25th Annual VOTING RULES ACADEMY AWARDS OF MERIT For Achievements During 1952

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ACTING AWARDS - Rule Seven . . . . 7

ART DIRECTION AWARDS - Rule Eight . 8

CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARDS - Rule Nine 9

COSTUME DESIGN AWARDS - Rule Ten 10

D IRECTI G AWARD - Rule Eleven . . . 11

DOCUMENTARY AWARDS - Rule Twelve 11

FILM EDITI G AWARD - Rule Thirteen 12

HONORARY AWARDS - Rule Four . . 5

HONORARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD - Rule Fourteen 13

MUSIC AWARDS - Rule Fifteen 13

OTHER AWARDS - Rule Three 4

PRODUCTION AWARD - Rule Sixteen . 15

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARDS - Rule Seventeen . 15

SHORT SUBJECTS AWARDS - Rule Eighteen . 16

SOUND RECORDI NG AWARD - Rule Nineteen. 18

SPECIAL EFFECTS AWARD - Rule Twenty 19

THALBERG AWARD - Rule Twenty-one 20

WRITI G AWARDS - Rule Twenty-two 20 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL AWARDS Calendar Year 1952 VOTING TIMETABLE

GENERAL

December31.1952 (Midnight) AWARDS YEAR Ei'\DS Wednesday

January 15,1953 MAIL i'\OMINATIONS BALLOTS Thursday (Allowing 9 days for voting)

Januury 24,1953 :\OMIl\'ATIOl\'S POLLS CLOSE Saturday (Allowing 14 days to count ballots)

February 10, 1953 ALL I\O~III\ATIOl\'S ANI\Ol'I\CED Tuesday l:\l PRESS (Released Monday eve., Feb. 9, 7 p.m.)

February 22,1953 FINAL SHORT SUBJECTS SCREE ' II\G Sundar 1 1 ACADEMY THEATRE

February 15,1953 SCREEl\'Ii\G OF Sunday thru I'iOMII\ATED PICTURES [\' ,11arch 8, 1953 ACADD1Y THEATRE Sunday

February 24,1953 MAIL FINAL BALLOTS Tuesday (All owing 14 days for voting)

March 1, 1953 FINAL DOCUMENTARY SCREEl\'Il\'G Sunday IN ACADEMY THEATRE

March 10, 1953 Fl 1AL POLLS CLOSE Tuesday (Allowing 9 days for tabulation)

March 19, 1953 AWARDS PRESE "TATIO Thursday 25th Annual ACADEMY AWARDS OF MERIT For Achievements During 1952 VOTING RULES

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O N E The Awards Year Academy Awards of Merit shall be bestowed for achievements in connec­ tion with motion pictures first publicly exhibited for paid admission (previews excluded) in the Los Angeles area (defined as Los Angeles, West Los Angeles or Beverly Hills)' between January 1, 1952 and midnight of December 31, 1952, such exhibition being for a consecutive run of not less than a week after an opening prior to midnight of December 31st, following norm:ll exploitation and adve rtising utilized by the producer for his other pictures within the dates specified. Entertainment Short Subjects which qualify under Rule Eighteen, distributed by a recognized distributing organization on a rental basis to 35mm. theatres for the profit of the producer and distribu­ tor, anywhere in the nited States for any definite first paid play date during the' aforesaid period shall be eligible for consideration for the Awards.

TWO The Annual Awards Subject to the inability of the Producer to comply herewith, every Award shall be conditioned upon the deljvery to the Academy of one print of every film nominated for fin al balloting for an Academy Awards, and such print shall become the property of the Academy, with the proviso however, that the Academy shall not use such print for commercial gain. Such print shall be deposited with the Academy and, subject to matters not within its control, shall be screened by the Academy for the membership in advance of distribu­ tion of fin al ballots. Awards of Merit in the form of gold statuettes shaH be conferred for the following achievements : ACTING: For the best performance by an actor. For the best performance by an actor in a support­ ing role. For the best performance by an actress_ For the best performance by an actress in a support­ ting role.

Page Three ART DIRECTION: For the best achievement in art direction of a black­ and-white production_ F or the best achievement in art direction of a color production_ (The Academy plaque shall· be given to the Set Decorators on the pictures which win the Art Direction Awards.) CINEMATOGRAPHY: For the best achievement in cinematography of a black-and-white production. For the best achievement in cinematography of a color production. COSTUME DESIGN: For the best achievement in costume design of a black-and-white production. For the best achievement in costume design of a color production. DIRECTING: For the best achievement in directing. FILM EDITING: For the best achievement in film editing. MTJSIC: For the outstanding achievements in music in con­ nection with motion pictures: (a) Best scoring of a musical picture. (b) Best music score of a dramatic or comedy picture. (c) Best song. PRODUCTION: For the best motion picture. SHORT SUBJECTS: For the best achievement in each of three classifica­ tions: (a) Cartoons. (b) 1,000-foot subjects. (c) Subjects between 1,000 and 3,000 feet. SOUND RECORDING: For the best achievement by a studio sound depart­ ment. WRITING: For the best motion picture story. For the best screenplay. For the best story and screenplay. THREE Other Awards Not necessarily given each year.

