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1941 - 1942

OFFICERS

WALTER WANGER EOWARD ARNOLD JANE MURFIN PRESIDENT ROSALIND RUSSEL.L SECRETARY JOHN O. AALBERG NAT W. FINSTON TREASURER GEORGE STEVENS ASSISTANT SECRETARY PETE SMITH VICE·PRESIDENTS DONALD GLEDHILL ASSI STANT TREASURER LOYD WRIGHT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY COUNSEL

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

JOHN AALBERG ROSALIND RUSSELL EDWARD ARNOLD Y. FRANK FREEMAN DAVID O . SEL2NICK JAMES HILTON RAY WIL.KINSON CHARLES COBURN FRANK LLOYD SAM WOOD DARRYL ZANUCK

1940 - 194J

OFFICERS

WALTER WANGER FRANK CAPRA MERVYN LEROY PRESIDENT EOWARO ARNOLD SECRETARY

JOHN AALBERG DARRYL ZANUCK DONALD GLEDHILL TREASURER JANE MURF I N EXECUTIVE SECRETARY VICE· PRESIDENTS LOYD WRIGHT ASSISTANT TREASURER COUNSEL

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

JOHN AA L BERG Y . FRANK FREEMAN ROSALIND RUSSELL EOWARD ARNOL.D FRANK LLOYD DAVID O . SELZNICK FRANK CAPRA THOMAS T . MOULTON FARCIOT EDOUART JANE MURFIN WALTER WANGER HOWARD ESTABROOK ROBERT R ISKIN SAM WOOD

Founded May 4. 1927. as a non-profit California corporation.

PAST PRESIDENTS William C. deMille M. C. Levee Theodore Reed Frank Lloyd Frank Capra Walter Wanger

PUBLICATIONS

"Players Directory Bulletin" "Bulletin of Screen Achievement Records" Research Council Technical Bulletins "Motion Picture Sound Engineering" (Van Nostrand. J 939) Academy Library Bulletins THE ACADEMY DURING 1941

Without minimizing the cultural, educational and inter-branch cooperative functions for which it is primarily organized, the outstanding contributions of the Academy during the past year have been in the field of National Defense. Due to the far-sighted leadership of the Research Council, that branch of the Academy was prepared when the occaS10n arose to play the significant part which it is now doing in the production in of War De­ partment Training Films for the United States Army. A de­ tailed report is given elsewhere in this publication on the activities of the Council, which are both a channel of patriotic service for the members of the Academy and a source of pride to the organization.

The Academy and its membership of 500 leaders 1n all the production branches will continue to cooperate 1n every way possible with the united War efforts of the country, both directly and by continuing to uphold 1n the creative life of Hollywood the highest standards of artis­ tic integrity and regard for the significance of the motion picture as a major medium of communication.

The Annual Awards of Merit are of course the Academy activity most widely known to the general public. The Presentation Dinner in 1941 was certainly the most outstanding in the history of the Awards since their be­ ginning in 1927. Recognizing and commending the import­ ance of motion pictures to the nation, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the Awards Dinner by radio from the White House, the first time the annual event has been so honored.

The Awards conferred in 1941 for outstanding achievements during the preceding year are detailed else- where. Following the same general procedure as heretofore, the active participation of the Screen Actors, Directors and Writers Guilds combined with the Academy membership to make the annual selections widely representative. Nearly 12,000 members of Hollywood's creative personnel took part in the balloting.

In the publication field, the Academy's informa­ tion services, the Players Directory Bulletin and the Bulletin of Screen Achievement Records continued as major Page 1 projects. More tllan 1800 actors and actresses are repre­ sented in current issues of the Players Directory, which is maintained as a cooperative service by and for the players and the studios.

Supplementing the established branches of the organization, the Music Branch of the Academy was greatly expanded during the year of 1941, to include the sixty re­ cognized leaders in this profession which is so important to the screen. Academy Branches now include Actors, Directors, Producers and Executives, Writers, Music, Short Subjects and Public Relations and in the technical divi­ sion Art Direction, Photographic, Sound, Film Editors, and Equipment.

