02096nam a22003137a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020002600069020002300095040001700118041000800135050002600143100011500169245013000284260006500414300004600479504005100525520081100576610007101387650002701458650003701485650005001522650004201572942001201614946000901626999001901635952012801654BJBSDDR20260819140511.0ta260727s2022    mau||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781684581191 (cloth)  a1684581192 (cloth)  bengcBJBSDDR  aeng14aPN 1993.5bD261a 20221 aDavis, Bruce, d1943- 949822c(Former Executive Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) 14aThe Academy and the award : bthe coming of age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences / cBruce Davis.  aWaltham, Massachusetts : bBrandeis University Press, c2022  ax, 500 pages : billustrations ; c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"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.

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. 24aAcademia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas xHistoria 950105 4aCine xPremios 930579 4aCine xPremios xHistoria950106 4aPremios Oscar de cine (Estados Unidos)930578 4aCine xHistoriazEstados Unidos 9909  2lcccBK  icmc   c127853d127853  00102lcc40708HUaBJBbBJBcHUd2026-07-27l0oPN 1993.5 D261a 2022p00000201715r2026-07-27 13:04:00t1w2026-07-27yBK