Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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

Vol.! No.3 1201 Taft Bldg .• Hollywood 28. Calif. August 1945

CURRENT ACTIVITIES Academy Award may place orders with the ANNUAL ELECTION Academy office for delivery within thirty ~ - RD at GOVERltOR-S days. All miniatures are to be numbered and engraved with the name of the Award Annual nominat ions for the new Academy winner and the year in which the Award was Board of Governors will be made at the made. Following is the motion as passed next Board meeting, Friday evening, Sept by the Board of Governors ••• ember 7th. According to our BY-Laws, this meeti~ DlUst be held before September 10tb. "The Acadenw of Motion Picttn'e Arts and Candidates are nominated from the floor Sciences shall permit the purchase of a and the retiring Board will nominate not standard small gold miniature of the less than six nor more than nine Active, Awards Statuette by any individual who Fellow or Life Members from each of the has won the Acadenw Statuette First Award. fOllOWing Arts Branches: Actors, Direc All orders shall be placed with the Acad tors, PrOducers and writers. (Three from emy office and each miniature shall be each Branch to be elected) Not more than numbered and the numbers kept in the per three will be nominated from each of the manent file of Awards winners. NO minia Music, Short SUbjects and FUbl1c Relations tures shall be manufactured except when Branches. (One from each to be elected) author ized by the Academy, and indiv idua I purchasers shall be required to take de Immediately after September 15th, livery onlY at the offices of the Academy. ballots will be mailed to the entire Not more than one miniature shall be made Academy membership. only Actors vote for available to each winner.- -Actor representatives on the Board, only writers for the writers, etc .. except that the members Of the SCiences Branch vote as a whole on the nominees frCJll that Branch. ACADtMY LIBRARY ACQUIRES Voting closes at midnight September 25th. The new Board of 16 Governors will be an EARLY PATENT RECORDS nounced the following day. Officers are elected by the Board of Governors at their Academy Library has just received a first meeting. The Academy fiscal year one volume transcript of the proceedings begins on October 1st. (See list of in the suit of the Motion Picture Rl.tents current Board, officers and Standing comreny vs. the Independent Moticn picture Committees 011 back page) Company. This volume covers the record from February 1696 to JUne 7, 1911 and is a valuable addition to Academy archives on the history of our industry. MINIATURE OSCARS AVAILABLE Nine early picture makers headed by TO AWARD WINNERS Thomas Edison pooled their patents under the name of the Motion Picture Patents At the last meeting' of the Board of Company and in 1909 issued licenses to Governors it was decided to authorize the Vita~raph, Edison, Biograph, Essanay, manufacture of small solid gold miniatures Kalem, Selig, Lubin, Pathe and Melies. of the Academy Award statuette for pur The last two, Pathe and Melies, were chase by Oscar winners. The miniatures French companies who had opened branches are exact reprOductions of the large fig in the united States and possessed patents ure and are designed to Use as watch or and trade pOsitions valuable to the seven bracelet charms. Winners of the statuette American studios. The possibil1ty of any future adoption ACADEMY LIBRARY ACQUIRES of a British release print leader which EAR L Y PAT EH T RE COR 0 S \ con t. ) might be d1tferent from the leader in use in this country is eliminated, thus elim The transcr1pt record reads 11ke an inating the possibility of the industry adventure story, and g1ves the testimony being put to added expense to furnish of tool workers, mach1n1sts, small 1nven separate leaders for foreign releases. tors and patent holders, each defend1ng h1s r1ght to mach1nes and dev1ces useful M3nbership of the Basic Laboratory Com in produc1ng mot1on p1ctures. mittee inclUdes: J. M. Nickolaus, Cha1r man, Qeorge Crane, Michael Lashing, George The Independent Mot1on p1cture company Se1d, Sidney solow and RaY Wilkinson. headed by Carl Laemmle f1nally broke the "trust" w1th the result that Un1versal, B1sen, Ince, Sennett and Mutual took the1r places as produc1ng compan1es 1n the new 1ndustry wh1ch today ranks e1ghth 1n vol ume of bus1ness transacted annually in the united States. HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT OUr first AcademY sponsored concert in the HollyWOod Bowl proved the popular1ty of Motion Picture MUsic. EVery seat 1n the Bowl was occupied by 8:30 p.m. and RESEARCH COUNCIL standing room was stUI being sold during the intermiss1on. Members of the MUsic The Research Counc 11 Bas1c Laborat ory Branch Camni ttee to wham we must pay tr i Camm1ttee under the Chairmansh1p of J. M. bute for planning the event, are ccnvinced N1ckolaus has just completed the 9th rev1- that it was a splend1d beg1nn1ng for an s10n of the Standard Release Print Leader, annual Academy Night dur1I\1': the season of wh1ch 1s now under cons1derat1on by the Symphon1es under the Stars. Amer1can Standards Assoc1at1on for approv al as an Amer1can Standard. Follow1ng are excerpts from a letter sent to Mr. wanger fram the HollYwoOd Bowl This Release Pr1nt Leader was t1rst Assoc Iat ion: establ1shed by the ACademy in 1931, and has been in Use as an 1ndustry standard s1nce that t1me. It specif1ed the mark "The HOllyWOOd Bowl Assoc1at1on w1shes ings on the beginn1ng and end of every to express its appreCiatIon to you and to reel of release print sent to the theatre your Board of Governors for the successful to prOVide the prOjectionist with an easy evening of August 4th. We know th1s suc means of properly threading up the pro cess, in large measure, is due to your own jector and a visual s1gnal on the screen personal interest, as well as that of your f or proper changeover frCJll one reel to the Organization. next. . It is our feeling that this evening The use of the' Standard Release Pr1nt marks the beginning of a new era 1n cor Leader during the past 14 years has dial relatiens between the Motion p1cture brought it to the attention of the British Industry and the HollyWOod Bowl Assoc1a- Inst;t-t-ute o1- St-andard-s, wh1ch has sug - t;-1--on-;---wh 1 c 11 we we-I--c-onre-a-s-we- h-o1).,-yU'r----- gested minor changes, the major1ty of do ••• " which have been approved by the Research Counc11. The formulated Standard is now be1ng stud1ed by both the Amer1can Stan d ards As s oc ia t 1 on and the Br 1 tish Inst1tute of Standards. Th1s matter 1s the first 1nd1cat1on of an expected trend 1n 1nternat1onal post ACADEMY ON war standard1zation. The Counc11's work CITIZEN'S FORUM BROADCAST in th1s respect 1s of 1mportance to our indUstry because 1t w1ll establish with As a result of the reaction to the the American Standards Assoc1ation our C1tizen's Forum Broadcast over KNX pre present industry practices. Thus, these ceding our HollyWOOd Bowl Concert, the practices w111 be protected 1nternat1on Citizen's National Bank, sponsor of the ally, as the American Standards Associa Forum, has sIgnIfied its interest in four tion represents the un1ted States in all more halt-hours featuring the work of the matters of 1nternational standardizat ion. Academy. Page 2 Programs would be spaced one month ma1led as usual to all Academy Members. apart and part1c1pants drawn from each Academy Branch 1n rotation. Four men are EXtra tIckets for all Academy showIngs 1nv1ted on each date to be dinner guests may be secured by telephon1ng the Academy of the sponsor. DUr1ng d1nner the guests off1ce. GLadstone 5131. d 1scuss with Dr. Wallace Sterl1~ of the Californ1a Inst1tute of Technology, mod erator of the FOrum, appropr1ate divis10ns of the subject matter for the broadcast which goes on the aIr at 9:30 p.m. NEW SHORT SUBJECTS There are no scr IPts or planned New commercIal short subjects were speeches, but the program oHers a un1q ue shown at the MarquIs Theatre. Tuesday opportun1ty for 1nformal, prO-HollyWood evenIng. JUly 31st at 8:15 p.m. for the propanganda of the best poss1ble type. enjoyment of the Academy membershIp and Inv1ted guests.

