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

Vo1.2 No.2&3 1201 Taft Bldg •• Hollywood 28. Calif. Feb.&Mar.1946

FIRST ACADEMY RADIO BROADCAST Saturday - March 30th - ~:OO p.m. - KNX with the performance of JEZEBEL. have any part in the selection of either starring Bette Davis and Fay Bainter on personalities or properties to be used on Saturday afternoon, March 30th, at 4 p.m. the programs. Famous Artists Corporation {Pacific Standard Time}, the first In a will produce for the sponsor, and will series of weekly radio programs to be handle all negotiation~ for securing pro­ known as the "Academy Award Theatre- will perties and Dersonalities. be launChed. The program will be heard The Academy's contract specifically over station KNX and affiliated stations states that there shall be no violation of of the CBS Network. rules of the American Federation of Radio This radio series is the result of a Artists, and that customary fees shall be contract just conc.luded betwee~ ~he Aca­ paid for personal ities and properties demy and E. R. squibb & Sons, giving that used. company the use of the Academy name in All scripts must be approved by the the presentation of these programs. Academy before going on the air, and neither the Academ¥ nor talent on the The programs will be dramatic adapta­ shows will be asked In any way to endorse t ions of pictures that have either won the product of the sponsor or to take part Academy Awards or have been nominated for in any of the commercial announcements. them. In some instances the programs The Academy Committee to clear scripts will be built around individuals who have and advertising copy consists of Mary C. either been "Oscar" winners or nominees. McCall, Jr., William Dozier and John LeRoy These individuals may be players, writers, Johnston. Margaret Herrick, Academy Exe­ directors, composers or techn i c i ans. cutive Secretary, was named official Th e Academy will not particip'ate in 1 iaison between E. R. Squibb and Sons, the the production of the shows and will not sponsors, an d the Academy.

TO p Row - l e tt t o ri gh t: Pat Geye r. Joseph Sistrom . Mary C. McCa ll, Jr., John LeRoy JOhnst on . Wi 11 i am Ooz i e r an d Thomas A. Me Av i ty. Bottom Row: C.H. Van Kirk , Ca rl e t on H. Pa l mer and Jean Hersholt. FIRST ACADEMY RADI~ BROADCAST

Fay Bainter, in the role of Aunt Belle,· and Bette Davis, appearin~ as Julie, in JEZEBEL, a Warner Brothers First Na­ t ional Picture, inaugurate the weekly "Academy Award Theatre" program, sponsored by E. R. Squibb & Sons, on Saturday after­ noon, March 30th, at ~:oo p.m. over station KNX, For their outstanding performances in this picture Miss Davis and Miss Bainter won the 193B Academy. Awards for "best actress" and "best performance by an actress in a SJpporting role",

Page 2 ACADEMY AWARD NIGHT HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT AUGUST 17TH The 18th Annual Academy Awards Presen­ tation held on March 7th at Grauman's Chinese Theatre was the most outstanding Dedicated to the cause of "advancing the arts and sciences of motion ~ictures in the history of the Academy. and fostering cooperation among ItS cre­ Formal attire brouQht back the glamour ative leaders for cultural and educational that was absent during the war years. progress", the Academy is again joining The theatre was crowded with leaders of the Hollywood Bowl Association in sponsor­ the industry who came to pay tribute to i ng a Hollywood Bowl Concert on Saturday evening, Au~ust 17th, to be entirely de­ the outstandtnQ men and women who were voted to distinguished motion picture honored for their artistic and technical musi c. excellence in films released during 19~5. The success of the evening was due, not This will be one of the regular Sat~r­ only to the tireless efforts of our many day night concerts in the ·Symphonies committees and Academy members, but to the Under the Stars· ser I es. ent'ire Hollywood industry which gave its The Bowl Association has agreed to pay support to our 18th Awards Presentation, all expenses of the concert, includ_lng and to them we owe our gratitude for help­ fees to the artists who appear as soloists ing make March 7th a memorable occasion. and to the conductors for the evening. The Music Branch of the .Academy has a~ sumed responsibility for the program and its Committee on the Bowl Concert held its first meeting on March 25th. The Music Branch Committee for the Concert, under the chairmanship of Johnny Green, includes Adol ph Deutsch, Ray Hei ndorf, Edward B. powell, Morris Stoloff, Charles Wolcott RESEARCH COUNCIL and Victor Young. The Research Council Committee on Camera Crane Specifications, under the Chairmanship of Daniel B. Clark of 20th Centurx-Fox studio has just completed an extensive series of meetings during which the Committee has prepared specifications CALENDAR OF MEETINGS for a Camera Crane which will meet the production requirements of most of the Apr i 1 2. 19~6 •• Committee on By-Laws and stud ios. Awards Rul es

