Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Academy Foundation Ann u a Rep art 9 8 4 - 8 5 Committee Chairs Actors Branch Executive Committee Tom Bosley Art Directors Branch Executive Committee Gene Allen, Chairman Walter M. SCOII , Co-Chairman Awards Policy Committee on Rules Arthur Hamilton Cinematographers Branch Executive Committee Leonard). South, Chairman Costume Design Award Rules Committee Elois jenJJen Administration Directors Branch Executive Committee Robert E. Wise, Chairman Executive Director Gilbert Cates, Co-Chairman james M. Roberts Documentary Awards Committee Administrator, Office of the Executive Director True Boardman, Chairman Mary Lou Finnin Arthur H. Nadel, Co-Chairman Assistant to the Executive Director Executives Branch Executive Committee Daniel B. ROJJ Robert Rehme, Chairman Controller Alan Ladd,jr., Co-Chairman 0110 C. Spoerri Film Editors Branch Executive Committee Program Administrator j ohn F. Burnell, Chairman Bruce Davis Walter A. Hannemann , Co-Chairman Program Coordinators Finance Committee Exhibieions and Reerospeccives Tex Rudloff Douglas Edwards Foreign Language Film Award Executive Scudenc Film Awards Committee Visieing Anises Program Robert M. W Vogel, Chairman Elaine Richard Rudi A . Fehr, Co-Chairman Annual Leceures Nina Foch , Co-Chairman Seminars General Membership and Review Committee Ric Robertson Charles M. Powell Margaret Herrick Library Administrator Subcommittee on Agents Linda Harris Mehr Lee G. Rosenberg Special Collections Make-Up Award Rules Committee Sam Gill Howard Smit, Chairman Photographic Services john Mansbridge , Co-Chairman Robert Cushman joseph Westhei mer, Co-Chairman Academy Historian Membership Screening Committee Patrick Stockstill Robert F. Blumofe, Chairman Bethlyn Hand, Co-Chairman National Film Information Service Valentin Almendarez Music Branch Executive Committee Arthur Hamilton Art Services and Publications Richard Miller Producers Branch Executive Committee Richard D. Zanuck Academy Players Directory Marjorie Blye, Editor Public Relations Branch Executive Committee Richard Kahn Annual Index to Motion Picture Credits Byerly Woodward, Editor Scholarship and Grants Committee Robert E. Wire, Chairman Film Department Coordinator Daniel Taradash, Co-Chairman D.). Ziegler Scientific or Technical Awards Committee Film Archivist joseph Westheimer, Chairman Daniel Woodruff j ohn A. Bonner, Co-Chairman Legal Counsel Short Films Branch Executive Committee Doggett & Van Zyl William C. Lilllejohn, Chairman Public Relations Counsel Bill SCOII , Co-Chairman Ruder Finn & Rotman Sound Branch Executive Committee Certified Public Accountants Tex Rudloff, Chairman Price Waterhouse john A. Bonner, Co-Chairman Sound Effects Editing Award Rules Committee Charles L. Campbell, Chairman Tex Rudloff, Co-Chairman Student Film Awards Executive Committee june Foray, Chairman Donn Cam bern, Co-Chairman Theater Sound Inspection Committee j ohn A. Bonner, Chairman Richard). Stumpf, Co-Chairman Visual Effects Award Rules Committee j oseph Westheimer, Chairman Albert). Whitlock, Co-Chairman Writers Branch Executive Committee Norman Corwin rom The President This past year has seen enormous strides taken by our Academy and I feel a great sense ofpride and accomplishment at having had the privilege of being at the helm during these exciting days. The teamwork that typifies the Academy; the strength and dedication of its leaders, members and staff; all have come together to make this time of my life the most exciting and productive period imaginable. I thank you all for your cooperation, your professionalism, and your caring. As Bob Wise begins his presidency, the most important legacy I can pass on to him concerns our recently­ concluded negotiations with ABC. We now have a contract covering the next five Oscar shows, and future Annual Reports will reflect the fact that our revenues over that five-year period will be more than twice those ofthe previous five years. The challenge ofco-producing this past year's Awards Presentation was one ofthe more enjoyable experiences of my life. The creative unity that characterized the collaboration with Larry Gelbart, Gregory Peck and Bob Wise was exhilarating and-I hope you'll agree-beneficial to the show. The past year has left me many other pleasurable memories. At the invitation ofthe United States Information Agency, I had the privilege of visiting China as the head ofa delegation representing the filmmakers ofAmerica. This second such cultural exchange in the past few years has already been effective in spreading appreciation in China for our nation's motion pictures and the enormously talented people who make them. And writing of the wonderful and gifted people in our ranks, I am reminded ofour superb tribute to Myrna Loy-an event that