The screenIng offered Academy members an opportunIty to prevIew the latest In shorts prOductIon of fIlms not scheduled ACADEMY SCREENINGS for local release untIl later In the season. The program InclUded: ORIENTATION FILMS Two Reelers: A GUN IN HIS HAND, M-G-M; Two new Or1entatlon fIlms, KNOW YOUR AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. Warners. ~ ENEMY, JAPAN and OPERATIONS TITANIC. as Reelers: FOarBALL THRILLS OF 1944. M--n=Fi; well as a special issue of the ARMY-NAVY LAND OF THE MAYAS. M-Q-M; POPULAR SCIENCE SCREEN MAGAZINE. and GOIl~ HOME a snafu 16. Paramount; STAIRWAY TO LIGHT. M-G-M; cartoon, all produced by the Army PIctor Cartoons: HOCKEY HOMICIDE, DisneY; HOLI Ial ServIce of the Slgnal COrps, have been DAY FOR EEOESTRINGS. warners; JASPER AND made avaIlable for screen1ng to Academy THE BEANSTALK. pal-Paramount; POET AND Members and 1nvlted guests. The showIng PEASANT. Lantz-UnIversal; WILD AND WOLFY, has been tentatIvelY scheduled for Wednes M-G-M. day evenIng August 29th, 8:15 p.m. at the MarquIs Theatre. In addltlm to the above, The short SUbjects EXecut Ive CommIttee, the new RKO Documentary, THE HOUSE I LIVE under the chaIrmanshIp of Jules WhIte: IN. Is on the program. As soon as arrange Walter Lantz, LouIs Notarlus, Pete smIth ments are completed InvItatIons wIll be and Gordon HollIngshead.