Membership of the Committee, in addi­ Ap ri 1 ~. 19~6 •• University Training Com- tion to Chairman Clark consists of: John mittee. Arnold, will iam Egl inton, David Garber, Sol Halprin, Emil Oster, John Pond, Loren Ap ri 1 9. 1946 •• Mu sic Branch ExecutiVe Ryder, James Stewart and Fred Wilson. Committee Apr i 1 16. 1946 •• Board of Governors

GIFT TO THE FILM LIBRARY PLAYERS DIRECTORY Issue No. ~3 of the Academy Players The Academy Film Library acknowledges Directory will be off the press this week. with thanks a generous gift of film from Containing the pictures and latest Librascope, Inc. to its archives. credits of more than 3,000 players, it is Included in the collection are several the largest directory issued since the be­ reels of 70 mm. sound prints used in the ginning of the quarterly. Roxy showings -curing the wide film promo­ This issue will be known as the special tion era in the late twenties, as well as "returned veterans· nUj11ber and wi 11 carry several hundred feet of a two-color devel­ the veteran emblem With Lthe pictures of opment, known as the MCFarland process, in all returned servicemen who have purchased use prior to 1928. space in the Dir.ectory.

Page 3 ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL AWARDS Calendar ear 1945

Annual Awards Special Awards

Scientific or Technical: Besl Picture: "THE LOST WEEKEND" - Paramount Actor: RAY MILLAND in "The Lost Weekend" - Paramount Hono,able Menlion: Actor (suppo"ing role): JAMES DUNN in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - 20th.Fox LOREN RYDER, CHARLES R. DAILY and THE PARAMOUNT SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design, construction and use of the first dial controlled step.by.step sound channel Actress: JOAN CRAWFORD in "Mildred Pierce" - Warners lineup and test circuit. Act,ess (supporling role): ANNE REVERE in "National Velvet" - M·G·M MICHAEL S. LESHING, BENJAMIN C. ROBINSON, ARTHUR B. CHATELAIN and ROBERT Direction: BILLY WILDER, "The Lost Weekend" - Paramount C. STEVENS of 20th Century.Fox Studio, and JOHN G. CAPSTAFF of the Eastman Kodak Co., for the 20th Century.Fox Film Processing Machine. W,iling (screenplay): CHARLES BRACKETT and BILLY WILDER, "The Lost Weekend" - Paramaunt W,iling (original sc,eenplay): RICHARD SCHWEIZER, "Marie·Louise" - Praesens (Swiss) Special Award: Wriling (o,iginal slory): CHARLES G. BOOTH, "The House on 92nd Street" - 20th.Fox REPUBLIC STUDIO, DANIEL J. BLOOMBERG and THE REPUBLIC SOUND DEPARTMENT A" Di,ection (b/aclc.and·while): WIARD IHNEN, "Blood on the Sun" Cagney, U.A. for the building of on outstanding musical scoring auditorium which provides Arl Direction (colo,): HANS DREIER and ERNST FEGTE, "Frenchman's Creek" - Paramount optim um recording conditions and combines all elements of acoustic and engineer. ing design. Inlerio, Deco,alion (b/aclc·and·while): A. ROLAND FIELDS, "Blood on the Sun" - Cagney, U.A. 'nle,ior Deco,alion (colo,): SAM COMER, "Frenchman's Creek" - Paramount Documentary: Cinemalography (b/aclc.and·while): HARRY STRADLING, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" - M.G.M Fealure: "THE TRUE GLORY" - Governments of Great Britain a nd the United States of America Cinemalog,aphy (colo,): LEON SHAMROY, "Leave Her to Heaven" - 20th.Fox Sho,t Subject: "HITLER LIVES?" - Warners, Gordon Hollingshead, Producer Sound Recording: STEPHEN DUNN, "The Bells of St. Mary's" - Rainbow, RKO Shorl Subjects (carloon): "QUIET, PLEASE," M.G·M - Frederic k Quimby, Producer Other Special Awards: Sho,' Subjects (one.,eel): "STAIRWAY TO LIGHT," M·G·M - Herbert Moulton, Producer; WALTER WANGER for his six years' service as President of the Academy Jerry Bresler, Executive Producer PEGGY ANN GARNER, Outstanding Child Actress of 1945 Sho,' Subjects (Iwo.reel): "STAR IN THE NIGHT," Warners - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer "THE HOUSE I LIVE IN," toleranc. short - RKO Film Ediling: ROBERT J. KERN, "Notional Velvet" - M·G·M Music (sco,ing musical pictu,e): GEORGIE STOLL, "Anchors Aweigh" - M·G·M Music (scoring d,amalic or comedy pictu,e): MIKLOS ROZSA, "Spellbound" - Selznick International Music (original song): "IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING" from "State Fair" - 20th.Fox Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Special Effecls: JOHN FULTON, Photographic, ARTHUR W. JOHNS, Sound, "Wonder Man," Beverly, RKO THE ACADEMY LIBRARY - 10 Years of Service