Page Four [A] Achievements or pictures eligible for Awards listed in Rule Two cannot qualify for Honorary Awards or Other Awards with the exception of the Documentary Awards, the Honorary Foreign Language Film Award, the Honorary Juvenile Award and the Special Effects Award. [B] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEME T: For a device, method, formula, discovery, or invention of special and outstanding value to the art or science of motion pictures, and actually employed in the motion picture industry during the Awards year. The Class I Award (Academy statuette) shall be conferred for basic achievements which have a definite influence upon the advancement of the industry; the Class II Award (Academy plaque) for those achievements which have a definite influence upon the industry, but merit recognition to a lesser degree than the Class I Award; the Class III Award (Certificate of Honorable Mention) for those accomplishments which are important to the progress of the industry. (See Rule Seventeen.) [C] IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD (Thalberg head): Shall be given at such times as in the judgment of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences there is a deserving recipient, but not necessarily each year. It shall be given to the individual who has been responsible for the most consistent high quality of motion picture pro­ duction for the current Awards year and the two preceding years. (See Rule Twenty-one.) [D] DOCUMENTARY ACHIEVEMENT (Statuette) . For the best feature­ length Documentary film and for the best Documentary Short Subject. (See Rule Twelve.) [E] SPECIAL EFFECTS AWARD (Statuette): For the best achievement in Special Effects. (See Rule Twenty.)

FOUR Honorary Awards [A] For outstanding achievements not strictly within the categories listed in Rules Two and Three. Honorary Awards shall only be given, however, for superlative and distinguished service in the making of motion pictures or for outstanding service to the Academy. [B) Achievements voted Honorary Awards may be in connection with foreign as well as domestic productions and are not limited to the Awards year. Achievements or pictures eligible for Awards listed in Rule Two cannot qualify for Honorary Awards with the exception of the Honorary Foreign Language Film Award and the Honorary Juvenile Award.

Page Five [C] Honorary Awards shall be in such form as the Academy Board of Gover­ nors may decide_ rDl HONORARY FOREIG LANGUAGE FILM AWARD (not necessarily given each year) : This Award is intended to honor films made in a language other than English and first released in a commercial theatre in the United States during the Awards year. (See Rule Fourteen.) fEl HONORARY JUVENILE AWARD (not necessarily given each year): Shall be voted by the Academy Board of Governors for the most outstanding juvenile performance during the Awards year, when in the judgment of the Board of Governors there is a deserving recipient.

FIVE General Rules [A] Final balloting on all achievements shall be restricted to -active Academy members. [B) The established gold statuette trophy of the Academy shall be conferred for all achievements listed in Rule Two, for the Class I Scientific or Technical Awards, for the Documentary Awards, for the Honorary Foreign Language Film Award and for the Special Effects Award. The Academy plaque shall be given to the Set Decorators on the pictures which win the Art Direction Awards and for the Class II Scientific or Technical Awards. The Thalberg head shall be given for the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Trophies to be given for all Honorary Awards shall be determined by the Academy Board of Governors. [C) Final voting for Awards shall be by secret ballot. Printed forms and ballots shall be supplied by the Academy and shall be returned unsigneJ. [D) Ballots shall be opened and counted by a firm of certified public account­ ants designated by the Academy President. [E) Awards shall be conferred at an Awards Presentation Ceremony. [F) In the event that an achievement voted an Award was done in collabora­ tion, each of the collaborators shall receive an Award trophy. In the event of a tie for first place in the final balloting, Awards shall be given for both achievements. [G) In the nominations voting, the marking and tabulation of all ballots shall

Page Six be according to the preferential or proportional system. No "write-in" votes shall be counted on the final ballots. [H) The Board of Governors shall provide for such meetings, sub·committees and special showings, as may be desirable to insure a full and fair considera· tion of the merits of all eligible achievements. [1 ] It being the intention that motion pictures from all countries shall be eligible for consideration for the Awards listed under Rule Two, the rules shall be construed liberally to include such motion pictures, except that they must have been shown in the Los Angeles area (defined as Los Angeles, West Los Angeles, or Beverly Hills) within the Awards year, must be in English or with English titles, and the producers or distributors shaH provide prints when necessary for review showings. An exception to this rule shall be made in the case of the Short Subjects Awards .(See Rule Eighteen.)

Sf X General Rules for Nominations Voting [A] Each Branch shall be permitted to work out its own Special Rules, pro­ vided the final ballot presents not more than five achievements and that final voting in each category is restricted to active Academy members. All Branches shall present their Special Rules for approval of the Board of Governors before putting them into operation. [B] No more than five nominations shaH be made for each Award. In all cases nominations shaH be announced and placed on the final ballot m alphabetical order. [C] Each nomination shall refer only to the motion picture in which the achievement was made, and not to any individual responsible except in the case of nominations for Acting which name both the individual and the one picture in which the achievement occurred. . [D] The Academy shall prepare a reminder list of all eligible pictures, but before distribution to voters, studios must check and assume full responsibility for errors, omissions and designations of actors as stars or supporting players.

SEVEN Special Rules for the Acting Awards 1. A reminder list including the casts of all eligible pictures shall be sent with the nominations baHots to all Class A and AJ members of the Screen Actors Guild and members of the Academy Actors Branch, who shall vote

