules, Awards will The current screening program was 93rd Players Directory be voted for the Best Music Score­ inaugurated with the presentation of substantially original and Best Scoring three films based on the work of Ernst Issue Is Now Available of Music-adaptation or treatment. Lubitsch and continues this month with The Best Song category remains un­ the films of Irving Thalberg. The two - volume 93rd issue of the changed. Shurlock, who arranged the presen­ Players Directory, published this month, Presented in committee by Elmer tations with committee members WaI­ contains the listing of 5,309 artists in Bernstein, Music Branch Governor, the ter Reisch and Malvin Wald, said the its 1,155 pages. new categories were advanced by the response to the screenings already A total of 3,049 men players are branch following a meeting of its shown has been extremely gratifying. listed in the first volume of the issue members. According to Bernstein, the All screenings are held in the Acad­ with 2,260 women artists carried in decision to request the change was emy Award Theatre and begin at 8:00 the second. These figures represent an made because the production of mu ­ p.m. Admission is by Academy mem­ increase of 25 men and 88 women as sical films is diminishing and due to bership card only. other changes in the industry. [Conti nued on Page 4) compared with the 92nd issue. Bernstein pointed out that the new rules will permit the nomination of noteworthy achievements which may be based on other works. The new categories will enable adapters and/or music d irectors to re­ ceive recognit ion for the adaptation or trea tment of work which another com ­ poser created, he explained. The Board a lso approved e xtension of the deadline for the submission of films el ig ible for the Foreign Language Film Award from January 5 to January 23 because of difficulty experienced in the past by foreign production com­ panies who were unable to observe the earlier cutoff date. Additionally, the Board voted to modify the rules governing the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Under the resolution adopted, no individual AWARDS POLICY Committee on Rules meets annually to review voting rules to keep the Academy may receive the Award more than once in step with industry changes and to assure that the fairest procedures are followed. Pictured at and anyone in the past who has re­ one such meeting is this year's Committee. Seated, clockwise, King Vidor, Hal Elias, Gordon E. ceived the Award may not be consid­ Sawyer, Rudi A. Fehr, Chairman; Sam E. Brown, Assistant 'Executive Director; Elmer Bernstein and Macdonald Carey. Standing, clockwise, E. J. Mannix, Richard Murphy, Bill Hendricks and Hal Mohr. ered for the honor again. Library Collection Adds Announce Voting Timetable lor 35th Awards; Bette Davis' Autobiog, Nominations Set lor Release on February 25th Although the 35th Annual Academy Awards are still more than five Other Industry Tomes months away, the complicated machinery responsible for the recognition of The following are some of the more film achievements has already been actuated. important new works added to the Last September 25 letters were mailed to all pertinent sources requesting Academy Library's collection of books information concerning achievements in the Scientific or Technical Awards cate­ covering all aspects of the motion pic­ gory- the first item on the voting timetable for the 35th "Oscarcast ~ ' ture industry: On October 3 requests for entries for the Foreign Language Film Award Davis, Bette. The lonely life; an auto­ were mailed and on October 5 letters announced that entries for the Docu­ biography. New York, G. P. Put­ nam's Sons, ©1962. Candid account mentary Awards category were being accepted. of her professional and personal life, Following is the timetable for the remainder of the 35th Annual Academy with a discussion of her approach to Awards voting: acting and some of the famous roles she has played. Thurs., Nov. 8, 1962 ...... Meeting of Scientific or Technical Awards Committee. MacCann, Richard Dyer. Hollywood in Thurs., Fri., Nov. 29-30, 1962 ...... Scientific or Technical Awards Demonstrations. transition. Boston, Houghton, Miff­ Thurs., Dec. 6, 1962 ...... Scientific or