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VOL. 6, NO. 4 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA DECEMBER, 1961 Veteran \OscarJ Show ETHICS POLICY STATEMENT PRAISED Staff Growing; Green, Hope, Dunlap Added BY MAJORITY OF INDUSTRY, PRESS Work on the 34th Annual Academy The clear-cut statement of policy decrying " electioneering" for the annual Awards Show is progressing smoothly " Oscar" Awards and nominations recently released by the Academy'S Board of with many of the key production staff Governors, has been praised by many segments of the press and motion p icture positions filled and planning well un­ industry. derway, according to Arthur Freed, its Typical of observations in the press across the nation was this one by "Los producer. Angeles Mirror" Drama and Entertainment Editor Dick Williams: " Will th is official recommendation solve the problem of flagrant violations Johnny Green will be musical direc­ of good taste in trade-paper advertising by " Oscar" nominees? I bel ieve there tor and Bob Hope, master of cere­ is a good chance that it will . monies. The American Broadcasting " I found a majority of the members both embarrassed and irritated by last System, which will televise the Show, year's excesses." has named Richard Dunlap to again The Academy is currently preparing a booklet reprint of the statement of serve as its producer-director. policy which will be sent to its entire "All three of the appointees have membership; press; studios; advertis­ contributed substantially to the success ing and publ icity firms; and to all of past ' Oscar' programs ," Freed nominees when known. Additionally, pointed out. copies will be available on request. Green, himself a three-time "Oscar" The full text also will be printed on winner, served as musical director for the inside cover of the rules book. the Academy Awards in 1945, 1948, 'Several Academy branches have al­ 1951 and 1956, as well as general ready expressed a desire to famil iarize director in 1949 and producer-director their membership with the statement in 1952. as it applies to their specific fields of Hope will step to the podium April 9 specialization. for the third consecutive year. It will The statement of policy was unan­ also mark the tenth time since 1939 imously voted by ·the Board of Gov­ that he has served as the show's M.e. ernors, based upon recommendations The comedian, who was awarded a of a 'Special Committee on Awards Ad ­ silver plaque in recognition of his ser­ ... vertising, headed by former Academy vices to the motion picture industry president George Seaton. (1940) and the Jean Hersholt Humani­ FAM ILIAR FACE of Bob Ho pe w ill aga in be The official statement reads a s fol ­ spotlig hted a s the comedian emcees t he tarian Award "for outstanding philan­ "Oscar" Awards for the third consecutive lows: thropic contributions to the f ilm year and the te nth time since 1939. " After a thorough study of viola­ industry" in 1960, was presented a tions of good taste in the trade paper 1952 "Oscar" for "his contribution to Players Directory Shifts advertising on behalf of achievements the laughter of the world and his de­ nominated for the Annual Awards in votion to the American premise." Offices to 9021 Melrose 1961, we feel that it has now become Dunlap was ABC-TV's producer­ Offices of the Academy Players necessary to state our position in this director for the telecast last year. Directory have moved to new head­ regard to all potential nominees for A native Cal ifornian, Dun lap, 38, quarters at 9021 Melrose Avenue, 1962. just completed his direction of 20 seg ­ across the street from the Academy. " We are mindful that throughout ments of " Window on Main Street," The Directory staff - currently the years the great majority of those and just prior to his producer-director­ assembling the February edition­ nominated, or seeking nominations, ship of the ABC-TV telecast of the reports that the current issue, published have exercised restraint in reminding "Oscar" awards, directed his thi rd October 1, reached record highs w ith a the voting members of the Academy of "Play of the Week." listing of 5,680 p layers in 1,226 pages. ('Conti nue d o n Pa ge 4) Committee Reviews 17 Scientilic or Technical Achievements lor 34th Awards Consideration Seventeen technical achievements of permit those with claims of prior art or the past year have been submitted for with devices similar to those unde[ By WENDelL COREY the 34th Annual Academy Awards consideration to call them to the com­ President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences consideration, it was announced by mittee's attention: John o. Aalberg, Chairman of the The policy statement issued earlier An Automatic Shutter for Motion Academy Scientific orTechnical Awards Picture Printing Machines, Electronic this month by our Board of Governors, Committee. Systems, Inc.; Multiple Head Reduction concerning electioneering for our an­ Meetings to evaluate the technical Printer, Movielab Film Laboratories, nual "Oscar" Awards and nomina ­ advances and demonstrations of the tions, is