One of the Academy's important educational func­ tions has been to sponsor for its members and guests advance showings of unusual films. Programs d).lring the past year have included: 'War Reporting Films of Canada' ; 'Ni Sangre, Ni Arena' from Mexico; 'British Wartime Shorts'; 'Document­ ary Work of, '; 'Boy Saint Gyandev', the first talking feature to reach this country from India; 'New U.S. Defense and English War Reporting Documentaries'; and 'Selection of U.S. Army Training Films'. These showings are to be actively continued.

In addition the Academy renewed its annual pre­ sentations of film classics by sponsoring a 10-week series of nightly showings in Hollywood of films from the , including: 'Intolerance', 'Son of the Sheik', 'Three Musketeers', 'The Unholy Three', 'The Love Parade', 'Greed', 'Grandma's Boy', 'Anna Christie', 'What Price Glory', 'Thief of Bagdad', 'Underworld' and 'Cru.iser Po temk in' .

During the year the archival and reference Library of the Academy attained full stature as one of the three most complete collections in this specialized field. The staff was increased to better handle the mounting number of inquiries from the Hollywood studios, corres­ pondents, book and magazine writers, teachers and school and college students in need of historical data, statis­ tics, photographs and production information extending from 1896 to date. Growth of the Library is indicated by the fact that 260 books on motion pictures were added during the year, 250 selected scripts, 90 bound volumes of U. S. and foreign trade magazines and several thousand stills. The Academy Library now includes nearly all the books which

Page 2 have ever been published about motion pictures in English and other languages, a file of production information alphabetically arranged by titles of nearly 20,000 motion pictures produced since 1900, a collection of still photo­ graphs based on the 1,000 most important films since 1915 and scripts of the most significant productions since 1925. In addition to reference service in Hollywood the Academy Library answers mail inquiries received direct or referred by the studios. The Advisory Committee includes the li- brarians of the studios and of the city and county of Los Angeles in a cooperative organization to provide informa­ tion about motion pictures on a level of accuracy and scholarship comparable to that for other arts and indus­ tries.

A new activity undertaken by the Academy during 1941 was the sponsorship of the First Annual Hollywood Still Photography Exhibit at which the still cameraman of the studios received long overdue recognition. Conducted by the Academy's Public Relations Institute, this proved an outstanding event. More than 600 prints were entered and displayed. The collection was then sent to New York to be hung for a month in the Museum of Modern Art and was subsequently divided into six traveling exhibits which have been continuously displayed in galleries, libraries, universities and by photographic organizations throughout the country. One set is now touring Australia. Plans for a second annual exhibit indicate that this will become one of the regular functions of the Academy.

Allied to both the Public Relations Institute and the Library, the Academy has also arranged for numer­ ous special exhibits on various phases of motion pictures for libraries, schools and study groups seriously interest­ ed.

Plans for the construction of an Academy Build­ ing, long under consideration and badly needed in Hollywood as a community center, almost came to conclusion during the year. However, after a site had been optioned and architec­ tural plans completed, the entire project had to be tabled for the duration of the War. Development of this Center will undoubtedly be one of the Academy's main activities when peace is restored. WALTER WANGER President

Page 3 ACADEMY RESEARCH COUNCIL

Du r i n g the pas t yea r , the act i v i tie s 0 f the Academy Research Council have been primarily devoted to the production in Hollywood of War Department Training Films for the United States Army. In addi tion, the Research Council has maintained many of its technical activities and has discharged its primary responsibility for handling, on behalf of the pro­ duction industry, any projects which can be carried to completion through cooperative activity rather than by individual studio effort. At the beginning of the present national emer­ gency, the Motion Picture Committee Cooperating for Nation­ al Defense immediately expressed a willingness to cooper­ ate with the War Department in any way possible. This offer was accepted by the Chief Signal Officer of the Army and the industry was asked to assume a part of the pro­ duction of Army Training Films. Training Films had been produced by the Signal Corps for a number of years, but the vast increase of the armed forces in this country together with the necessity for quickly training this large number of men, made the existing production facilities of the Signal Corps entire­ ly inadequate for this immediate problem. The Research Council was selected for this task, not only because of its long history of technical accom­ plishment, but also because as a part of our cooperative program we had maintained for the past eight years a train- 1ng course in motion picture production for Signal Corps officers. One Signal Corps officer has been trained in Hollywood in studio production each year during that pe­ riod. As a result of this program all of the officers directing the activities of the Signal Corps Photographic Division have received their actual production training in Hollywood under the auspices of the Research Council. Through the Research Council, the entire vast production facilities and creative talent of the American film industry has been made available to the War Department entirely on a non-profit basis. No charges are made for studio overhead for Training Films, and there is no charge whatsoever for equipment, stage space, studio property or other facilities used in the production of these Films.