NEW MEMBERS The followIng names have been added to Werner Janssen, Music Branch; DavId L. the Academy membershIp lIst durIng the Loew, PrOducers Branch and Eli Benneche. past month: LYnn Farnol, PUblIc RelatIons Reeve O. Strock and I. James W1lk1nson, Branch; Paul Henreld, Actors Branch; ScIences Branch.

Page 3 ACADEMY OFFICERS Pres1dent •••••••• Walter Wanger V1ce-Pres1dents.. •• Jean Hersholt Treasurer. • •• •• .Nat W. F1nse on M1chael CUrt1z Ass't. Treasurer. Gordon Holl1ngshead Ronald Colman Counsel •••••••••• Loyd wr1ght Mary C. McCall. Jr. Secretary. • •• John LeROy Johnston Exec. Secretary.. Margaret Gledhlll Ass't. Secretary ••••• W. B. Ihnen

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Charles Brackett Nat W. F1nston Mary C. McCall. Jr. Harry Brand Y. Frank Freeman E. J. Mann1x Ronald Colman Jean Hershol!· Thomas T. Moulton M1chae 1 Curt 1z James Hllton George L. MUrphy Hector S. DOds Gordon Holl1ngshead Walter Wanger Farc10t Edouart Henry K1ng Sam WOOd RESEARCH COUNCIL Cha1rman ••••••• Y. Frank Freeman V1ce-Cha1rman •••• Thomas T. Moulton Manager •••••• Gordon S. M1tchell Dantel J. Bloomberg Bernard R. Brown Stephen Dunn Farc10t Edouart John L1vadary Gordon Sawyer Douglas Shearer

STANDING COMMITTEES ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE Jean Hersholt. Cha1rman John Cr omwe 11 James H1lton W. B. Ihnen George Murphy CINEMA INSTITUTE COMMITTEE Charles coburn. Cha1rman E. J. Mannix Mary C. McCall. Jr. DOre schary '

FINANCE COMMITTEE Jean Hersholt. Cha1rman Nat F1nston John LeROY Johnston Sam WOOd MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Mervyn LeROY. Cha1rman W1ll1am DOz1er John LeROY Johnston Gene LOckhart W. B. Ihnen Abe Meyer Jane Murf1n Gordon HOllIngshead MUSIC BRANCH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Nat W. Finston. Cha1rman C. Bakale1n1koff Lou Lipstone Abe Meyer Charles Prev1n Walter Scharf Ned Wash1ngton PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Harry Brand, Cha1rman John Joseph John LeROY Johnston SHORT SUBJECTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Jules Wh1te. Cha1rman Walter Lantz Lou1s Notar1us Pete sm1th VIEWING COMMITTEE WIll1am Doz1er. ChaIrman Joan HarrIson Howard Koch DOre Schary

THE ACADEMY WAS FOUNDED HAY.4.1927 AS }. NON-PROFIT CALIFORNIA CORPClUTION