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AMPAS PUBlICATIONS Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences library. Beverly Hills. Calif. of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences NUMBER..¥\b FALL, 1975 BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. Non-Awards TV Special Building Dedication Plans Under Way Another Academy First The doors at 8949 Wilshire Boule This year seems to be a year for vard are finally open. The Academy "firsts" in the history of the Acad has planned a week of Gala Ded emy. The Academy, for the first ication festivities for the official time in its history aside from the opening, December 8, to celebrate Academy Award Presentations, has one of the greatest accomplishments produced a one-hour television in the Academy's 48-year history. special for the ABC network. It is For the first time, the Academy has scheduled to air Nov. 25, from 10-11 all of its facilities housed under one p.m. and will inaugurate a new five roof in a practical and luxurious new year contract with ABC. seven-story building under its own Jack Lemmon, who was awarded ownership. an Oscar for best supporting actor Similar dedication ceremonies for his role in Mr. Roberts twenty are planned for each of five consec years ago, and for best actor for utive evenings. National and inter Save The Tiger in 1974, will host the national press, industry leaders, show, entitled, The Academy Pre civic leaders, governmental leaders, sents Oscar's Greatest Music. The and past Academy Award winners show is a composite of musical will be invited to the black tie Gala numbers from Academy Award Those in the motion p icture industry go to all Dedication ceremonies on the first shows from 1956 through last year, ends to w in an Oscar. This photographer literally d id just t hat to ta ke this photograph of Osca r evening. The 3800 members of the including Judy Garland's Cole Porter movi ng into the Academy' s new bui lding. His Academy w ill be invited alphabet medley from 1965, Isaac Hayes' ren efforts were not in va in since t hey resulted in a ically on thefollowingfourevenings. dition of Shaft from 1972, and Eddie UP! wire service break announcing the opening of t he A cademy of Motion Picture A rts and The President of the Academy, Sciences' new se ven-story bui lding. Walter Mirisch, and the Board of Governors will host a champagne reception in the Grand Lobby at 8 Fisher's Love Is A Many Splendored p.m. followed by continuous tours Thing from 1956. of the building, and a screening of a Producer-Director Richard Pat terson selected the segments used film compiled of excerpts from Best for their intrinsic entertainment Picture Academy Award winners. value. After sorting through a phe The tours include the Players nomenal amount of footage, he has Directory, which is now compiled selected what he feels is an interest and housed in the building; the ing variety. Patterson has recently Board of Governors' Conference written and directed a feature docu room; the President' s office; the Ex mentary on Charlie Chaplin entitled ecutive Director's office; the Marga The Gentleman Tramp. He also did ret Herrick Library which houses so a Chaplin montage with Peter Bog many volumes that it fi·lls two floors; donovich for the 44th Academy the two projection rooms; the 80- Jack Lemmon and the film crew at work in the Awards show and an Edward G. seat screening room and the Samuel lobby of the new building during the filming of Robinson montage for the 45th " The Academy Presents Oscar' s Greatest Music. " Academy Awards show. Continued on page 4 Mary Pickford Display Set For New Building The Academy is paying a retrospec tive tribute to Mary Pickford, one of its 36 founders_ The Academy has not officially recognized her contri bution to the industry since she received an Oscar in 1929 for her role as best actress in Coquette. Her present position in the film industry remains unparalleled. For these reasons, in the new building will be a Mary Pickford photograph ic and memorabilia exhibit. Several hundred black and white photographiC enlargements docu menting Mary Pickford's colorful career will be displayed. These pho tographs, primarily 16"x20" and 11" x14" enlargements, will begin with STUDENT FILM AWARD WINNER Robert Zemeckis (center) is congratulated by director William Friedkin her short Biograph films from 1909 to (leftl. and Academy President Walter Mirisch (right) shortly after "A Field of Honor" captured the 1912_ All of her 52 feature films Special Jury Award In the Academy's 2nd Annual Student Film Awards. Zemeckis, 24, produced the through 1933 will be represented. film as a senior-year project while attending the USC School of Cinema and is currently pursuing a film career in