Technical Awards Committee final meeting and voting. lin, 1962. "It is the purpose of this Monday, Dec. 10, 1962, 12 Noon .... Deadline for Best Song lists. book to describe in some detail the Mon., Dec. 10, 1962, 8 P.M ..... _...... Art Direction Awards eligibility meeting. causes, the meaning, and the im­ Tues., Dec. 11, 1962 ...... Music 8ranch Executive Committee classification and eligibility pi ications for the future of the four meeting. major changes that have come in Wed., Dec. 12, 1962, 8 P.M ...... Costume Design Awards eligibility meeting. the wake of the TV revolution~' (Pre­ Thurs., Dec. 13,1962, 12 Noon ...... Sound Branch Executive Committee reviews pictures for Sound face). Award consideration. Nizhny, Vladimir. Lessons with Eisen­ Thurs., Dec. 13, 1962,8 P.M ...... Music 8ranch classification and eligibility meeting. stein. Translated by Ivor Montagu Mon., Dec. 17, 1962 ...... Deadline for Short Subjects Awards entries. and Jay Leyda. London, George Al­ Wed., Dec. 26, 1962 ...... Mail Preliminary Ballots for Art Direction, Cinematography, Ien & Unwin, 1962. Full account by Costume Design, Film Editing, Music Scoring, Best Song Awards. one of Eisenstein's pupils of the Thurs., Dec. 27, 1962 ...... Short Subiects Branch Executive Committee meets to review entries. class discussions held in the State Mon., Dec. 31, 1962 ...... Deadline for Documentary Awards entries. Institute of Cinematography, Mos­ Mon., Dec. 31, 1962, Midnight...... Awards Year ends. cow; subjects include story adapta ­ Wed., Jan. 2, 1963 ...... Deadline for Sound Award Official Entry Blanks. tion, action planning, break-up into Thurs., Jan. 3, 1963 ...... Writers 8ranch Executive Committee meets to classify pictures. shots, etc. Copious notes and illus­ Mon., Jan. 7, 1963, 9 A.M ...... Theatre Inspection Committee meeting. trations. Mon., Jan. 7, 1963 ...... Deadline for Preliminary Ballots for Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing and Music Awards. Shetler, Donald J . Film guide for music Tues., Wed., Thurs., Jan. 8, 9, 1 O...... Short Subiects Awards Preliminary screenings in Academy Award educators. Washington, D. c., Na ­ Thealre. tiona I Education Association, ©1961 . Mon., Jan. 14, 1963 ...... Starl Preliminary Screl'nings for Art Direction, Cinematography, Content description of more than Costume Design, Film Ediling, Music and Sound Awards. 500 16mm sound films and kine ­ Tues., Jan. 15, 1963 ...... SIart Preliminary screenings for Documentary Awards. scope recordings and 90 35mm film ­ Thurs., Jan. 17, 1963, 12 Noon ...... Review Special Effects Award entries. strips recommended for all areas of Wed., Jan. 23, 1963 ...... Deadline for Foreign Language Film Award entries. music training, together with a topi ­ Wed., Jan. 23, 1963 ...... Begin Foreign Language Film Award Preliminary screenings. cal index and directory of 16mm Fri., Jan. 25, 1963, 12 Noon ...... Deadline for Special Effects Award synopses. film libraries. Thurs., Jan. 31, 1963 ...... Mail Nominalions 8allots for Acting, Directing, Writing and Best Picture Awards. Thurs., Feb. 7, 1963, 1 :30 P.M ...... Special Effects Award screening and voting. ACADEMY REPORT Mon., Feb. 11, 1963 ...... Mail Nominations Ballots for Art Direction, Cinematography, Pu blished Quarterly by the Costume Design, Film Editing and Music Awards. ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES Tues., Feb. 12, 1963 ...... Nominations polls close for Acting, Directing, Writing and 9038 Melrose Avenue Hollywood 69, California Best Picture Awards. Telephone: CRestview 5-1146 Thurs., Feb. 14, 1963 ...... Announce Short Subjects Awards Nominations. Pres ident . . Wendell Co rey Vice Pres idents. . Arthur Freed, Jacob H. Ka rp Tues., Feb. 19, 1963 ...... Nominations polls close for Art Direction, Cinematography, Secretary Ha l Elias Costume Design, Film Editing and Music Awards. Assistant Secretary . Ha l Mohr Treasurer . . Fred l. Metzl e r Tues., Feb. 19, 1963 ...... Announce Documentary Awards Nominations. Assistant Treasurer Ric hard Mu rphy Thurs., Feb. 21, 1963...... Announce Foreign Language Film Award Nominations. Executive Di rector M argaret Herrick AssiSTa nt Execu ti ve Di rector . . Sa m E. Brown Sun., Feb. 24, 1963 ...... Final Short Subjects