The Academy Library, located at 1455 be duplicated upon request for $1.00 per No. Gordon Street, celebrates its tenth copy. anniversary this year. Beginning with a few loose copies of the Hollywood dailies The War Clippin9s File, started on De­ and weekly Variety, the Library now con­ cember 8th, 1941, I S a careful record and tilins more than 3,000 books and bound ma9- analys·is of the motion picture industry azines, special production and biographI­ and the war. Upon completion this file cal files, thousands of rare prints, still will reflect the contribution of all Hollywood to the war effort, includin.g phot.ograph~. wpr clIppings and scrapbooks, material on censorship, soldier ·1 ikes and and IS considered the best equipped source gripes· on motion pictures, industry plans on the West Coast for information con­ for hospital tours and bond drives, OWl, ~erni~g the motion picture industry and Army and Navy Training Films, etc. Simi­ ItS history. lar information about the motion picture The book collection, completely cata­ industry and the fi rst World War was ex­ l~gued" includes fic,tion, biographies, tremely difficult to obtain. historical and econ~lc stUdies, books on On permanent loan to the Library are a~ting, screen,writ!ng, and general cri­ the 50 scrapbooks belonging to Richard tlcques of motion pictures. The Library Barthelmess which includes a volume de­ also ~oasts a foreign ,section, · with vol­ voted to each picture in which he has ap- umes In French, Rus~lan, German, Greek and Hungarian. peared. . A section of the Library is devoted to ,The Film Sect ion of the Library con­ film,periodicals - foreign and domestic­ tains more than 500 war documentaries frCJll and I~cludes trade papers, dail ies and fan the 90vernments of the united Nations, the magazines. One of our prized items is a service units of the united states govern­ ~ound v91ume of the first trade paper ment, OWl - domestic and foreign, and all I ssued In 1906. the films released by the War Activities Committee. Using these war documentaries Records of more than 18,000 films have as a nucleus, we hope to expand our film been,asse~bled !n a,rapidly growing pro­ holdings until we possess a representative duction file which IS complete from 1925 number of duplicate prints of the films to date. There is a separate folder for that have made motion picture history. ea~h,produc~ion, contain!ng cast, credits, critics reviews and pertinent publicity on All the films deposited in the Academy each picture. A similar file Is maintain­ Library are 35 mm. prints, and are avail­ ed for foreign productions. able for study and documentation. The Rare Prints File, begun in 1940, The Academy Library is a constant contains more than 1,200 product ion st i 11 s source of information and help to schools, of key scenes of all the films which have colleges and 1 ibraries here and in all parts of the united States. Frequent use received awards since 1920. This file of the Library is also made by the Re­ does not restrict itself to the Academy search Departments of the Hollywood stud i­ Award winners, but includes those films os who check its files for background and selected by the National Board of Review historical material. In addition, the Th,e Film Daily, Hollywood Reporter, Motio~ producers' associations, industry guilds Picture Herald, and many others. and trade papers are served by our Li­ In addition, there are special col­ brary records, lections from films which were milestones in the development of film-making, such The entire Library is available for as THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, INTOLERANCE, study