Davis, Bruce,   (Former Executive Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)   1943-  <br/><br/>
The Academy and the award :   the coming of age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences /  
Bruce Davis. 
 - Waltham, Massachusetts :   Brandeis University Press,   2022 
 - x, 500 pages :   illustrations ;   24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> "The early history of the formation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its most famous award-the Oscar-as told by its former executive director who reveals many previously unknown stories"-- $c Provided by publisher.<br/><br/>Now that story is finally being told. Bruce Davis, executive director of the Academy for over twenty years, was given unprecedented access to its archives, and the result is a revealing and compelling story of the men and women, famous and infamous, who shaped one of the best-known organizations in the world. Davis writes about the Academy with an intimate view of its workings, its awards, and its world-famous membership. Thorough and long overdue, The Academy and the Award fills a crucial gap in Hollywood history. Available now for the first time in paperback.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781684581191 (cloth) 1684581192 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas --Historia 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cine --Premios <br/>Cine --Premios --Historia<br/>Premios Oscar de cine (Estados Unidos)<br/>Cine --Historia--Estados Unidos 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN 1993.5  / D261a 2022