Page Seven in the order of their preference, for five Acting achievements in each cate­ gory: Best P erformance by an Actor, Best Performance by an Attor in a Supporting Role, Best Performance by an Actress, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role_ 2. The five acting achievements in each category receiving the highest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Acting Awards_ 3. In the event that two achievements by an actor or actress shall receive sufficient votes to be nominated in the same category, only the one which, in the preferential tabulation process, first receives the quota (number of votes required to be nominated) shall be nominated. The votes for the second achievement shall thereupon be redistributed. 4. Performances by an actor or actress in any leading role shall be eligible for nomination only for the Best Acting Award. However, if per­ formances or a performance by any actor or actress should receive sufficient votes to be nominated for both the Best Acting Award and the Award for Supporting Player, only the achievement which, in the preferential tabulation process, first receives the quota shall be placed on the ballot. The votes for the second achievement shall thereupon be redistributed. 5. Final balloting for the Acting Awards shall be restricted to active Academy members. EIGHT Special Rules for the Art Direction Awards BLACK-AND WHITE ART DIRECTION 1. Each Art Director and Set Decorator in the motion picture industry shall be given the opportunity to submit one black-and-white production on which he has received single or joint creen credit. In addition, each Art Director and Set Decorator may submit an eligible black-and-white foreign production which he deems worthy of Awards consideration. In the event that two or more achievements by a foreign Art Director thereby occur, only the one receiving the greatest number of entries shall be listed on the Preliminary ballot. 2_ The productions submitted in accordance with Paragraph 1 above, shall be listed on a Preliminary ballot. This Preliminary ballot shall be sent to all Art Director and Set Decorator members of the Art Directors Branch who shall vote for ten productions in the order of their preference. 3. The ten productions receiving the greatest number of votes from this Preliminary balloting shall then be screened to give all members of the Art Directors Branch an opportunity to see them under the same conditions_ 4. . Following the screenings, a Nominations ballot, listing the ten produc­ tions, shall be sent to all members of the Art Directors Branch who shall vote for not more than five productions in the order of their preference. The five productions receiving the greatest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Black-and-White Art Direction Award.

Page Eight 5. All Art Directors and Set Decorators in the industry shall be eligible to participate in the ubmission of entries (Paragraph 1). Only Art Director and Set Decorator members of the Art Directors Branch shall be eligible to participate in the Preliminary voting (Paragraph 2). All members of the Art Directors Branch shall be eligible to participate in the Nominations voting (Paragraphs 3 and 4). 6. In order that the list of Art Directors and Set Decorators shall be complete, a list shall be obtained from the Society of Motion Picture Art Directors, the Allied Property Craftsmen, each studio and any other available source, and shall be checked and approved by the Art Directors Branch Executive Committee. This Committee shall be charged with the respon­ sibility of the preparation of a full and complete list of Art Directors and Set Decorators. 7. Final voting for the B1ack-and·White Art Direction Award shall he restricted to active Academy members. COLOR ART DiRECTION 8. The voting procedure for the Award for Color Art Direction shall be the same as specified in the rules above governing the B1ack·and·White Art Direction Award. SET DECORATION 9. Recognition in the form of an Academy Plaque shall be given the Set Decorators of each production which receives an Award for Achievement in Art Direction. NINE SpeciaL Rules for the Cinematography Awards BLACK-AND· WHITE CINEMATOGRAPHY 1. Each Director of Photography in the motion picture industry shall be given the opportunity to submit one black-and-white production on which he has received single or joint screen credit as Director of Photography. In addition, each Director of Photography may submit an eligible black-and­ white foreign production which he deems worthy of Awards consideration. In the event that two or more achievements by a foreign Director of Photog­ raphy thereby occur, only the one receiving the greatest number of entries shall be listed on the Preliminary ballot. 2. The productions submitted in accordance with Paragraph 1 above shall be listed on a Preliminary ballot. This Preliminary ballot shall be sent to all Directors of Photography in the industry who shall vote for not more than te.n· productions in the order of their preference_ 3. The ten productions receiving the greatest number of votes from this Preliminary ballot shall then be screened to give all Directors of Photog­ raphy in the industry an opportunity to see them under the same conditions. 4. Following the screenings, a ominations ballot, listing the ten produc­ tions, shall be sent to all Directors of Photography in the industry who shall

Page Nine vote for not more than five productions in the order of their preference. The five productions receiving the greatest number of votes shall become the nominations for the Black-and-White Cinematography Award. 5. All Directors of Photography in the motion picture industry shall be eligible to participate in the submission of entries and the Preliminary and Nominations voting. 6. In order to include all eligible Directors of Photography, lists shall be obtained from the American Society of Cinematographers, the I.A.T.S.E. Cameraman's Local, each studio Camera Department and any other available source, and shall be checked and approved by the Cinematography Awards Eligibility Committee. This Committee shall be charged with the responsibility of the preparation of a full and complete list of Directors of Photography. 7. Cartoons shall not be eligible for this Award. 8. Final voting for the Black-and-White Cinematography Award shall be restricted to active Academy members. COLOR CINEMATOGRAPHY 9. The voting procedure for the Award for Color Cinematography shall be the same as specified in the rules above governing the Black-and-White Cinematography Award. TEN Special Rules lor the Costume Design Awards BLACK-AND-WHITE COSTUME DESIGN 1. Each Costume Designer in the motion picture industry shall be given the opportunity to submit one Black-and-White production, either his own work or that of another. 2. The productions submitted in accordance with Paragraph 1 above, shall be listed on a Preliminary ballot. This Preliminary ballot shall be sent to all Costume Designer members of the Art Directors Branch who shall vote for ten productions in the order of their preference. 3. The ten productions receiving the greatest number of votes from this Preliminary balloting shall then be screened to give all members of the Art Directors Branch an opportunity to see them under the same conditions. 4. Following the screenings, a Nominations ballot, listing the ten produc­ tions, sha.11 be sent to all members of the Art Directors Branch who shall vote for not more than five productions in the order of their preference. The five productions receiving the greatest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Black-and-White Costume Design Award. 5. All Costume Designers in the industry shall be eligible to participate in the submission of entries (Paragraph 1). Only Costume Designer members of the Art Directors Branch shall be eligible to participate in the Preliminary voting (Paragraph 2). All members of the Art Directors Branch shall be eligible to participate in the Nominations voting (Paragraphs 3 and 4). 6. The Art Directors Branch Executive Committee shall be charged with

