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

VOL 8, NO.1 , CALIFORNIA APRIL,1963 Star-Studded Audience Seen for Sinatra M.e. for 35th Board Honors Broidy Annual Awards Show With Hersholt Award --Wlo!aHou Id -we~ be--tl'le--fl't0St-a+s·J:i.R - St~ve Broidy, president of Allied guished array of motion picture talent Artists and long recognized for his ser­ ever gathered in a single auditorium is vices to the and the motion expected to be on hand at the Santa picture industry, was this week voted Monica Civic Auditorium, Monday, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award April 8, for the 35th Annual Academy by the Academy Board of Governors. Awards Presentation. It will be presented at the 35th Annual More than 20 past Award winners Awards ceremony. have already been named to the cast Established in 1956, the Hersholt of the Show with the list of famous Award is voted only when the Board I stars including , determines there is a worthy candidate , , Bette whose humanitarian efforts have Davis, , Audrey brought credit to the industry. Hepburn, , , Broidy will be the sixth industry "MR. SHOW BUSINESS" will , , David Niv­ personality to be accorded the honor. serve as Master of Ceremonies for Monday en, Sir , , evening's Awards Presentation. Above he is , , Maxi­ Other individuals who have received shown with the Show's star-"Oscar"­ the Hersholt Award are Y. Frank Free­ displaying an official program. milian Schell, , Frank man, , , Sol Sinatra, , Shelley Win­ Lesser and George Seaton. Suspense of Awards ters and . In addition to his duties as a motion Augmenting this "who's who" of picture executive, Broidy is currently Highlights 'Oscarcast' motion pictures will be three of the serving as president of Cedars of Leb­ entertainment industry's top vocalists, "A fast moving show spiced with anon-Mount Sinai Hospital; chairman Eddie Fisher, Robert Goulet, and Ethel entertainment, but buiit on the soiid of the Brandeis Institute; a member of Merman. foundation of the suspense and excite­ the Board of Trustees of Temple , Serving as master of ceremonies for ment inherent in the Annual Academy Hollywood (former president); and a the Presentation will be Sinatra, who Awards~' trustee of the board of Claremont will also present the Best Song Award. This is the description Arthur Freed, Men's College. producer of the 35th Annual Academy The star-studded cast will be per­ Broidy is also on the advisory board Awards Presentation, offers of the forming before the eyes of both an of the Salvation Army; a director of the Show the Academy will present to the equally glamorous theatre audience Community Chest and a world next week. and a record number of coast-to-coast vice president of the Association of Freed stresses that the entertainment TV viewers. Motion Picture Producers. segments of the Show will all be in key Because of the 7 p.m. starting time, Other organizations to which he has with its overall theme - 35 years of special arrangements have been de­ devoted his time and energies include Academy Award winning achieve­ vised to insure that all Academy mem­ the United Jewish Welfare Fund and ments. will sing a bers, nominees and invited guests will the Boy Scouts of America. medley of tunes which be seated quickly and easily. A member of the Board of Gover­ made the musical of the thirties By re-sectioning the driveway area nors of the Academy from May, 1960, and forties so popular, Eddie Fisher differently from last year, 15 cars will to May, 1962, Broidy served as Chair­ will deliver a selection of memorable, be able to comfortably discharge their man of the Program Committee for its past Award winning songs, and Rob­ passengers Simultaneously, in order to 33rd and 34th Annual Awards Pres­ ert Goulet will sing a medley of the accommodate the large influx of mem­ entations. five songs nominated this year. bers and guests. ACADEMY BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTES [!The ~!t~t SIX SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARDS 9fte~ Four achievements exhibiting a high level of engineering and two accom­ sion of Bell & Howell Company, for the By WENDEll COREY President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences plishments representing other valuable design and development of a new and contributions to the progress of the in­ improved motion picture additive color Next Monday, the Academy wi II dustry have been voted Awards by the printer. present its Annual Awards for out­ Board of Governors. To North American Philips Company, standing achievements in the arts and Acting on recommendations of the Inc. for the design and engineering of sciences of the motion picture industry. Scientific or Technical Awards Com­ the Norelco Universal70/35mm motion It will mark the 35th time such mittee, the Board singled out the fol­ picture projector. Awards have been presented. This is a lowing for presentation of Academy To Charles E. Sutter, William E. Smith milestone for our Plaques in the Class II category: and Louis C. Kennell of Paramount organization. But To Ralph Chapman for the