now a matter of history. Inc.; Perfectone EP6A Transistorized entries have been held. A final meet­ Recorder, Perfectone and Ryder; Nagra We sincerely hope, in fact, that now ing was then held to determine which that we have acted both thoughtfully Recorder, Stefan Kudelski; Minitape of the achievements the committee will Recorder, Stancil-Hoffman Corp.; Sun and purposefully to deal with this recommend for awards recognition to Gun, Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.; matter of great con­ the Academy Board of Governors. cern to all Academy Automatic A and B Printing, Techni­ Pursuant to committee policy, the color Corp. members, the prac­ following list is being publicized to tices which made Selective Printing, Technicolor Corp.; such a statement Integrated Transfer Process, Techni­ necessary, will be­ Academy Membership color Corp.; Pre-Determined Distance come past history. Counter, Technicolor Corp.; Rotary Rain The reasons why Reaches 2,525 Mark - Machine, Paramount Pictures Corp.; we found it neces- 79 Added to Branches Interlocking Roller Base and Platform WENDelL COREY sary to take such a System , Paramount Pictures Corp .; Seventy. nine industry artists and craftsmen Noise Suppression System, Paramount stand at this time are, I'm sure, well have accepted invitations to join the Academy known to all in our industry. during the past few months, bringing the total Pictures Corp.; Sound Reproducing Sys­ I'm equally certain that virtually all membership to a record high of 2,525. tem, Century-Projector Corp.; Cinema­ Fallowing are the new members, listed by Scope Decompressor, 20th Century-Fox; who read a recapitulation of these Branch, reasons and the statement itself, else­ ACTORS: Michael Ansara, Jered Barclay, Joseph Liquid Heat Reducing Filter, Motion where in these pages, will agree with Bassett, Ed Begley, Oscar Beregi, Merritt Bohn, Picture Research Council and D. and F. Henry Brandon, Robert Christopher, Anne Francis, the vast majority of the press and gen­ James Francis Hawkins, Shirley Knight, Gina Products, Inc.; and Closed Circuit Re­ eral public who have solidly com­ Lollobrigida, Ross Martin, Gordon Oliver, John view System, 20th Century-Fox. mended the action in the days since it Sebastian, Doris Singletan, John Van Dreelan, Serving on the Scientific or Technical John Warburton and Cara Williams. was first announced. ADMINISTRATORS: Peter G. 'levathes and Sol Awards Committee with Aalberg are The Academy staff, which worked A. Schwa rtz. Edgar Preston Ames, Walter Beyer, DIRECTORS: John Fra nkenheimer. long weeks in compiling samples of EXECUTIVES: Lawrence P. Bachmann, Victor Daniel J. Bloomberg, Herman Blumen­ advertising over the years, for study Blau, Jules Stephen 'Blauner, Jack P. Foreman, thal, Richard H . Cahoon, R. H. Duval, by our special committee, and the Sherman Grinberg, Jesse Kaye, Arnold M. 'Picker, Farciot Edouar.t, Ferdinand Eich, Glenn Da vid V. Picker, H. Arthur 'Schaefer, Richard committee members are to be warmly Sokolove and Lynn A. Stalmaster. Farr, Lorin Grignon, Roland Gross, commended for their excellent work MUSIC: Robert Armbruster, 'Herman Stein and George Groves, Sol Halprin, G. Carle­ on this most difficult and challenging William R. Stinson. ton Hunt, Hal Mohr, Charles Rice, Gor­ PRODUCERS: Samuel Bronston, Jack L. Cope· project. land, Robert Jackson Enders, Ernest O. Glucksman, don Sawyer, Sidney Solow, Charles Particularly profoun.d thanks and Richard E. Lyons and Charles Z. Wick. Sutter, Byron VreelGloJld and William PUBLIC RelATIONS: Arthur H. Canton, Carl congratulations are due former Acad­ Combs, Harry B. Friedman, Paul Kamey, Herman Widmayer. emy President George Seaton, chair­ Kass, Don McDonald, Ned Moss, James Reid, man, and the committee - composed Barney Rosenzweig, louis Serrano, 'Herb Sterne, and Vincent Tubbs. of Elmer Bernstein, George Chandler, SHORT SUBJECTS: Rosemary O'IConnor and Academy Report Mack David, Y . Frank Freeman, Mer­ Alan Zaslove. Published Quarterly by the vyn LeRoy, Walter M . Mirisch, Walter SOUND: John A. Bolger, Gene E. Corso, Kurt ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES Herrnfeld, Milo B. tory, Earl M. Madery, Melvin 9038 Melrose Avenue Hollywood 69, California Seltzer, Geoffrey M. Shurlock and Myers Metcalfe, Sr ., David T. Moriarty, Clarence Telephone: CRestview 5-1146 Clarke H . Wales. This Special Commit­ Peterson, Robert Johnson Reid, William Newell Sparks, William Steinkamp, Josef Von Stroheim President. . . . Wendell Corey tee on Awards Advertisi'ng spent more Vice Presidents . . .Arthur Freed, Jacob H. Karp and Frank H. Wilkinson. Secretary ...... Hal Elias than three months in first deciding .its WRITERS : Frederick Kohner and Laurence E. Assistant Secretary ...... Hal Mohr recommended course of action, then Mascott. Treasurer • . . . Fred l. Metzler MEMBERS-AT-LARGE: J. Albert Trescony and Assistant Treasure r .... John O. Aalberg drafting and polishing the statement Harry Wolfe. Executive Director . . . . . Margaret Herrick ASSOCIATES: Martin Baum, Sidney M. Levee, Assistant Executive Director . . . Sam