Page Ten the responsibility of the preparation of a full and complete list of Costume Designers eligible to submit productions under Paragraph 1. 7. Final voting for the Black·and·White Costume Design Award shall be restricted to active Academy members. COLOR COSTUME DESIGN 8. The voting procedure for the Award for Color Custume Design shaH be the same as specified In the rules above governing the Black·and·White Costume Design Award. ELEVEN Special Rules for the Directing Award 1. A reminder list of all eligible pictures shall be sent with the nomina· tions ballot to all directors fulfilling the minimum qualifications fOT senior membership in the Screen Directors Guild and members of the Academy Directors Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for five directing achievements. 2. The five directing achievements receiving the highest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Directing Award. 3. In the event that two achievements by one director shall receive suffi­ cient votes to be nominated, only the one which, in the preferential tabulation process, first receives the quota (number of votes required to be nominated), shall be nominated. The votes for the second achievement shall thereupon Le redistributed. 4. Final balloting' for the Directing Award shall be restricted to active Academy members. TWELVE Special Rules for the Documentary Awards 1. Documentary films are defined as those dealing with significant his· torical, social, scientific, or economic subjects, whether photographed in actual occurrence or re·enacted, and where the emphasis is more on factual contellt than on entertainment. The purely instructional film will not be considered. 2. Films eligible for Documentary Awards shall be divided into two groups: a. Documentary Features - films over 3,000 feet in length. b. Documentary Short Subjects - films of 3,000 feet or less. 3. Only one entry in each classification will be accepted from each pra· ducing unit. 4. To be eligible, a Documentary Film must have been exhibited for the first time in the United States to the audience for which ' it was made, some· time during the calendar year. 5. Entries in the Documentary field will be limited to films either pro· duced in or enlarged to 3Smm., in which significant dialogue is in English or which have English sub· titles.

Page Eleven 6. All entries must first be submitted in wntmg, with a description of the subject, to the Academy office, 9038 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood 46, California by Monday, January 5, 1953. Notification of acceptance by the Committee will be sent by telephone or telegraph, and prints may then be forwarded for viewing. This rule is intended to avoid unnecessary shipping. 7. The Documentary Committee will sift all films entered in the competi· tion and the Committee's selection will then become the nominations to be viewed by the active Academy membership, whose balloting will determine the awards. 8. Any member of the Documentary Committee who has actively par­ ticipated in the making of any entry shall not be permitted to vote on films in that category (Short Subjects or Features). 9. Prints of all entries accepted by the Committee must be received in the Academy Film Receiving office, 1455 North Gordon Street, Hollywood 28, California on or before Friday, January 16, 1953, and must remain with the Academy for screening until March 19, 1953. Films should be shipped express prepaid and those not chosen as nominations for final balloting by the active Academy membership will be returned to sender, express prepaid by the Academy. The Academy cannot pay import or customs duties on foreign films submitted for Documentary competition. Our responsibility for return shipping costs applies only to transportation within the United States. 10."Subject to the inability of the Producer to comply herewith, every Award shall be conditioned upon the delivery to the Academy of one print of every film nominated for final balloting for all Academy Awards, and such print shall become the property of the Academy with the proviso how­ ever, that the Academy shall not use such prints for commercial gain. Such print shall be deposited with the Academy and, subject to matters not within its control, shall be screened by the Academy for the membership in advance of distribution of final ballots." (Academy By.Laws, Article 8, Section l. [f]. Unless notified to the contrary, the Academy will retain for its archives every print chosen as a nomination for final balloting on the Documentary Awards. 11. Both Documentary trophies shall be statuettes. THIRTEEN Special Rules for the Film Editing Award 1. Each Film Editor in the motion picture industry shall be given the opportunity to submit one production on which he has received single or joint screen credit, which shall be included on a Preliminary ballot to be sent to all Film Editors in the industry. In addition, each Film Editor shall be permitted to submit one production by another Film Editor and one eligible foreign production which he deems worthy of Awards consideration. In the event that two or more achievements by a foreign Film Editor thereby occur, only the one receiving the greatest number of entries shall be listed on the Preliminary bailol. 2. The productions submitted in accordance with Paragraph 1 above,

Page Twelve shall be listed on a Preliminary ballot. This Preliminary ballot shall be sent to all Film Editors in the industry who shall vote for ten productions in the order of their preference. 3. The ten productions receiving the greatest number of votes from this Preliminary ballot shall then be screened to give all Film Editors in the industry an opportunity to see them under the same conditions. 4. Following the screenings, a ominations ballot, listing the ten produc­ tions, shall be sent to all Film Editors in the industry who shall vote for not more than five productions in the order of their preference. The five produc­ tions receiving the greatest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Film Editing Award. 5. All Film Editors in the industry shall be eligible to participate in the submission of entries and the Preliminary and ominations voting. 6. In order that the list of Film Editors shall be complete, a list shall be obtained from the Film Editors local and any other available source and shall be checked and approved by the Film Editors Executive Committee. This com­ mittee shall be charged with the responsibility of the preparation of a full and complete list of Film Editors eligible to participate in the voting procedure. 7. Final ballots for the Film Editing Award shall be sent to all members of the Academy. FOURTEEN Special Rules lor the Honorary Foreign Language Film Award 1. To be considered for the Award, films must have English sub-titles or have been dubbed into English. 2. Two members of the Board of Governors and the head of each studio Foreign Department shall be invited to serve as a Nominations Committee under a Chairman to be appointed by the Academy President. 3. The Committee shall review the list of all foreign feature films first r('­ leased commercially in the United States during the Awards year and shall make a report to the Board of Governors for their guidance and information. 4. The Governors of the Academy shall then view a selected number of foreign pictures and their vote shall determine the recipient of the Honorary Foreign Language Film Award. 5. The Honorary Foreign Language Film Award need not necessarily be given each year. FIFTEEN Special Rules lor the Music Awards 1. From the reminder list of all pictures eligible for Academy Awards voting and from information regarding songs given the Academy by the studio music departments, the Academy office shall prepare three lists for the Music Branch. The lists shall be: (a) Musical Pictures.