design Pictures Corporation, for the engineer­ even more, it is a and development of an advanced mo­ ing and application to motion picture tribute to all those tion picture camera crane. production of a new system of electric power distribution. members, past and To the Professional Equipment Divi- present, who have Voted certificates of Honorable worked so hard to sentin g the same Awards that were Mention in the Class III Award cate­ nurture and sustain first given. But, because our founding gory are: WENDElL COREY the p r inc i pie son members were not wise to the point of To Electro Voice, Incorporated for a which the Academy was founded. infallability, it has been and will con­ highly directional dynamic line micro­ Throughout our history, these men tinue to be, the duty of all who accept phone. and women have furthered the concept the responsibility of Academy mem­ To Louis G. MacKenzie for a selective of encouraging continued improve­ bership to refine, in the context of a sound effects repeater. ment of motion pictures by the recog­ fluid industry, the high standards No Class I Awards were voted by nition of outstanding achievements in established by our founders. . the Board this year. the arts and sciences of our industry. We must be prepared to honestly Proof of this can be found by any­ evaluate intelligent criticism, whether one who takes the time to examine the it be from outside our organization or Library Adds Books on record . Monday night at least 25 from within, and apply it for the fur­ "Oscars" will be presented to film therance of the principles in which we Durante, artisans and craftsmen, some of them believe and for which we are working. Following are some of the impor­ Academy members and many of them While the 35th Awards this Monday tant works available in the Academy not. stand as a tribute to those who have Library's collection of books covering When the first Awards Presentation adhered to this type of thinking, it also all aspects of the motion picture was held, only 15 statuettes were pre­ represents a challenge for us and to industry. sented. As our industry grew and the future members to insure that the basic Alpert, Holl is. The dreams and the dreamers. New art of the motion picture became more York, The Mocmillan Company, ©l 962. purposes for which the Academy was "This book .. . is about movies, a scrapbook, if complex, our members saw to it that organized will be as well adhered to you will, of impressions that were the result of these new skills and talents were a critical viewing of films as they came along, and respected at a 70th Awards Pres­ meetings with some of the major and minor recognized. entation as they are today. personalities in the film world, and hundreds _ ILtha.l.ounders-Df tbjs.....oLg.anjz.at Lo n - of disc-us .si<>n~lnt.od,,<-tionll -----_ had been blessed with the wisdom of Cahn, William. Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, the Solomon and the foresight of a sooth­ 94th Players Directory secret of Jimmy Durante. New York, Duell, Sloan and 'Pearce, ©1 963. sayer, the Academy might still be pre- Lists Performers Illustrated by over two hundred pictures; the 5,330 text consists mainly of quotes from Mr. Dur­ The 94th issue of the Players Direc­ ante. ACADEMY REPORT tory, containing the listing of 5,330 Kazan, Elia . America, America. New York, Stein Published Quarterly by the and Day, ©1962. ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES performers in the 1,160 pages of its Story of a 20-year-old Greek boy who wanted 9038 Melrose Avenue Hollywood 69, California two volumes, is now available. to come to the . Mr. Kazan has Telephone: CRestview 5-1146 also completed a film with the same title on President ...... Wendell Corey A total of 2,281 feminine perform­ Vice Presidents. . Arthur Freed, Jacob H. Karp this subject. Secretory ...... Hal Elias ers are to be found in the first volume Mattfeld, Julius. Variety music cavalcade, 1620- Assistant Secretary .. .. . Hal Mohr with 3,049 male players listed in the 1961, a chronology of vocal and instrumental Treasurer...... Fred l. Metzler second volume. The 95th issue of the music popular in the United States. New Jer­ Assistant Treasurer . . . . Richard Murphy sey,Prentice·Hall, Inc., © 1962. Executive Oirector . . . . Directory, now being published, is AssisTont Executive Director . . Sam E. Brown Listed alphabetically by year of publication, Legal Counsel . Wright, Wright, Goldwater & Mack scheduled for distribution June 1. each entry gives t itle, lyricist and composer, Editorial Board . Bill L. Hendricks, Perry Lieber publisher, copyright date and owner, opera, FOR PRESS INFORMATION Information on the cost and how to movie or other kind of performance in which HARSHE·ROTMAN .& DRUC'K, INC. obtain the Directory is avarlable by it was originally presented. At end of each 3440 Wilshire Blvd ., Los Angeles 5 writing the Players Directory office at year's listing there is a synopsis of outstanding DUnkirk 5·5271 political and cultural events contemporary with 9021 Melrose Ave., Hollywood 69. the songs.