Awards screening in Academy Award Theatre. legal Cou nse l. Wright , Wri ght, Go ldwater& Ma ck Mon., Feb. 25, 1963,3 P.M ...... AII Nominations announced. Ed itoria l Board . Bill l. Hendricks, Perry Li eber Wed., Thurs., Feb. 27, 28 ...... Final Documentary Awards screenings in Academy Award Theatre. FOR PRE SS INFORMATI O N Sat., March 2, 1963 ...... Begin Nominations screenings in Academy Award Theatre. HARSHE·ROTMAN & DRUCK, INC. 3921 Wilshire Bl vd., l os Angeles 5 Fri., March 15, 1963 ...... Mail Final Ballots (allowing 15 days for voting). DUn kirk 5·5271 Sat., March 30, 1963 ...... Final polls close (allowing 8 days for tabulation). Mon., April 8, 1963 ...... Awards Presentation. Page Two TABLECLOTH DESIGN The Symbol of Top Qualify .. . "Oscar" Millions of people throughout the sons whose achievements have won world have come to know "Oscar" as them. the symbol of motion picture achieve­ 1 1 ment, but many are not familiar with Made of 92 / 2 per cent tin and 7 / 2 the colorful history of the gold-plated per cent copper under his gold plated statuette or of the many problems skin, "Oscar's" value has come to be brought about by his rise to interna­ measured in terms other than dollars tional prominence. and cents. "Oscar" hasn't always been Shortly after the Academy was or­ made of metal . Plaster ones were ganized in 1927, a dinner was held to given out at four awards shows held discuss methods of honoring outstand­ during the war years. So, while ing achievements, thus encouraging "Oscar" in his present form probably higher levels of quality in all facets of would survive a drop from a ten-story motion picture production. building, those presented to James While others discussed an appropri­ Cagney, Greer Garson, Paul Lukas, ate trophy to symbolize the recognition Jennifer Jones, Bing Crosby, Ingrid of film achievement, art director Ced­ Bergman, Ray Milland and Joan Craw­ ric Gibbons moved a pencil over the ford for best acting achievements dur­ tablecloth. ing those years would have shattered Out of those black lines emerged if knocked off a mantle. the figure of a man in a militant After the war, when metal became of the general public, many businesses dynamic pose. He held a less vital, all the plaster figures were crusader'~ and groups not associated with the sword, and he stood on a reel of film. replaced by tin-copper-gold ones. film industry began to use the symbol From this almost casual sketch on a "Oscar's" growth from a mere metal and his name with their products or tablecloth, "Oscar" was born. statuette to his position as the symbol projects. During the years since the first of the motion picture industry's finest The Academy readily recogllized statuettes were! presented at the first achievements has brought fame and that the va Iue of "Oscar" a s the em­ Awards banquet on May 16, 1929, a problems. b
em of top motion picture attainment total of 892 "Oscars" have been Because "Oscar" soon became would be diffused and eventually lost clutched happily in the hands of per- synonymous with "best" in the minds if such practices continued, so on Sep­ tember 2, 1941, a copyright was ob­ tained for exclusive use of the statu­ ette, and was renewed July 15, 1958. As "Oscar" continued to grow in prestige, misuse of the symbol contin­ ued, despite the copyright. The Acad­ emy realized that the vast majority of such unauthorized use was the result of an unawareness of the copyright and determined to appraise the gen­ eral public of the regulations related to "Oscar~' A booklet, "Regulations For the Use of Academy Award Symbols and Ref­ erences to Academy Awards;' setting forth the rules governing the use of "Oscar;' was compiled to meet the problems. This pamphlet is available to the public on request to the Academy. Even Academy Award winners are bound by the regulations explained in the booklet. Those receiving "Oscars" must comply with the rules and may not sell or otherwise dispose of it nor permit it to be sold or disposed of ERNEST BORGNINE, 1955 winner of ~ward for Best Performance by an Actor for "Marty:' visits without first offering to sell it to the Dodge Tro~hy Company, where all Oscars" are made. He is shown discussing moulding of statuette wIth Ralph Cumpledo. Academy.