Page Thirteen (b ) Dramatic or Comedy Pictures. (c) Songs first used in an eligible picture. 2. A general meeting of the Music Branch shaH be held to pass upon the eligibility of lists (a ), (b ) and (c). 3. Any pictures on which classification is not determined at this meeting shaII be screened for the Branch Executive Committee. A majority of the Executive Committee must be present for these screenings and their vote shaH determine classifi cation. 4. Preliminary ballots for the (a ) Best Scoring of a Musical Picture and (b ) Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture shall be sent to all members of the Academy Music Branch. Each ballot shall be accompani ed by the proper eli gibility list. Each member of the Music Branch shaH vote for five productions in each category in the order of his preference. 5. A Nominations baIIot, listing the ten productions receiving the highest vote in each category shall be sent to each member of the Music Branch. Any pictures on the li st will be screened for the branch if requested by twenty· fiv e (25) members who promise to attend the screening. Each mem­ ber shall vote for fiv e productions in each category in the order of his pref­ erence. The fiv e productions in each category receiving the highest vote shaH become the nominations for the scoring awards_ 6. The Nominations ballots for the Best Song Award, accompanied by an eligibility list, shall be sent to all members of the Academy Music Branch. Each ballot shall have spaces numbered from one to ten for write-in voting in order of the voter's preference. The five songs receiving the highest vote shall be nominated. A song shall be construed as a work consisting of both lyrics and music. 7. To be eligible for the Best Song Award a complete continuous refrain, or a complete continuous rendition of a non-ve rse-and-chorus song must be used in a picture except where completion of the song is interrupted by dramatic action. Both the lyric and the melody of a song must be used vocall y (though not necessarily visually) and the melody may appear in the voice or in the accompaniment in an eligible pi cture before the song is publicly performed or exploited in any other medium: radio, television, stage, ni ght club, literary material, phonograph records, or publication in sheet music form, available for purchase by the public_ "Publicly performed" as used above is interpreted to mean any public performance for profit; public performance at a benefit where admission is charged; or public performance where admission is free, but open to the general public. Commercial recordings of a song may be made before it is recorded for a picture provided the phonograph records are not released for sale Lo the public until after the song has been recorded for its use in the picture_ A song shall not be considered " used" in a picture if it is cut from that picture prior to the first regular commercial run of the film, even though it may have appeared at studio-arranged previews or trade showings. Such a song shall be eli gible for an Award when used in another motion picture

Page Fourteen provided it is not exploited in any other medium or publicly performed a provided above prior to its use in the second picture. If a song includes a substantial portion of lyric or music previously used in a motion picture, or exploited in any other medium so that the present use becomes what is known in the trade as an ada!)tation rather than a work original as to both music and lyric, or publicly performed as provided above, the song is not eligible for an Award. 8. The active Academy membership as a whole shaH vote for final selec· tion in each category. SIXTEEN Special Rules lor the Production Award 1. A reminder list of all eligible pictures shall be sent with the nomina· tions ballot to all active members of the Academy, who shaH vote in the order of their preference for five Production achievements. 2. The five pictures receiving the highest number of votes shaH become the nominations for final voting for the Production Award. 3. Final voting for the Production Award shall be restricted to active Academy members. SEVENTEEN Special Rules lor Scientific or Technical Awards Academy Awards for Scientific or Technical Achievement shall be made by the Board of Governors, upon recommendation of the Scientific or Tech­ nical Awards Committee, for a device, method, formula, discovery or in· vention of special and outstanding value to the arts and sciences of motion pictures, and actually employed in the motion picture industry. These Awards, to be known as the Awards for Scientific or Technical Achievement, shall be made in accordance with the following rules: 1. Awards for Scientific or Technical Achievement may be granted in any one of the three foHowing classifications: THE CLASS I AWARD (Academy Statuette) For basic achievements which have a definite influence upon the advancement of the industry. THE CLASS II AWARD (Academy Plaque) For those achievements which have a definite influence upon the in· dustry, but merit recognition to a lesser degree than the Class I Award. THE CLASS III AWARD (Certificate) For those accomplishments which are important to the progress of the industry. 2. Any individual, group of individuals or organization may submit writ· ten entries for these Awards. Where entries are covered by patents, copies of the patents shall be made available to the Committee. In submitting entries, full claim for originality and development of the achievement must be estab­ lished with the Committee, and the person or persons claiming such credit

