So, Once And For All (We Hope), Bruce Davis Settles Why They Call It ‘Oscar’
deadline.comIf you happen to care about the history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (at least in its first fifty years), you’ll have no shortage of reasons to read Bruce Davis’ forthcoming book, The Academy and the Award.The boardroom fights—Davis, the Academy’s former executive director, got access to the secret files.
The real story of the Bette Davis presidency (weirdly, less stormy than the famous drama queen made it out to be). And those footnotes!
In a note to Chapter 15, Davis describes running to the ground an old canard that had legions of ancient residents at the Motion Picture Home holding sway over Academy Awards voting.
With the help of Price Waterhouse and his own membership department, he found that fewer than a half-dozen members were getting their mail at the home, and three of those hadn’t voted for at least five years.I love details.
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