ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES Collection Highlights OVERVIEW The Academy Museum will draw from the unparalleled collection of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which contains a vast range of motion picture production and history-related objects and technology, works on paper, still and moving images covering the history of motion picture in the United States and throughout the world. The collections include more than 12 million photographs, 190,000 film and video assets, 80,000 screenplays, 61,000 posters, and 104,000 pieces of production art. The collection also includes more than 1,600 special collections of film legends such as Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, and John Huston. These special collections contain production files, personal correspondence, clippings, contracts, manuscripts, scrapbooks, storyboards, and more. The Academy’s collecting divisions work collaboratively to acquire, preserve, digitize, and exhibit the broad range of materials entrusted to their care by generations of filmmakers and collectors. The Academy Museum has actively been acquiring three-dimensional motion picture objects since 2008. Its holdings now number approximately 2,500 items representing motion picture technology, costume design, production design, makeup and hairstyling, promotional materials and memorabilia, and awards. MOTION PICTURE TECHNOLOGY The collection includes examples of pre-cinema devices, early and modern motion picture cameras and projectors, sound, editing and lighting equipment, and other landmark inventions that have advanced the filmmaking arts, such as: • Mary Pickford’s original Bell & Howell 2709 film camera • Oskar Fischinger Lumigraph and original artwork, flip books, etc. • The original production-used Steadicam and two prototypes, created by Garrett Brown • Original Moviola attributed to RKO studios and editor Ted Cheesman for King Kong (1933) COSTUME DESIGN Costume design is represented by a range of wardrobe created for films from the silent era to the present, for iconic performances from dramas, musicals, comedies, epics, science fiction, and historical films. Key pieces include: • Mary Pickford-worn taupe corduroy ensemble from Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) • Adrian-designed headdress from Mata Hari (1931) worn by Greta Garbo • Ruby slippers and a munchkin soldier jacket from The Wizard of Oz (1939), both conceived by Adrian • Humphrey Bogart’s suit from The Big Sleep (1941) Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Wilshire & Fairfax, Los Angeles academymuseum.org • Peacock feathered dress designed by Orry-Kelly and worn by Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951) • Elizabeth Taylor’s iconic dress designed by Edith Head for A Place in the Sun (1951) • Striped suit worn by Jack Nicholson in Chinatown (1974), designed by Anthea Sylbert • The complete blue warrior costume from Tron (1982), which was designed by Rosanna Norton and Elois Jenssen • Ensemble and accessories worn by Salma Hayek in Frida (2002) designed by Julie Weiss • Lavish costumes designed by Eiko Ishioka that appeared in The Cell (2000), The Fall (2006), Immortals (2011), and Mirror, Mirror (2012) • Outfit worn by Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club (2013), conceived by Kurt and Bart, Inc. PRODUCTION DESIGN Production design objects include a wide variety of props (set and hand props, including screen-used weapons), set decoration items, matte paintings, set models, miniatures, and motion picture creatures (animatronics, models, puppets, and maquettes). Highlights include: • Original, screen-used doors to Rick’s Café Américain from Casablanca (1942) • Tablets from The Ten Commandments (1956) • Dagger from Ben Hur (1959) • Set decoration items from Norman Bates’ home in Psycho (1960) • Scepter from Cleopatra (1963) • Aries 1B spaceship model from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) • The only surviving full-sized shark model made from the original mold used on Jaws (1975) • Creature head from Alien (1979), designed by H.R. Giger • Rick Baker’s landmark “Change-O” head for the transformation sequences in American Werewolf in London (1981) • Gorilla hand armature with hydrolics from King Kong (1976) • Jack Skellington puppet heads from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1992) and James and the Giant Peach (1996) • Animatronic General Otmin head and companion character costume from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) • The Parisian train station clock from Hugo (2011), designed by Dante Ferretti MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING Makeup and hairstyling objects span a range of realistic and fantasy makeups, and include face appliances, makeup busts, life masks, wigs, and makeup cases owned and used by prominent performers and makeup artists. 