Page Filteen must be named. If any controversy should arise as to the origin or develop­ ment of the achievement in question, the Academy Board of Governors shall set such entry aside until full credit shall have been established to the satisfac­ tion of the Board. 3. The closing date for receipt of entries for these Awards shall be noon of December 1, 1952, and consideration of achievements shall be limited to those submitted in writing on or before this date, except as provided in Paragraph 5. 4. The Committee shall consider all entries and fully acquaint itself as to the merits of each achievement and shall appoir:Jt subcommittees, consisting of representatives in the various professional fields within which entries are submitted to assist the Committee in appraising the entries. It shall be the responsibility of those submitting entries to arrange demonstrations for the committee. If this is not feasible because of the nature of the entry or due to its location away from Hollywood, the Committee shall be furnished with full and detailed information on the entry. 5. In reviewing the entries the Committee shall, to the best of its knowl­ edge, also give consideration to devices, methods, formulas, discoveries or inventions not entered for consideration but similar to one or more of the entries received. 6. The Committee may notify all individuals and/ or organizations cred­ ited with participation in each achievement, and each individual and/ or organization may be requested to confirm the individual or joint credit as set forth in the entry; this confirmation to expressly state whether in the opinion of that individual and/ or organization the achievement is a single or a joint credit. 7. The Committee shall recommend to the Academy Board of Gover­ nors the person, persons and/ or organization to whom an Award shall be bestowed, and the type of Award. 8. In recommending Awards, the Committee will juoge to the best of its ability the scientific or technical merit of the achievements, but does not warrant that the person or persons named in the entry are responsible for the origin and development of the achievement named in the Award. 9. It shall be within the discretion of the Committee to recommend no Awards if, in its judgment, there has been no achievement worthy of rec­ ognition. 10. Such other rules as may be considered necessary for the proper con­ duct of this Award shall be put into effect by the Scientific or Technical Awards Committee, subject to the approval of the Academy Board of Governors. EIGHTEEN Special Rules for the Short Subjects Awards 1. Short Subjects eligible for these Awards shall be limited to a maximum of 3,000 feet in length; shall have been made and distributed for the profit

Page Sixteen of the producer, distributor and exhibitor, and must be distributed on the same basis by a recognized distributing organization to 35mm. theatres. To compete for these Awards, short subjects must be released in the United States for a first paid play date during the Awards year. Newsreels, and films made for advertising purposes shall be excluded. 2. The producer or distributor of any short subject which has had only one paid play date during the Awards year, may be required to furnish proof of commitments for general distribution at the time the picture is sub­ mitted for Awards consideration. Any picture disqualified under this rule will be accepted for the following year if it then qualifies. 3. Nominations may be submitted in three classifications: (a) Cartoons, of 1,000 feet or less, utilizing animation or other car­ toon techniques as the basic medium of entertainment. (b) Short Subjects of 1,000 feet or less, not classifiable as cartoons. (c) Short Subjects of 1,000 to 3,000 feet. 4. Any films on which there are questions as to eligibility or classification, as defined in Rule Three above, shall be screened by the Short Subjects Branch Executive Committee before the preliminary screenings are held. A majority vote of the Committee shall decide these questions; but the Committee may, at its discretion, request that a special showing be held for the full Branch. In this case, a majority vote of Branch members shall be decisive. 5. Short Subjects producers shall be permitted one entry from each series of shorts produced for regular release, i.e., if a studio has two or three series of cartoons, several series of one-reelers and two-reelers, etc., then one short from each series may be presented for nominations balloting. 6. Short Subjects entered for these Awards may also be submitted for Documentary Short Subjects Awards, providing they qualify as Documentary films. (See Rule Twelve.) 7. Entry prints must be available for screening in Hollywood on dates to be specified. 8. There shall be three nominations screenings if necessary: one screen­ ing of cartoons only, one screening of one-reelers, and one screening of two­ reelers. The running order of subjects in each classification shall be deter­ mined by lot. (a) The Nominations Committee shall consist of three Academy Short Subjects Branch members from each studio and/ or distributing organization, to be chosen by the heads of the studio Short Sub­ jects Departments; but no more than a total of three shall repre­ sent the studio and/ or distributing organization combined. In the event a studio and/ or releasing organization is unable to supply such three members, alternates from the Academy Mem­ bership may be chosen by the entrant. In the event that insuffi­ cient names are submitted by the entrant, the Academy Office shall with the approval of the Executive Committee, select names

Page Seventeen from the general Academy membership list to complete the number of voters required. The Point System of voting, i.e., 10, 8, 6, is to be used at this Preliminary Screening only. (10 Excellent; 8 Good; 6 Fair. ) (b) Nominations for final balloting shall be not more than fi ve in each .category, but may be reduced to less than fi ve by one or both of the procedures outlined in (c) and (d ) below. (c) If, in the tabulation of the nominations ballots (after the pre· liminary screening), the subjects which place fifth and/ or fourth on the list do not achieve a total score of 8.0 (the mean average in our point system of 10, 8, 6 "), these subjects shall not be de­ clared nominated and the nominations for final balloting may, by this method, be reduced to fo ur or three in any or all three cate­ gories. If, however, the subject which places third on the list has a total score of less than 8 .0 it shall be declared a nomination. The intent of this rule is to present at least three nominations for final balloting in each short subject category although the privi­ lege of withdrawal may possibl y reduce the nominations to two . (d ) In the event that one entrant is represented by more than one subject in any classification, the entrant may, with the consent of the producer or producers, withdraw one of his nominations in that category. (Cartoons, one-reel subjects or two· reel subjects.) This provision is made to accommodate those who do not wish to be represented on the final ballot by more than one entry in a classification. In the event that a withdrawal is made in any of the classifications, no replacements shall be permitted. With· drawals must be made within forty-eight (48) hours after the preliminary ballots have been counted and before the nomina ­ tions are announced. Thus nominations for final balloting in any of the three categories may be reduced to four or less by with­ drawals. 9. The final vote shall be taken at a special exhibition of the nominated subjects for Academy members and guests. All active Academy members present shall participate in the final voting, and shall vote for only one entry in each classification. The running order for the final judging shall be : one­ reel subjects, two-reel subjects, and cartoons; the order of showing within each group being decided by lot. 10. In both preliminary and final voting, the excellence of the entries shall be judged on the basis of entertainment, originality and production quality, without regard to cost of production or subject matter.