Page Two 'OSCAR' CELEBRATES 35th BIRTHDAY Awards Presented by Academy Parallel Industry Growth The Acade my Award s will be cele­ brating its 35th anniversary Monda y evening when the Academy presents its a nnua l " Oscar" Awards. With the presenta tion of the motion p icture industry's g reatest symbol of recog nition-a 131/2 inch, 6 % pound golden sta tuette a ffectiona tely known as " Osca r"-the Academy is not only observing past traditions but looking forward to esta bli shing new ones. The history of the development of the Annual Awards Presentations be­ speaks a continuing pol icy of keeping pace with a fast changing industry. --Altnoughtne Aca emy was-founde in Ma y of 1927 and the precepts of the organization formulated within a week of the fi rst meetin g, it was not until FIRST OSCARS-for the Best Performonce by on and Actress in Supporti ng Roles were January, 1929, that voting was con ­ presented in 1937 to Walter Brenna n and . Miss Sondergaard received d ucted for achieveme nts d uring the Award for her role in "" and Brennan fo r his performance in "Come and Get It:' year e nd ing July 31, 1928. In honoring the outstanding achieve­ established-that of honoring foreign The results of this first historic vote me nts of 1934, numerous " firsts" were' la nguage films. " Shoe Shine;' an Ital­ w ere published on Fe bruary 18, 1929 added to the Academy's roster of ian film, became the first motion p ic­ a nd the first Annual Awards Presenta­ Award s when was ture to w in this Award . Since then a tion he ld at the Hollywood Roosevelt presented with an Honorary Juvenile long list of fine films made in la n ­ on May 16 of that year. Since the re­ Award and the first " Os cars" were guages other than English, have been cipients of the first " Oscars;' as the voted for film editing, musica l scoring recognized for excellence. golden statuette has since become and best song. 1948 also saw the add it ion of known, had alread y been a nnounced, W ith the presentation of an Honor­ Awards for costume design, going to there w as little suspense. ary Award to David Wark Griffith in for b lack-and-white costume d e­ Fifteen golden statuettes we re pre­ 1936, the Academy began to acknow­ sign and to and Gile Stee le sented by Preside nt Douglas Fa irbanks ledge its debt to those who pioneered for color. a nd Vice Preside nt Will iam C. DeM ille, the development of motion pictures. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian chairman of the Awa rds banquet. As Highlights of the 1937 Show were Award was estab lished at the 1957 part of a growing in d ustry which was the presentations of the first Award s ceremony and presented to Y. Fra nk on the threshold of a new era-talk­ Freeman. This award is given only in for the best performance by an actor ing p ictures-members of the Acad­ years in which the Board of Governors and actress in supporting roles, with emy reco§!Ai zed the need for Honorary feels there is a deserving recip ient. for " Come and Get It" Awards. On April 8 this year when the 35th Recipients of the first Honorary and Gale Sondergaard for " Anthony Presentation is held at the Santa Awards were Warner Bros., for pro­ Adverse" receiving the " Oscars~' Monica Civic Auditorium, three music duction of the talkie " The Jazz Singer" In 1938, the Irving G . Thalberg awards will be given as in the past, and Charles Chaplin for producing, Memorial Award for consistent high but the scoring categories have been d i recti ng, writi ng and starri ng in "The quality of production was in itiated re -defined: Best Music Score - sub­ C i rcus~' and presented to Darryl F. Zanuck. stantially orig inal, Best Scoring of Mu­ At the 1931 Presentation, the first Since that first Award, Hal B. Wallis, sic - adaptation or treatment, a nd Awards for Scientific or Technical David O . Selznick, , Sidney Best Song. achievements were made, bringing in ­ Franklin, Samuel Goldwyn, JerryWald, Throughout the history of the Acad­ to focus the Academy's recognition of Arthur Freed, Cecil B. DeMille, George emy, however, one thing has remained the importance of professional techni­ Stevens, Buddy Adler, Jack Warner constant-the concept of fostering the cal men to the motion picture industry. and have received the continued development of the arts and The 1932 program saw the institu­ honor, considered by many as the sciences of the industry through the tion of the Short Subjects Awards and highest honor the Academy can recognition of outstanding achieve­ Walt Disney was the recipient of the bestow. ments - recognition conferred by the first " Oscar" for outstanding achieve­ At the 20th Annual Awards Presen­ artists and craftsmen who make up the ment in this category. tation in 1948 another precedent was membership of the Academy.