2 Examples include: • Harpo Marx’s iconic wig, hat, makeup bag, and stage makeup used throughout the actor’s stage career and later television and film appearances • Gorilla soldier head from Planet of the Apes (1968) • William Tuttle’s makeup kit and chair • Dick Smith’s set-used makeup kits, various liquid makeup and molds from films such as The Godfather (1972), The Exorcist (1973), and Deer Hunter (1978) • Life masks of Grace Kelly and Clark Gable PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS & MEMORABILIA The Academy collection includes marketing and promotional material generated by film distributors and others, for industry, in-theater publicity purposes or for the general public. Objects can be tied to the launch of specific films, the enduring appeal of a beloved star, or highly sought-after 'collectibles' that are generated around a popular film franchise. • A Gone with the Wind embroidery kit (1939) • Promotional suitcase press kit from Home Alone (1990) • Standees for such films as Superman (1978) and Shrek (2001) AWARDS The Academy holds an impressive collection of Academy Award statuettes which have been donated back to the Academy by Oscar winners and their heirs. These statuettes represent the full nine decades of Academy Award history, and the broad range of filmmaking crafts and film formats that are recognized by the Academy annually. RECENT AND PARTIAL GIFTS The Museum and the Academy continue to acquire objects for their collections. Highlights of recent acquisitions collections include: • Jim Henson Company and the Henson Family: Creatures, costumes, animatronics, props, posters, and memorabilia from Jim Henson films such as The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986) including David Bowie’s famed Jareth ensemble from Labyrinth and the eponymous Dark Crystal. The Jim Henson Company Collection also contains works on paper, including Miss Piggy costume designs. • Mattel, Inc.: Couture ensembles worn by Elizabeth Taylor (1970), Diane Keaton (1993), and Sharon Stone (1995) while presenting at the Academy Awards. • LAIKA: Handmade characters and a set from Coraline (2009), Paranorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), and Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) • Pixar Animation Studios: A large-scale and operational 3D zoetrope that depicts 18 Toy Story sculptures on each row 3 • Shirley Temple Black Foundation: The miniature Oscar presented to Shirley Temple at the 1934 Academy Awards in recognition of her screen work that year; tap shoes and portable wooden practice-steps given to her by legendary dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson for their famed stair dance routine in 1934's The Little Colonel; the star’s first set-chair from Fox Studios; and the ornate Los Angeles public-school system desk she used for her daily lessons on the Fox lot. • Akram Miknas Pre-Cinema Collection: A historically significant collection of technology and equipment from pre- and early days of cinema, including cameras, magic lanterns, stereoviewers, zoetropes, zograscopes, camera obscuras, phenakistiscopes, plus world-class examples of peepshows and shadow theater, previously exhibited at the Dubai Moving Image Museum. • Universal Studios and Ron Howard: A child-size mermaid tail from Splash (1984), a scale miniature space capsule from Apollo 13 (1995), and costumes and set decoration items from How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) • Anjelica Huston: Film costumes and accessories from the actress’s films, including the iconic black gown featured in The Addams Family (1991), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Material Girls (2006), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), and Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011) • Jeffrey Kurland: Approximately 30 costumes from such Woody Allen films as The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Radio Days (1987), Alice (1990), and Bullets Over Broadway (1994) • JC Backings: Collection of full-sized painted backdrops from films such as Little Women (1949), Madame Bovary (1949), The Band Wagon (1953), North by Northwest (1959), and Cimarron (1960) 4 ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES Additional Collecting Branches THE ACADEMY FILM ARCHIVE Dedicated to the preservation, restoration, documentation, exhibition, and study of motion pictures, the Academy Film Archive is home to one of the most diverse and extensive motion picture collections in the world, including the personal collections of such filmmakers as Alfred Hitchcock, Tacita Dean, Margaret Honda, Gus Van Sant, Cecil B. DeMille, Barbara Hammer, George Stevens, Cauleen Smith, Penelope Spheeris, Fred Zinnemann, Sam Peckinpah, and Jim Jarmusch. The Academy Film Archive, established in 1991, has restored over 1,000 films and holds over 190,000 items, including all of the Oscar-winning films in the Best Picture category, all the Oscar-winning documentaries, and many Oscar- nominated films