N I NETEE N Special Rules for the Sound Recording Award 1. The Director of each motion picture sound department shall be given the opportunity to sU,bmit one production for consideration for this Award.

Page Eighteen To be eligible, a production must have been recorded, scored and re-recorded in its entirety by the submitting organization_ 2. The Sound Recording Award Committee shall survey the field of other meritorious films, and shall include any deemed worthy of Awards consid­ eration. 3. A Sound Recording Award' Nominating Committee, which shall consist of three representatives and one alternate for each sound department, shall view all the pictures submitted in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 above. In order that the recording of each production may be judged on the same basis, all the productions shall be run in one projection room, selected by the Sound Recording Award Committee. To be qualified to vote, each member of the Committee or alternate shall have viewed all the productions in this pro­ jection room. 4. Following the screenings, a Nominations Ballot, listing all productions under consideration, shall be given to each member of the Sound Recording Award Nominating Committee, who shall vote for not more than five produc­ tions in the order of his preference. The five productions receiving the greatest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Sound Recording Award. 5. It is specified that all voting by the Sound Recording Award Nomi­ nating Committee shall be by the preferential system, except that counting of the votes shall be by a weighted system adopted by the Academy Sound Branch. 0 Committee member may vote for the production which he represents. 6. Such other rules as may be necessary for the proper conduct of this Award shall be adopted by the Sound Recording Award Committee, subje(:t to the approval of the Academy Awards Rules Committee. 7. Final voting for the Sound Recording Award shall be restricted to active Academy members.

TWENTY Special Rules for the Special Effects Award 1. The Special Effects Award shall be voted by the Academy Board of Governors, from a list of not more than three pictures to be selected by the Special Effects Award Nominating Committee. 2. The Special Effects Award Nominating Committee shall consist of at least fifteen technicians representing each of the various special effects fields, and shall be appointed by the Academy President. 3. The Special Effects Award Nominating Committee shall consider all special effects achievements of the current Awards year, and fully acquaint itself as to the merits of each achievement. 4. . Pictures under consideration shall be judged under the following basic requirements:

Page Nineteen a. Dramatic necessity of the effects to the picture. b. Economic necessity to the picture; it should be physically or eco· nomically impractical to produce the picture without the effects. c. Illusion of actual reality should be accomplished with such skill that the mechanism by which the effect is achieved is not apparent in the final result. 5. Cartoons or productions r.ontaining intercut live action and cartoons are not eli gible for this Award. 6. Such other rules as may be considered necessary for the proper con · duct of thi s Award shall be put into effect by the Special Effects Award Nomi· nating Committee, subject to the approval of the Academy Board of Governors. 7. The Special Effects Award need not necessarily be given each year.

TWE N TY·O N E Special Rules for the Irving C. Thalberg Memorial Award 1. The Board of Governors shall review the achievement reco rds of indio viduals responsible for motion picture production and verbal nominations shall be made from the Aoor. 2. When the nominations are completed, a written secret ballot shall be taken, and if one candidate receives a majority vote of the Governors present, he shall receive the Thalberg Award. 3. If, on the first ballot, no candidate receives a majority vote of the Governors present, a second ballot shall be distributed, listing the two candi· dates who received the highest number of votes on the first ballot. 1£ a tie for second place occurs on the first ballot, the second ballot shall list three names. 4. If one of the candidates on the second ballot receives the majority vo te of the Governors present at the meeting, he shall be declared the winner of the Thalberg Award. However, if the second ballot should result in a tie for first place, a third and final baIlot shall be . taken on the two names tied for first place. 5. If no candidate receives the majority vote of the Governors present on the second or third ballot, no Thalberg Award shall be given that year. 6. No proxies shall be permitted in balloting for the Thalberg Award. 7. No individual shall be eligible to receive the Thalberg Award more than once every three years.

TWENTY ·T WO Special Rules for the Writing Awards 1. A reminder list showing the pictures eligible in each category: Best Motion Picture Story, Best Screenplay, and Best Story and Screenplay, shall

Page Twenty be sent with nominations ballots to all writers eligible for active membershi p in the Screen Writers Guild and members of the Academy Writers Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for fi ve writing achievements in each category. 2. The five writing achievements in each category receiving the highest number of votes shall become the nominations for fin al voting for the Writing Awards. 3. In the event that two achievements by a writing team or writer without collaborator shall receive suffi cient votes to be nominated in the same category, only the one which, in the preferential tabulation process, first receives the quota (number of votes required to be nominated ) shall be nominated. The votes for the second achievement shall thereupon be redistributed. 4. Final balloting for the Writing Awards shall be restricted to acti ve Academy members.

Balloting .. Information Chart .,

Page Twenty-one BALLOTING INFORMATION CHART

Twenty-fifth Annual Awards - 1952 Calendar Year Academy of Motion Pictl£re Arts and Sciences

NOMINATIONS BALLOTING FINAL MAXIMUM A WA RD BALLOTI G NUMBER OF NOMINATING GROUPS NOMINATIONS

ACTOR 5 ACTRESS 5 ACADEMY ACTORS BRANCH MEMBERS SUPPORTING ACTOR 5 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD-CLASS A & AJ SUPPORTING ACTRESS 5 '0 ART DIRECTION Entries by all Art Directors and Set Decorators in Black-and-White 5 the industry_ Color 5 Preliminary Balloting by Art Director and Set Decorator ~ members of the Art Directors Branch. ;;S Nominations Balloting by members of the Art Directors ~ Branch. e::-..