Page 4 Many individuals in the industry are contributing, and many more have offered to contribute, their time and talents without compensation to this program. The only costs to the War Department involved in the production of these Training Films is money actually paid out for labor, film stock and other out-of-pocket expenses.

The Films are all produced under the superV1S1on of Signal Corps officers stationed with the Research Coun­ cil as War Department Liaison Officers. For each Film dealing with the problems of a different branch of the Army, a technical adviser officer is assigned to assist during the production of that particular Film. In this way the correctness and accuracy of every military fea­ ture included in the Training Films is assured. Thus far, War Department Training Films Com­ pleted or in the process of production are:

Sex Hygiene Personal Hygiene Military Courtesy and Customs of the Service The Basic Principles of Skiing Pioneer Equipment - Wi r e Cu t ting Tools Pioneer Equ ipmen t - Wood Cu t ting Tools Pioneer Equipment - Manila Rope Pioneer Equipmen t - Hitches Pioneer Equipment - Knots and Bends The 60 MM Mortar, Mechanical Training The 240 MM Howitzer, Personnel and Equipment Th e 240 MM How i t z e r, S e r vic e 0 f the Pie c e The 240 MM Howitzer, Displacement Instruction of the Soldier - Steps and Marchings Instruction of the Soldier - Positions and Facings The Conduct of Physical Training The 60 MM and 81 MM Mortar Sights & Sight Setting The Antiaircraft Searchlight Battery - Emplacement The AA Searchlight Battery - Orienting & Synchro- nizing The AA Searchlight Battery - Preparation for Action The AA Searchlight Battery - Movement out of Posi­ tion Know for Sure-V. S. Public Health Service The 37 MM Antiaircraft Gun Battery - Care After Firing The 37 MM AA Gun Battery - Movement out of Position Military Training The AA Machine Gun Battery - Fire Control, Firing The AA MG Battery - Care and Maintenance of Gun

Page 5 The AA MG Battery - Movement out of Position The Articles of War The LMG Platoon, Cavalry Rifle Troop - Organiza- tion The LMG Platoon, Cavalry Rifle Troop - Platoon Drill The 37 MM Antiaircraft Gun Battery - Emplacement The 37 MM AA Gun Battery - Preparation for Firing The 37 MM AA Gun Battery - Fire Control Equipment The LMG Platoon, Cavalry Rifle Troop - Emplacement The AA Machine Gun Battery - Care Mission, etc. The AA MG Battery - Preparation, Emplacement, etc. Safeguarding Military Information Safeguarding and Proper Handling Classified Material Cryptographic Security Night Training (Scouting and Patrolling) The Motor Vehicle Driver The Manual of Arms Combat Counter-Intelligence The Research Council has also been designated by the War Department as a sponsoring organization in the motion picture industry for the Signal Corps Photographic GHQ Unit, and has been assisting in the selection of officer personnel to be commissioned in the Signal Corps to serve with this unit when it is mobilized. Membership of the Research Council consists of Darryl F. Zanuck, Chairman, , Vice-Chairman, and representing Warner Brothers Studio; John Aalberg, re­ presenting RKO Radio; Bernard B. Brown, Universal; Farciot Edouart, Paramount; E. H. Hansen, 20th Century-Fox; John Livadary, Columbia; Charles L. Lootens, Republic; Thomas Moulton, Samuel Goldwyn; Elmer Raguse, ; Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; and Gordon S. Mitchell, Manager. Chairman of the five Basic Committees, each charged with the responsibility for cooperative technical development within its own field are: John Arnold, Photo- graphy; Grover Laube, Mechanical Development; Burton F. Miller, Optics; J. M. Nickolaus, Laboratory; and Loren • Ryde r, Sound. DARRYL ZANUCK Chai rman

