The Pure Joy of the Movies." and Costume Designer Ray Aghayan
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R o R T FROM THE PRESIDENT Many ofyou probably have wondered when The Pure you'd be approached for a contribution to the Endowment Fund JOY of the campaign for the new Center jor Motion Picture Study. Don't Academy worry. We haven 'tfor gotten you. You 're on Awards our list. And you'll be hearing from us several times over the Four happy actors backstage at the Awards: Mercedes Ruehl, Anthony next few months. Hopkins, jodie Foster and jack Palance. We're working on the final $5 million of the In the printed program for the 64th the Academy voters had in store for them. campaign goal now. We passed the $10 million Academy Awards, show producer Gilbert The production team - ably captained by mark injanuary. We 'll be approaching each of Cates explained, "Motion pictures proVide host Billy Crystal for the third year - also you by branch, and our approach will be slightly different for each branch. Some of the us with laughter, romance, adventure and included director Jeff Margolis, writers Hal branches are "adopting " Center programs or a deeper understanding of ourselves. Kanter and Buz Kohan (with special mate collections, and will be trying to create special With all the extraordinary events that are rial by David Steinberg, Bruce Vilanch, endowments for those adopted programs. The taking place today it's wonderful that we Robert Wuhl and Crystal), production de Directors Branch has adopted the Special can still get away to see a flim. That's signer Roy Christopher, music director Bill Collections Archive, the Public Relations what we're celebrating this year at the Conti, choreographer Debbie Allen and Branch has adopted the Poster Collection and Oscars: The pure joy of the movies." And costume designer Ray Aghayan. the Music Branch has adopted the Film celebrate we did. Music Collection. Each viewer will retain his or her own Some branches are concentrating on generat Television viewers around the globe helped memories of the event: For some, it will be ing "deferred" gifts from among the branch us celebrate, as movie fans in 90 countries the flim clip tributes to comedy and docu membership. A deferred gift is one that won't tuned in to see what Cates, his team and mentaries, painstakingly researched and be paid until the death of the donor, and it (continued on page 4) could be a bequest, a life insurance policy or a charitable remainder trust. Deferred gifts often allow a potential donor to make a much more Significant gift than the donor could afford to make in cash. An estate planning seminar to describe some of these techniques was spon sored thefirst week o/june by the Sound Branch. I hope all of our members will think of this campaign as an opportunity to make a "life time" gift to the Foundation. We 've never asked our members for contributions before and we don 't expect to ask you again. So this is your chance to make a personal commitment to film history and preservation, to show your pride in an art form that's been financially rewarding for most of us. The Center is preserving our work, our contri During the Awards telecast on March 30, the crew Academy in a brief ceremony. Pictured (left to butions to motion pictures. It 's our job to pass of the space shuttle Atlantis beamed their right): Show producer Gilbert Cates, Atlantis Commander Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator that work on to posterity. Think big . Think congratulations to Thalberg recipient George Lucas while an Oscar floated weightlessly nearby. Daniel Goldin, Karl Malden, Mission Specialist stupendous. Think Hollywood! 1 On May 27 that Oscar was returned to the David Leestma and Atlantis Pilot Brian Duffy. I'.\(.E .2 .\( .\DD1Y RIJ'ORT Branches Adive in Endowment Fund Activity As the Endowment Campaign Other special branch campaign for the Center for Motion Picture goals include a $1 million goal Study heads into its final year, it set by the Directors Branch to has passed the two-thirds mark endow the Library's Special Col on its way to a $15 million goal, lections Archive and $500,000 Campaign Chair Robert Rehme goals set by both the Music reported. Branch, to endow the Library's Film Music Collection, and the "The recession caught up with Writers Branch, to endow the us in the first quarter of this year Scripts Collection. and pledges and gifts slowed up somewhat," Rehme said, "but The Music Branch campaign was they've begun to pick up again Academy Foundation President Robert Rehme (left) and Karl Malden present kicked off at a luncheon at the and the mood on the part of a ceramic replica of the Center for Motion Picture Study to Price Waterhouse's Center which generated a prospective donors seems up Frankjohnson in honor of the accounting firm 's gift to the Center's $50,000 bequest pledge from Endowment Fund. beat once more. We now have Henry Mancini