E. Brow n which was unanimously approved by legal Counsel . Wright, Wright, Goldwater & Mack our Governors. Leon O. Selznick, Gunther H. Schiff, William Ed itorial Board . John C. Fl inn , Bill l. Hendricks Schuller and Louis Stampa. We are confident that all members I n addition, the Board approved the transfer FOR PRESS INFORMATION Harshe-Rotman, Inc. of our industry and of the press will, of Murray Gerson from Associates to'Members·at­ 3921 Wilshire Bl vd. , los Angeles 5 Large, of Harry Ruby from Writers to Music, and DUnkirk 5·5271 I·Co ntinued on Page 3) of Lawrence Turman from Associates to Producers. Page Two Rx FOR PRESTIGE Notify Academy Academy Keeps Pace with Times of Your January The consistent rate at which the memorable "Shoeshine" in 1948. Voting Address Academy's world wide stature has Then, as the film medium became grown over the past 34 years can be increasingly international in scope, in A reminder to travelers ­ traced at least in part to the fact that 1957, an annual Foreign Language world, continental or intracity: it fills its industry's proven need for an Film Award was established. Since If you will be away from the organization dedicated to advancing, that time, 58 films have been sub- permanent address on file with the Academy office on the first of the year, please notify the Acad­ emy where your ballots for the 34th Annual Awards can be sent directly to you.

The President Speaks ... (C ontinued from IPage 2 ) indeed, "join with us in a cooperative effort to eliminate those advertising practices which are irrelevant to the honest evaluation of artistic and tech­ nical accomplishments and violate the principles under which the Academy was established:' It now, more than ever before, remains the responsibility of every Academy member to attend all special FIRST RECOGNITION for on outstanding foreign film by the Academy was the memorable Italian screenings by his Branch, and later the production "Shoeshine," Honorary Award winner at the 20th Annual Academy Awards. screenings of all nominated films, so fostering and recognizing achievement. mitted by professional organizations that he can propely judge all achieve­ Perhaps another major reason for in 21 nations. ments for himself on this basis. this continuing growth in stature, how­ Under the rules for this Award, It is also necessary to reiterate that ever, is that the Academy has thought­ entries are determined in the country attendance at these screenings must fully evaluated and re-evaluated its of origin by professional organizations be strictly limited to Academy mem­ own activities and those of its indus­ comparable in make-up to the Acad­ bers and their wives or husbands or try, changing with the times when emy. guests, to assure that seating is avail­ necessary, but not making changes These films must be produced by a able to accommodate every voter de­ solely for the sake of change. foreign company, be feature length, siring this opportunity. Among the examples of its ability have a non-English soundtrack, and Our desire for every voting member to analyze changing situations and be shown in a commercial theatre for to see, for himself, the achievements act accordingly is the manner in which profit. First showing must be in the for which he is voting now is more the Academy has kept pace with a country of origin during the Awards than a duty: it is his responsibility - world, diminished by travel and com­ year. to reinforce the action of Mr. Seaton's munications advances, where geogra­ A special Academy Foreign Lan­ committee and our Board of Governors phy exerts less and less containment. guage Film Committee screens all the and to fully insure that our nomina­ A good case in point is the estab­ entries, selecting five films by secret tions and Awards will continue to be lishment of a Foreign Language Film ballot for membership consideration. voted solely on the basis of artistic Award in 1957 in recognition of the Bearing out the wisdom of estab­ merit. benefits a worldwide interchange of lishing such an Award in 1957 is the industry people and ideas could bring fact that international press coverage Gratifying Membership to Hollywood. of the annual "Oscars" has increased Formerly, between the end of World steadily, resulting in commensurately Reaction to Screenings War II and 1957, the Academy had larger international interest in Holly­ Reaction to the third series of films chosen to honor foreign language wood. screened for the Academy membership films as it recognizes' other special There is every indication that this this year-"Shakespeare on Film"­ achievements for which there is no interest will continue to grow in future was gratifying. The 1961 program of Award category-by bestowing Hon­ years, and that the exchange of ideas Sunday night membership screenings orary Awards, voted by the Board of and techniques will produce mutually is now over. The 1962 screening Governors. Eight such Awards were deepened respect, understanding and schedule will not begin until after the given, beginning with the one to the cooperation. Academy Awards Presentation.