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ANNUAL AWARDS OF MERIT

Sponsorship of what has become the most notable traditional event in Hollywood is a responsibility of the Academy, which since 1927 has annually recognized the out­ standing achievements in the arts and sciences of motion pictures by the bestowal of Awards of Merit. The Academy feels that it may rightfully take particular pride in this function and the high standard of integrity with which it has been maintained. The Awards do more than compliment the individuals who re- ceive them . They have inspired and will continue to stimulate actors, directors, writers, producers, music­ ians, technicians and others toward greater achievements. Praise from fellow workers, honestly earned and sincerely given, is valued in every art and profession. Further­ more the Awards, through concentrating wide interest and attention on "the best in motion pictures" each year have raised the esteem in which the screen is held among the general public. That this is an affectionate regard is indicated by the fact that the nickname of the stat­ uette trophy has become a part of the American language, so familiar that it is used by the press without further definition as a symbol of merit. It may be taken as something of a tribute to Hollywood as well as to English spirit that the leading newspapers cabled for news of the 1941 Awards, de­ spite the heavy bombing at that particular time. In re­ cent years also the Awards have been helpful to the In­ creasing number of classes in photoplay appreciation and in visual education in schools and colleges throughout th e coun t ry . As it is known that artistic achievement rather than box office popularity is the basis of their selection, many classes have shaped their studies around the films honored by the Academy. The Awards thus fill a very definite need in a broad educational field. More than 4,000 ballots are distributed in the nominations and about 12,000 in the final voting. The active participation of the Screen Actors, Directors and Writers Guilds and other creative groups, as well as the Academy membership insures a representative vote of the Hollywood production personnel. The Awards conferred for achievements during 1940 are listed on the following page.

Page 7 The of Merit For Achievements During 1940

PRODUCTION: "Rebecca," Selznick International. ACTOR: James Stewart, "The Philadelphia Story." ACTRESS: Ginger Rogers, "Kitty Foyle." SUPPORTING ACTOR: , "The Westerner." SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jane Darwell, "The Grapes of Wrath." DIRECTION ACHIEVEMENT: , "The Grapes of Wrath." WRITING: ORIGINAL STORY: and John S. Toldy, "Arise, My Love." SCREENPLAY: , "The Philadelphia Story." ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Preston Sturges, "The Great McGinry." ART DIRECTION: BLACK·AND·WHITE: Cedric Gibbons, Paul GroeNe, Associate, "Pride and Prejudice." COLOR: Vincent Korda, "The Thief of Bagdad." SPECIAL EFFECTS: Lawrence Butler and Jack Whitney, "The Thief of Bagdad." CINEMATOGRAPHY: BLACK·AND·WHITE: George Barnes, "Rebecca." COLOR: George Perinal, "The Thief of Bagdad." SOUND RECORDING: Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sound Department, "Strike Up the Band." FILM EDITING: Anne Bauchens, "North West Mounted Police." MUSIC- BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Leigh HarIine, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington, "Pinocchio." BEST SCORING: Alfred Newman, "Tin Pan Alley." BEST SONG: Ned Washington and Leigh Harline, "When You Wish Upon a Star," from "Pinocchio." SHORT SUBJECTS- ONE-REEL: "Quicker'n a Wink," Metro.Goldwyn.Mayer. TWO-REEL: "Teddy, The Rough Rider," Warner Bros. CARTOONS: "Milky Way," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. SPECIAL AWARD: To in recognition of his unselfish services to the motion picture industry. SPECIAL AWARD: To COLONEL NATHAN LEVINSON for his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army Training Films. SPECIAL AWARD: To the 20th CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION for the design and construction of the 20th Century Silenced Camera, developed by Daniel Clark, Grover Laube, Charles Miller and Robert W. Stevens. SPECIAL AWARD: To WARNER BROS. ART DEPARTMENT and ANTON GROT for the design and perfection of the Warner Bros. Water Ripple and Wave Illusion Machine.

Page 8 The Academy is an honorary organization of actors, direc­ tors, producers, 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 fifteen 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 principles, selective basis of membership and established prestige contribute to the mainte­ nance of a dignified social and educational forum and meeting place of the creative personnel of motion pictures, a function which is not duplicated by any other organization and which compares with the literary and professional Academies, Insti­ tutes and Societies in other fields. The Academy is entirely freed of all labor relations respon­ sibilities and has no concern with economic or political matters. GENERAL OFFICES: 1201 Taft BUilding. 1680 North Vine Street Hollywood. California. Telephone GLadstone 5131 RESEARCH COUNCIL Offices. 1217 Taft BUilding LIBRARY and REVIEW THEATRE. 1455 North Gordon Street