Hollywood. Included will be original color post ers and lobby cards from Pickford films, as well as original artifacts. The material on display has been Academy Student Film Award Winners Announced primarily gathered and preserved Five student films were honored at Winners in their respective cate by Bob Cushman, a still photo July 1 announcement ceremonies gories included: grapher and a full-time employee for the Academy's Second Annual on the Academy's library staff. Cushman has been working on this Student Film Awards, designed I)RAMATIC Pickford collection for seven years. to recognize outstanding achieve "Swag," Bruce Postman, New York City, 26 ments in motion picture production min. , b&w. A scenario deal ing with three boys Pickford's husband, Buddy Rogers; by University and college students. growing up in New York and what happens to her secretary, Esther Helm; and her them when one of them fall in love with "the business manager, Matty Kemp, A total of 311 entries from through girl next door." out the U-S. were submitted in this have all been helpful and instru year's competition. Following re DOCUMENTARY mental in assuring the Academy gional screenings, 43 entries were "Men's Lives," Josh Hanig and Will Roberts, access to this valuable material. Antioch College, Yellow Springs, 0 ., 43 min., forwarded to the Academy's Short color. An exploration of the values and mores of Films Branch and Documentary American society that demand that males must Nominating Committee, which se always be tough and competitive. lected eleven semi-finalists for full ANIMATION Academy consideration at a special "Euphoria," Vincent Collins, San Francisco Art screening attended by over 300 Institute, 3 'I, min., color. A psychadelic effort to members and guests. depict euphoria visually, using animation. Director William Friedkin pre sented Awards of Merit on behalf of EXPERI MENTAL "Architecture of the Petroleum Age," Scott the Academy to the winners attend Thomas, Rice University, Houston, 2B min., color. ing the ceremonies and telephoned An unusual, first-person look at the impact of the congratulations to those young as automobile and technology on Houston and its environs. piring filmmakers not present. More than 100 persons attended the Tues SPECIAL JURY AWARD day morning event, which was open " A Field of Honor," Robert Zemeckis, USC, 14 to the public. Following the cere min. , color. A "black comedy" about an osten sibly deranged soldier who returns from war, monies, the winning films were only to find that real insanity is the world to screened_ which he returns. Mary Pickford Page Two Book Review ... By Fay Kanin Message from the President Odd Woman Out cludes all the circuitry and equip By Muriel Box ment necessary to install the ad vanced systems that our experts Probably, Muriel Box is best known such as Gordon Sawyer and Paul in this country for her screenplay of Veneklasen have been able to for The Seventh Veil on which she see in the motion picture future. collaborated with her husband, Syd The building also includes a 80-seat ney Box, and for which they won an screening room. The Margaret Her Academy Award in 1946. What is rick Library is the most complete less well known is that from 1950 collection in the world of informa and for a dozen years after, she tion concerning motion pictures. The library now has adequate space directed fourteen feature films in to serve our members, fi·lm research England with such stars as Laurence ers, students and the public. Harvey, Peter Finch, Julie Harris, Although the Academy does not Kay Kendall, Shelley Winters, Mai hold regular meetings of the entire Zetterling, Diane Cilento, Sean membership, it is managed by an Connery, Thomas Mitchell, Sir Wolter Mirisch elected Board of Governors com Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leigh posed of three members from each ton, Van Johnson - to name only a More than a decade of dreams, of twelve craft branches. The Acad few. blueprints and plans for the Acad emy's Awards for excellence-its emy's new home in Beverly Hills Oscars - have become the most In an industry which has been have become a reality. Thanks to characterized by the glaringabsence prestigious awards for filmmaking the efforts of many of you, all of the in the world. The outstanding talents of women as film directors, such an Academy's facilities are now housed from all branches of filmmaking are accomplishment is no small feat. in its own building for the first time And her detailing of it in this ex represented in the Academy and since its founding in 1927. This is a tremely personal and personable constitute it as the most esteemed milestone in the history of the Acad organization in the motion picture autobiography is not only a poig emy.