Page Three Policy Statement on Ethics Wins Praise from Press, Motion Picture Industry ('Continued from IPage 1) their achievements. Regrettably, how­ ever, last year a few resorted to out­ right, excessive and vulgar solicitation of votes. This became a serious em­ barrassment to the Academy and our industry. "In order to prevent a recurrence, we are hopeful that all segments of our industry will join with us in a coopera­ tive effort to eliminate those advertis­ ing practices which are irrelevant to the honest evaluation of artistic and technical accomplishments and violate the principles under which the Acad­ emy was established. "We are hesitant to set down spe­ cific rules governing advertising. Con­ AC,6;OEMY L'IBRARY and general offices recently received a fresh coat of paint, new draperies, sequently, we leave the decision for carpeting and lighting. As illustrated by this photo of the library, the effect achieved is a lighter, airier atmosphere, making it that much more pleasant for visitors seeking information from the this year to the good conscience of the more than 5,000 books plus photos, magazines and tens of thousands of still photographs nominees, confident that they are well retained here. aware of the differences between that which enhances and that which lessens New Library Additions Cover Wide Range of the stature of the Academy. "Whether or not a nominee has Subject Matter of Vita/Interest to Film People overstepped the boundaries of ac­ Davidson, Bill. The real and the unreal. New cepted behavior will be decided (as Following are some of the more important new York, Harper & Brothers, c1 961. it has in the past), by the voting mem­ works added to the Academy Library's collection A reporter's view of Hollywood; some of the of more than 5,000 books during the past few bership. This group when incensed by material was first published in various maga­ months: the tactics or taste of an incogitant zines. Carrillo, 'leo. The California I Love. New Jersey, nominee has a habit of demonstrating Hall, Ben M. The best remaining seats; the story Prentice-Hall, c, 1961. its displeasure in a most definite Story of 'California from the Spanish explora­ of the golden age of the movie palace. New manner. tions in the 18th century to the present, as York, 'Clarkson N. Potter, c1 961. well as an autobiography of the actor and his Story of the famous movie theatres of the '20's, " Undesirable practices other than family. the men who built them, the chorus girls, improper advertising have also be­ ushers and decor which made them famous. come apparent_ These, however, are Illustrated with both color and black-and-white not general, being limited to special photographs. categories. The elimination of these Academy Coordinator of Hendrick, Gordon. The Edison motion picture myth. improprieties we leave to the Branches Berkeley, 'California, UniverSity of California Program for Ed Murrow­ Press, 1961. involved _ " I intend lhis book to serve two purposes: (1) " Any honorary organization such as Hollywood Discussion to be a beginning of the task of cleaning up the Academy can command respect The Academy recently helped to co­ the morass of well-embroidered legend with only as long as its members and the which the beginning of the American film is ordinate arrangements for a dinner nominees take unto themselves the re­ permeated and (2) to offord some measure meeting - forum discussion between of belated credit to the work done by W. K. L. sponsibility of dignified conduct. We Edward R_ Murrow, Director, United Dickson." (IPreface) are hopeful that this reminder will be States Information Agency, and repre­ Millerson, Gerald. The technique of television sufficient." sentatives of various Hollywood or­ production. New York, Hastings House, 1961. ganizations. Fundamental mechanics of studio operations­ 34th Annual Awards Murrow's meeting with the Holly­ camera work, lighting, optical effects, etc.­ VOTING TIMETABLE are discussed, with diagrams and tables sup­ De c. 31 AWARDS YEAR END wood representatives was in line with plementing the text. The author has been in (Midnight) his continuing effort to meet and talk the British television industry since 1949 as a Feb. 1 MAIL NOMINATION BALLOTS technical adviser, particularly on sound and Fe b. 13 NOMINATIONS POLLS CLOSE with leaders from the principal mass Feb. 25 FINAL SHORT SUBJ~CTS SCREEN­ lighting. ING IN ACADEMY THEATRE media in the United States_ He dis­ Feb. 26 ALL NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED Parsons, Louella O. Tell it to Louella. New Y.ork , Feb. 28 FINAL DOCUMENTARY SCREENING cussed his agency's role in clarifying G. 'Po Putnam's Sons, ©196 1. IN ACADEMY THEATRE Mar. 3 thru SCREENING OF NOMINATED and supporting American foreign pol­ Review of past twa decades in Hollywood, Mar. 22 PICTURES IN ACADEMY THEATRE icy and called upon the industry for with long profiles of 'Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Mar. 16 MAIL FINAL BALLOTS Marlon Branda, I ngrid Bergman, Howard Mar. 31 FINAL POLLS CLOSE April 9 AWARDS PRESENTATION supportive aid in this effort. Hughes and others. Page Four