and a cash dona $10,374,000 given or pledged, and we agencies and other marketing service sup tion of $10,000 made by Georges Delerue already have $5.2 million of that in the ply firms has received $175,000 in pledges: shortly before his death. bank earning interest." $100,000 from Western International Media, $50,000 from DDB Needham and The Sound Branch is concentrating on the A campaign spearheaded by Past Presi $25,000 from Ogilvy & Mather. These development of deferred gifts from among dent Richard Kahn and Endowment Cam contributions will be credited to the Public its members, such as bequests and chari paign Committee member Simon Kornblit, Relations Branch of the Academy, which table remainder trusts. Branch members Executive Vice President of Worldwide has set itself a goal of $500,000 to establish attended an evening reception and tour of Marketing for Universal Pictures, to en a special endowment to preserve the Mar the Center in early May to hear about the courage contributions from advertising garet Herrick Library's poster collection. (continued on page 4) Movie History Spokane rlelds Photo Treasure Goes Downtown Academy photograph curator Robert If you find yourself in the Cushman didn't know exactly what to vicinity of 400 South Hope expect when he got off the plane in Street in downtown Los Spokane, Washington, to box and ship the Angeles during the next collection offered to the Academy by Frank few weeks you might peek and Shirley Gibson. On the phone, the into the building at that Gibsons had sin1ply referred to the "doz address. A portion of the ens of file cabinets" given to them by close lobby is dedicated to an friend Martha ambitious exhibition sched Smoots. ule, and until June 25 you'll The lion roars. Afilm crew captures Leo in a speaking part in 1929. find Movie Milestones: The Mrs . Smoots' From the exhibition Movie Milestones: The First CenRlry on display at 400 SOUlh Hope Street through june 25. First Century, a display of late husband items from the holdings of George, an oil the Margaret Herrick Library, including company credit ACADEMY photographs, letters, memos, publications manager, had a R E p o R T and other artifacts reflecting the 100-year love for movies evolution of movies as an artistic, techno and collected Published by the logical and cultural phenomenon. the photos from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences the mid-20s un 8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California 90211-1972 Why 400 South Hope? The exhibition til he passed Bette Davis in OF HUMAN (310) 247-3000 provides an occasion for the Academy to away in 1951. BONDAGE (934). From the Gibson Family Gift. President. Karl Malden reach the downtown business community Years after First Vice President Robert Rehme with information about film history and the George died, Martha Smoots, already in Vice President . Donn Cambern importance of the work being done at the her nineties and with no children of her Vice President ... .... Arthur Hamilton Center for Motion Picture Study. It also is own, gave "George's pictures" to her friends, Treasurer .. ......... Fay Kanin Secretary . Alan Bergman a chance to recognize the Academy's long the Gibsons. The Gibsons toyed with the Executive Director . Bruce Davis term relationship with one of the distin idea of selling the photos at auction, but Co-Editors .. Mikel Kaufman guished residents at that address, the most decided to donate the collection in toto Linda Wayne famous accountants in the world, Price because they felt that the Smoots would Waterhouse. i have wanted it that way. This newsletter has been printed on recycled paper. (continued on page 4) .\( \J)nn HI POf{ I I' \(.1 ~ Animation, Comedy Highlight Foundation Calendar Players Directory In a couple of weeks the Academy Players The conclusion of the Awards season tor in a discussion of the craft. Participants Directory will be moving from its current means the resumption of the Academy include Oscar-winners Paul Hirsch and location on the 6th floor of the Academy's Foundation's active calendar of retrospec Neil Travis as well as Dede Allen, Mia Wilshire Boulevard headquarters to the 4th tive and educational activities. In April the Goldman, Richard Harris and Sheldon floor of the same building. The new space, Wilshire building lobby was host to The Kahn. Seating is limited. For further infor occupied by the staff of the Margaret History of Swiss Cinema - A Film Poster mation call 310-247-3000 ext. 111. 1 Herrick Library before their move to the Exhibition. Comprising twenty-nine origi Animator Center for Motion Picture Study, will allow nal contemporaty graphics inspired by Marc Davis with Katherine the Directory staff a little more elbow room and in tribute to landmark Swiss films, the Beaumont, the as they prepare and publish the industry's show included posters saluting such pic voice ofAlice in casting bible three times a year.