was equally a tribute to our New York Academy members who felt, many for the first time, that we are truly a national Academy. I am also extremely proud of Salutes to Hitchcock, ASCAp, Robert Flaherty, John & Faith Hubley, Norman McLaren, Shirley Temple, and a Duck named Donald.' Our lecture series, our scholarships, our Student Film Awards-all have added up to fulfilling for me a dream come true: the opportunity to put back a small share ofall that this industry in general. and this Academy in particular, have meant to me. Thank you. Gene Allen rom The President Gene Allen completed his two terms as The first representative from the Art Director's Academy President in dramatic fashion, with Branch ever to serve as Academy President, accomplishments that will provide lasting Allen has been a passionate champion ofthe benefits to the institution he has guided so ably institution in the outside world and an effective during his tenure. The contract extension he advocate for ever-higher standards within. He concluded with the American Broadcasting has planted seeds in a variety of cultural and Company gives the annual Awards Presentations preservational areas that will bear fruit for years a secure,familiar home through 1990, with to come. substantially increased income that will ensure . Gene Allen has earned the right to slacken the continued health ofthe Academy, the that pace somewhat, but he remains- as new Academy Foundation and the many non-awards president Robert E. Wise picks up the activities they sustain. institutional reins for 1985-'86- an Academy A less tangible accomplishment may have even officer and a vital, concerned, distinguished further-reaching effects. The artistic success resource for the organization to draw upon. ofthe 57th Awards show seemed a striking endorsement ofthe case Allen made in his second year for involving the Academy'S leadership more fully in the day-to-day planning and execution ofthe program. He and his co-producers Larry Gelbart, Gregory Peck and Robert Wise have set a strong precedent for careful Academy oversight of all future productions. Since the Annual Academy Awards Presentations provide our institutional lifeblood, and are the single most important influence on the world's perception of the Academy, Gene Allen has urged that we keep those facts in mind, and that we act to ensure a continuance ofsuch supervision over issues that affect the look, the length or the general quality of our ceremonies. Gene Allen's presidency was an impressively active one. Keenly interested even in relatively modest areas of the institution's work, he often put in days that started with breakfast meetings, continued through an active schedule at Academy headquarters and ended with his hosting an evening program for the Foundation. Few ofthe paid staffwould claim to have matched the hours he gave to an honorary, uncompensated office. Mar aret Herrick Library The 1984-85 Acquisitions list is headed by the personal papers ofa pair of master direc­ tors, Alfred Hitchcock and Fred Zinnemann. The Hitchcock Collection, which includes correspondence, scripts (including Thornton Wilder's handwritten draft of SHADOW OF A DOUBT), photographs, storyboards and other sketches, was donated to the Academy by Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell. The gift was presented at a December event which marked the formal reopening of the library, and which also included an exhibit oftreasures from the Daughter Patricia Hitchcock o'Connell presented a script representing collection. her father's papers to Gene Allen at the reception in honor of Alfred Hitchcock. Salvador oali's eye provided a spellbinding backdrop. The acquisition ofthe Zinnemann papers will be officially observed with a tribute to the director in January of 1986. Other important contributions to the library's Special Collections area in the 1984-85 year include Edward Stotsenberg's donation of a large body of documents relating to Mary Pickford's career, Mrs. Henry King's gift ofpapers , scripts and books of Henry King and a gift from Edwin Neal of more than 4,000 production and biography stills. Publicists Jack Hirshberg and Charles Schlaifer donated valuable career papers, and the library also acquired a group of Janet Leigh and Tony PerkinS were among the more than forty alumni Alfred Santell photographs, as well as additions of Hitchcock pictures who attended the exhibit and program In honor to the John Huston and Edith Head collections. of the Hitchcock gift. The past year saw the conpletion of major inven­ tories for collections, including the Production Code Administration records, the Hollywood Museum Photograph Collection and the A. Arnold Gillespie (special effects photographs) Collection . These meticulous inventories by the Margaret