Canadian Film Digest Year Book (1971)

AWARDS ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES 9038 Melrose Ave., Hollywood 90069, Calif. (278-8990) OFFICERS HH cote tn) eee tes re Daniel Tara Dash First Vice-President .......... Gregory Peck WICE-FYES'S «cvcacers Elmer Bernstein, Robert M. Weitman SSRCTOCALY Me tetese Uae Wie Walle ovis eisieiets leeie = Hal Elias SURBASUTET siete om cc's wv 0'5 0.0 s101<\0 Howard W. Koch Executive Director ........ Margaret Herrick Assistant Executive Director .. Sam E. Brown Counsel ....Wright, Wright, Tolton & Vanzyl PR Counsel ....Harshe-Rotman & Druck Inc. BOARD OF GOVERNORS Jack Atlas, Elmer Bernstein, Michael Blankfort, Charles Boren, Macdonald Carey, Charles G. Clarke, George Cukor, Hal Elias, William W. Hornbeck, William T. Hurtz, Bronislau Kaper, Howard W. Koch, Hal Mohr, Gregory Peck, Arthur R. Piantadosi, Wm. H. Reynolds, Gordon E. Sawyer, Walter M. Scott, Jack Martin Smith, Daniel Tarandash, Hal B. Wallis, Robert M. Weitman, Robert E. Wise. The purposes of the Academy are: To advance the arts and sciences of motion pictures and to foster co-operation among the creative leadership of the motion picture industry for cultural, educational and technological progress. To recognize outstanding achievements by conferring annual Awards of Merit, serving asa constant incentive within the industry and focusing wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures. To conduct co-operative technical research and stimulate the improvement of methods and equipment. To provide a forum and common meeting ground for the various branches and crafts; to sponsor publications; and to serve as an impartial clearing house for achievement records and statistics. To constitute an organization of established prestige which is expressly prohibited from concerning itself with economic, political or labor issues. To represent to the public the viewpoint of the actual creators of motion pictures and symbolize a leadership comparable to that of other academic institutes and foundations. To foster educational activities between the public and the industry, with particular reference to encouraging motion picture courses in universities and sponsoring vocational scholarships. ADVERTISING RULES Regulations for the use of Academy Award symbols and references to the Oscar-winning plays and players for advertising and exploitation purposes are: No film or achievement which has not won an Academy Award may be advertised or exploited in a manner which will mislead the public and imply by design, layout or wording of copy, that the film or achievement has won the Aceuemy Award. Pictures nominated for specific Awards may be so advertised providing: that no reproduction of an Awards symbol is used; that the word “nominations” or the words “nominated for’ appear in the same size, style and color of types as the words “Academy Award”; that the achievement for which the nomination has been voted is included in the advertising. 64 Honorary Awards which are conferred only by vote of the Academy Board of Governors must be clearly defined in all advertising as Honorary Awards and must specify the accomplishments for which the recognition was accorded. Honorary Awards shall not be so advertised or exploited that the public will confuse an Honorary Award with an Award voted by the Academy membership. When an Honorary Award has been conferred for a technique or for a series of motion pictures, the Award symbol granted for that Honorary Award may be used in advertising such technique or series providing: that the year and accomplishment for which the Honorary Award was given is included in the advertising; that only the symbol presented for the technique or series is used, and not the statuette unless the statuette was the symbol so presented. Academy Award symbols (statuette or plaque) may be used without special written permission only (a) To advertise the specific achievement for which the Award was given; (b) To refer to the presentation of the annual Academy. Awards as an event; and (c) In connection with stories and articles referring to the Academy as an organization. Permission to use the Academy Award symbols for any other Purposes whatsoever must be obtained in writing from the Academy. ° Previous Academy Awards 1927-28 Actor: Emil Jannings, Way of All Flesh. Actress: Janet Gaynor, Seventh Heaven. Picture: Wings, Paramount. Special Awards: Warner Bros. for The Jazz Singer. Charles Chaplin for The Circus. 1928-29 Actor: Warner Baxter, In Old Arizona. Actress: Mary Pickford, Coquette. Picture: Broadway Melody, MGM. 1929-30 Actor: George Arliss, Disraeli. Actress: Norma Shearer, The Divorcee. Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front, Universal. 1930-31 Actor: Lionel Barrymore, A Free Soul. Actress: Marie Dressler, Min and Bill. Picture: Cimarron, RKO. 1931-32 Actor: Fredric March, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Actress: Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet. Picture: Grand Hotel, MGM. Special Award: Walt Disney for creation of Mickey Mouse. 1932-33 Actor: Charles Laughton, The Private Life of Henry VIII. Actress: Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory. Picture: Cavalcade, Fox Film Corp. 1934 Actor: Clark Gable, It Happened One Night. Actress: Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night. Picture: It Happened One Night, Columbia Special Award: Shirley Temple for outstanding contribution to screen entertainment. 1935 Actor: Victor McLaglen, The Informer. Actress: Bette Davis, Dangerous. Picture: Mutiny on the Bounty, MGM. Special Awards: David Wark Griffith for distinguished creative achievements as director and producer and lasting contributions to progress of motion picture arts. 1936 Actor: Paul Muni, The Story of Louis Pasteur. Actress: Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld. Picture: The Great Ziegfeld, MGM. Special Awards: March of Time. W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson for color cinema tography in the Garden of Allah. 1937 Actor: Spencer Tracy, Captains Courageous. Actress: Luise Rainer, The Good Earth. Picture: The Life of Emile Zola, Warner Bros. Special Awards: Mack Sennett, Edgar Bergen. W. Howard Greene for color photography of A Star is Born, Selznick-United Artists. The Museum of Modern Art Film Library for collecting films dating from 1895. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Darry! F. Zanuck. 1938 Actor: Spencer Tracy, Boys Town. Actress: Bette Davis, Jezebel. Picture: You Can’t Take It With You, Columbia. Special Awards: Walt Disney for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Deanna Durbin. Mickey Rooney. Oliver Marsh and Allan Davies for color cinematography of Sweethearts. Harry M. Warner. J. Arthur Ball. Paramount. Gordon Jennings. Farciot Edouard and Loren Ryder. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Hal Wallis. 1939 Actor: Robert Donat, Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Actress: Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind. Picture: Gone With the Wind, Selznick International-MGM. Special Awards: Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. The Technicolor Company. Motion Picture Relief Fund. Judy Garland for outstanding performance as screen juvenile. William Cameron Menzies for achievements in use of color for Gone With the Wind. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: David O. Selznick. 1940 Actor: James Stewart, The Philadelphia Story. Actress: Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle. Picture: Rebecca, Selznick International-UA. Special Awards: Bob Hope. Colonel Nathan Levinson. Twentieth Century-Fox Films. Warner Bros. Art Department and Anton Grot. 1941 Actor: Gary Cooper, Sergeant York. Actress: Joan Fontaine, Suspicion. Picture: How Green Was My Valley, Century-Fox. , : Special Awards: Walt Disney. William Garrity. John A. Hawkins. RCA Manufacturing Co. for use of sound in Fantasia. Leopold Stokowski and associates for unique creation of visualized music in Fantasia. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Walt Disney. 20th 1942 Actor: James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy. Actress: Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver. Picture: Mrs. Miniver, MGM.