to all members of the Academy. WAY DOWN EAST, BIRTH OF A NATION. MALE The Academy will be grateful for con­ AND FEMALE, METROPOLIS and GONE WITH THE tributions of suitable material to augment WIND. this rapidly growing and invaluable Special biographical material and archive of the Motion picture Industry. stills have been collected on screen per­ sonalities. Included among these are ac­ to~s such as Rud01ph Valentino, Douglas Fal rbanks, Mary PI·ckford as well as in­ The Library has just purchased dustry leaders like D. W. Griffith, Carl 2,000 stills from Robert G. Caskey. Laemml e, I rv i ng Thal berg and others. an amateur collector. Included are In the collections of stills are many production stills from films re- photographs of wh ich the Academy Library 1eased from 1926 to 1933. holds the only known prints. Stills will Page 6 NEW MEMBERS Duncan Cramer William Ferrari Paul S. Fox The following names have been added Edith Head to the Academy membership roll since the Paul Groesse last printing of the lIst: Harry McAfee ARTS BRANCH urie McCleary ACTO R S: PHOTOGRAPH IC: Doug1 as Fai rbanks, Jr. Victor Milner Robert Ryan Sol Pol ito DIRECTORS: SO UN D: Lewis Allen Ellis Wellington D'Arcy EXECUTIVES AND PRODUCERS: FILM EDITORS: wi 11 i am A. Bacher Charles L. Freeman Joseph Bernhard Walter A. Harnemann Julian Bl austein William Lyon Fi1 ippo Del Giudice Thomas Neff Leon Goldberg Marshall Pollock Alex Gott1 ieb Frederick Richards Bert Granet Truman K. wood J ack J. Gross EQUIPMENT: Ross R. Hastings Char1 es Hoffman H. R. Maa~ Jacob Karp George MItchell Fred Kohlmar sidney Lipsitch ~i1l iam Meiklejohn Rudolph Monta Joseph Nolan Byron Pri ce N.P. Rathvon Harold wilson Manny Wo1 f e Eugene Zukor MU SIC: Frank Loesser Ben piazza Leo Robin RESEARCH COUNCIL Conrad Sal i nger Georgie stoll Allie Wrubel LIGHTIN~ EQUIPMENT Vincent Youmans The Research Council has just appointed a Committee to consider the development of SHORT SUBJECTS: specifications for new 1 ightweight lamp Tex Avery equ i pment r to take advantage of new metal s Richard Bare and neW aesign features which may now be Bernard Goodwi n available; . George Templeton Membership of the Committee consists of: Fred Geiger, Chairman; F. R. Abbott, PUBLIC RELATIONS: F. C. Coates, Glenn Farr, Ernest Fehnders, Saul Z. Oppenheim Fred Gabourie, Charles Handley, Ralph Hoagee, D. W. Priaeaux, Jess C. Rose, wi 1- WRITERS: 1 iam Rudolph, Dr. Norwood Simmons, James Raymond Crosset t Stewart, walter strohm and Joseph Wal ker. As a first step in its work, the Com­ SCI ENCES BRANCH mittee is circulating this week, through the Camera Department heads of all studios ART DIRECTION: a Questionnaire to all Directors of Photo­ Edgar P. Ames g raphy and Operative Cameramen for the Mac A1 per purpose of determining the current needs Malcolm F. Brown an d requirements for lighting equipment.

Page 7 NEW ACADEMY -BUILDING IN ESCROW

Almost -all of the $150,000. preferred stock in the Academy BJilding Corporation has been subscribed with only a few parcels of stock still - available. The stock has been issued and is ready for distribution. The Academy has en.Qaged Mr. Sumner spaulding, architect, to draw up plans to be submitted to the Architectural Cormlittee, headed by Wi ard Ihnen.

ACADEMY BUILDING COMMITTEE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE Jean Hersholt Wiard Ihnen, Chairman Wiard Ihnen Richard Day Sol Lesser Cedric Gibbons Frank Lloyd Alexander Gol itzen William Pereira Stephen Goosson Charles Skouras Carl Jules Weyl

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