Page Three ARTHUR FREED NAMED TO PRODUCE AWARDS Three Thalberg Award PROGRAM FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR Recipients in Group Arthur Freed, winner of three Academy Awards, has been named to produce Planning the 35th Annual Academy Awards Presentation scheduled for the Santa Monica \Oscarcast' Civic Auditorium, April 8. Preliminary planning for the 35th The veteran producer and song writer has· long been acclaimed as one of Annual Academy Awards, scheduled for April 8 at the Santa Monica Civic the film industry's top showmen and in 1951 was presented the Irving G. Thal­ Auditorium, is already underway fol ­ berg Memorial Award for consistently high quality of motion picture production. lowing the first meeting August 2 of Freed, first vice president of the Although the 35th Annual Presen­ the Awards Program Committee under Academy, was first named to produce the chairmanship of Arthur Freed. an "Oscarcast" in 1-960 and his ap­ tation is still five months away, Freed The committee is composed of the pointment this year marks the fourth has already begun preliminary work following : consecutive Awards Presentation he on production of the 1963 Show by will oversee. viewing the kinescope of the 34th Arthur Freed, chairman; Edgar Pres­ Awards to determine what refinements ton Ames, Frank Capra, Macdonald Awarded "Oscars" in 1951 as pro­ can be added to the forthcom ing Carey, William H. Daniels, George W. ducer of "An American in Paris" and edition. Duning, Ivan Goff, Roland Gross, Bill "Gigi" in 1958, Freed has written more L. Hendricks, Stanley E. Kramer, Emile than 150 songs including "Singin' in Kuri, Perry Lieber, Fred L. Metzler, Ken the Rain;' "I Cried for You;' "Pagan 34th Kine Film C/ips Go Peterson, Hal B. Wallis and Waldon o. Love Song" and "Temptation:' To Presenters, Winners Watson. Film clips from the kinescope of the With Freed, Stanley E. Kramer and Screenings . .. 34th Annual Awards "Oscarcast" have Hal B. Wallis, this year's committee (Continued from Page 1) been mailed to presenters and award includes three past recipients of the According to Shurlock, the Forum winners who requested they be fur­ Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award and Screening Committee selected the nished with the permanent record of presented by the Board of Governors films to provide the membership with their appearance on the 1962 Presen­ to individuals responsible for the most an opportunity to view a selection of tation. consistent high quality of motion pic­ productions representative of the The clips have been provided as a ture production over a 5-year period. motion picture industry's finest early courtesy by the Academy to partici ­ Once again the "Oscarcast" will be achievements. pants in Awards Presentations since carried over the combined radio and "In setting up the current member­ 1956 with the stipulation that they are television facilities of the American ship screenings, we hoped to remind for personal use only and may not be Broadcasting Company and the Cana­ our industry of the memorable achieve­ sold or used for commercial purposes. dian Broadcasting Company. ments which form the basis of the ar­ tistic creativity of the motion picture business;' Shurlock declared. "The committee felt that in this way we would be nurturing the heritage of quality on which the industry is founded:' Lubitsch films screened during the fi rst segment of the presentation were "The Merry Widow;' " Trouble in Para­ dise" and "Design for Living:' Produc­ tions included in the Thalberg series are "Min and Bill;' "Grand Hotel" and " The Good Earth:' The final series of films will begin November 11 with the showing of "The Devil' s Disciple" followed by "The Doctor's Dilemma" on November 25 and concluding with " Caesar and Cleopatra" on December 9 . Shurlock extended the gratitude of the Academy to Metro-Goldwyn-May­ GRATIFYING RESPONSE of the membership to the 1962 Sunday night screenings is discussed er, Paramount, United Artists and MCA above by Walter Reisch, at left, member of the Forum and Screening Committee which arranged for furnishing the films screened dur­ the series, and Roland Gross, Board of Governors representative from the Film Editors branch. The final segment of the three-part program will feature films based on the works of George ing the 1962 program. Bernard Shaw and will begin November 11 with the showing of "The Devil's Disciple!'

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