Page Three Top Calibre Production Staff Works Smoothly On Awards Show Serving in the dual capacity of producer for the 35th Annual Awards Presentation and Chairman of the Awards Program Committee, Arthur Freed has again welded together a production staff composed of some of the industry's finest artists and crafts­ men. Music Director , a seven - time "Oscar" winner, is this year assisted by Kenneth Darby and . Bobby Helfer will again serve as Music Supervisor tor the Presentation, and Murray Gerson as Music Coordinator, posts they filled last year. Joseph Wright, Art Director, has de­ signed the stage setting. He will be assisted by Emile Kuri. M iles Stephen­ son has again been named Chief of Security, w ith G eorge Miller as his assistant. Robert F. Metzler is in charge of business arrangements for the April 8 Presentation. Edith Head, holder of eight Academy Awards, is Fashion Consultant for the Show. Bill L. Hendricks a nd Perry Lieber, Public Relations Governors, have been directing the promotional campaign for the Awards Program as well as " A STAR IS CAST"-The excitement and interest generated by the 35th Annual Awards Presenta· tio n has focused more attention than ever on all aspects of the "Oscarcast:' Even the behind-the· serving as co-chairmen of the Board scenes activities, not visible to the mill io ns who will see the Presentatio ns on television, have been of Governors Ball Committee. publicized during the past few months. Shown above are employees of Dodge Company George A xel rod, Richard Breen, Hal actually making the star of the Show-"Oscar:' The top photograph shows the statuette being dipped in a plating solution to get his 24-karat "suit" and the second illustration depicts Kanter and Stanley Roberts comprise "Oscar" undergoing the final delicate hand-chasing to remove mold marks. the writing staff for the 35th Awards. Richard Dunlap again serves as the American Broadcasting Company's Foreign Film Representatives Arrive for Show Television producer-~ t or for th e Representatives of the five mot ion Greek entr-y. "Oscarcast" wh ich wi II be carri ed over pictures nominated for the Foreign During their stay in Southern Cali­ the combined television and radio fa­ Language are scheduled fornia, the representatives will be cilities of the network. In addition to to arrive here this week from Europe, guests of the Academy. Alberto L. ABC coverage, the Presentation will be South America and Mexico. Morin has been designated as the beamed to hundreds of millions of The foreign dignitaries, leaders in official host for the foreign delegations persons throughout the world through the of their particular and will coordinate special tours of the Armed Forces Radio and Television nations are: Fernando de Barros for studios, Disneyland, M a rineland, and Service. "Keeper of Promises;' ; Serge other points of interest. Bourguignon, Director, and Romain All arrangements for the group are BOARD OF GOVERNORS BALL Pines, Producer of " Sundays and Cy­ being made by the Academy's Foreign The bands of Manny Harmon and bele;' France; Goffredo Lombardo, Pro­ Language Film Award Nucleus Com­ Miguelito Valdez have been named ducer, and Nannie Loy, Director of mittee under chairmanship of Robert to entertain Academy members and "The Four Days of ;' ; and M . W. Vogel. Members of the Commit­ guests at the Board of Governors Antonio Matouk, representing " Tlayu­ tee are Louis Blaine, Macdonald Carey, Ball, to be held in the International can;' Mexico. George W. Duning, Rudi A . Fehr, Ely . Ballroom of The Beverly H i lton Hotel S. Bouphidis, Consul-General for Levy, Robert F. Metzler, Roy C. Metzler, _ following the 35th Annual Awards , is scheduled to come from San Alberto L. Morin, Carl Schaefer, Ed­ Presentati on. Francisco to represent " Electra;' the ward Schellhorn, Geoffrey M. Shurlock.

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