CINEMATOGRAPHY Entries, Preliminary and Nominations Balloting by all Black·and-White 5 tt1 Directors of Photography in the industry. ~ Color 5 e::-.. e::-.. COSTUME DESIGN Entries by all accredited Motion Picture Costume C 5 Designers. ~ Black-and-White ~. Color 5 Preliminary Balloting by Costume Design members of ;;S the Art Directors Branch. ~ Nominations Balloting by members of the Art Directors Branch. C"'I ~ DIRECTING 5 ACADEMY DIRECTORS BRANCH MEMBERS SCREEN DIRECTORS GUILD-SENIOR MEMBERS ~ ~ FILM EDITING 5 Entries, Preliminary and Nominations Balloting by all ~ Film Editors in the industry. ~. <:::: MUSIC: C':::I SCORING OF A

UlICU' IT DU".. U1UO'. J:. ~ ~ ~ Ie-=,-"" ~~ MV;)It- ;)t-U/tE. ",<,,'Ivc-m, mUJI'-' on/: ,'-'" mC-l.IULHoJ OF A DRAMATIC OR ~ COMEDY PICTURE 5 R.. C':::I ORIGINAL SONG 5 PRODUCTION 5 ALL ACTIVE ACADEMY MEMBERS ~ ~ SHORT SUBJECTS: CARTOONS 5 Three Academy Short Subjects Branch members from ~ 1,000 FOOT SUBJECTS 5 each studio and/ or distributing organization. C':::I SUBJECTS BETWEEN ~ 1,000 and 3,000 FEET 5 C"'I C':::I SOUND RECORDING 5 Sound Recording Award Nominating Committee ~ (comprised of three representatives from each Sound ~ Department.) ~ ~. WRITING: ~ MOTION PICTURE ACADEMY WRITERS BRANCH MEMBERS STORY 5 0- SCREENPLAY 5 SCREEN WRITERS GUILD-ACTIVE MEMBERS STORY AND SCREENPLAY 5

OTHER AWARDS: DOCUMENTARY AWARDS Nominations by Special Committee-Final Voting by Active Academy Membership at Special Screening. SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARDS Voted by Board of Governors, Based on Recommendations of Special Committee. SPECIAL EFFECTS AWARD Voted by Board of Governors, Based on Recommendations of Special Committee. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Voted by Board of Governors.

HONORARY AWARDS:

HONORARY FOREIGN. LANGUAGE FILM AWARD Voted by Board of Governors, Based on Recommendations of Special Committee. HONORARY JUVENILE A WARD Voted by Board of Governors. ALL OTHER HONORARY A WARDS ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ART S AND SCIENCES _.-

OFFICERS President CHARLES BRACKETT Vice-Presidents GEORGE MURPHY SAMUEL G. ENGEL Treasurer FRED L. METZLER Assistant Treasurer WILLIAM W. HORNBECK Secretary JOHNNY GREEN Assistant Secretary ANNE BAXTER Executive Director MARGARET HERRICK Counsel LOYD WRIGHT

BOARD OF GOVERNORS ANNE BAXTER JOHN PAUL LlVADARY JOHN W. BOYLE FRED L. METZLER CHARLES BRACKETT HAL MOHR TEET CARLE WILLIAM A . MUELLER DANIEL B. CATHCART GEORGE MURPHY LOUIS F. EDELMAN EDWARD B. POWELL HAL ELIAS DORE SCHARY SAMUEL G. ENGEL GEORGE SEATON CEDRIC FRANCIS FREDRICK Y. SMITH JOHNNY GREEN GEORGE STEVENS WILLIAM W. HORNBECK KING VIDOR ALBERT M . HORWITS LYLE R. WHEELER

The Academy is an honorary organization of actors, directors, pro­ ducers, technicians and writers. Its purposes are to advance the arts and sciences of motion pictures and to foster cooperation among the creative leadership of all branches of the industry for cultural, educational and technological progress. In the years of its development the Academy has become the most widely known organization in Hollywood. The national and international importance of the Annual Awards continues to grow. Its idealistic prin­ ciples, selective basis of membership and established prestige contribute to the maintenance of a dignified social and educational forum and meet­ ing place of the creative personnel of motion pictures, a function which is not duplicated by any other organization and which compares with the lit­ erary and professional Academies, Institutes and Societies in other fields. The Academy is entirely freed of all labor relations responsibilities and has no concern with economic or political matters.

GENERAL OFFICES: 9038 Melrose Ave. Hollywood 46, California • Telephone CRestview 5 : 1146 ACADEMY AWARDS FOR 1952

COMMITTEE ON RULES (Composed of Members of the BOdrd of Governors)

CHARLES BRACKETT, Chairman

ANNE BAXTER JOHN PAUL lIVADARY

JOHN W . BOYLE FRED l. METZLER

TEET CARLE HAL MOHR

DANIEL B. CATHCART WILLIAM A. MUElLER

LOUIS F. EDELMAN GEORGE MURPHY

HAL ELIAS EDWARD B. POWElL

SAMUEl G. ENGEL DORE SCHARY

CEDRIC FRANCIS GEORGE SEATON

JOHNNY GREEN FREDRICK Y. SMITH

WILLIAM W . HORNBECK GEORGE STEVENS

ALBERT M. HORWITS KING VIDOR

LYLE R. WHEELER

As in the past several years the Screen Actors, Directors and Writers Guilds, as well as the Academy membership, combine in the nominations ballot­ ing to make the annual selections representative of serious and carefully considered opinion of the motion picture production personnel. All final voting will be restricted to active Academy members.