India won two awards for the first time in the 95th Oscar ceremony. The song Naatu Naatu from the film RRR won the award for Best Original Song. At the same time, The Elephant Whispers became the Best Documentary Short Film. Let us know the history of Oscar on this occasion.
There are many questions about the Oscars. Like when did the Oscars start, who started it, why is it the world's biggest film award and how are films selected for the Oscars? Do artists get money along with the trophy? There are many such questions. You will be surprised to know that till date there is a mystery about why this award was named Oscar. Even the Oscar committee itself never cleared it.
Read, answers to 10 such questions related to Oscars…
Question 1: How did the Academy Awards begin?
The earlier name of the Oscar Award was the Academy Award. Its foundation was laid in 1927. Lewis B. Mayer, head of the MGM studio in the US, along with three of his friends, actor Conrad Nagel, director Fred Niblo and filmmaker Fede Bitsone, came up with a plan to form a group that would benefit the entire industry. Such an award should be started by which film makers get motivation. To take this idea forward, it was necessary to involve people.
For this, 36 of Hollywood's most famous people were called to the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. A proposal was made before him to form the "International Academy of Motion Picture of Art and Science". Everyone agreed. Its officers were elected till March 1927. Whose president became Hollywood actor and producer Douglas Fairbanks.
On May 11, 1927, a banquet was held for 300 well-known personalities, of whom 230 people took the official membership of the Academy for $ 100. Initially the award was divided into 5 categories Producer, Director, Actor, Technician and Writer. This award was named Academy Awards.
Question 2: How was the Academy Award trophy made?
Answer: The trophy of the Academy Awards is of the warrior with the sword, which is standing on the reel of the film. The thought behind this was that those working in the entertainment industry should also be made to feel like warriors. For this, first of all the art director of MGM studio prepared the structure by making a warrior standing on a reel carrying a sword. Sculptor Jordan Stanley gave the final look to this structure.
Gold plated, made of 92.5% tin and 7.5% copper, the trophy was 13 inches tall and weighed 3.85 kg. During the first ceremony, 2701 awards were made. The wooden trophy was made in 1938 because of a copper shortage during World War II.
The first Oscar Award ceremony took place on 16 May 1929
270 guests were invited to the private party at the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Tickets for the event were $5. No media, no audience, no crowd. This ceremony was over in 15 minutes.
The winners of the first award ceremony were announced three months in advance. From the 1930s, the list of winners was given to the media at 11 pm on award night, but in 1940 the Los Angeles Times announced the winners before the ceremony. Since then, the winners were revealed in a closed envelope.
Emil Jennings received the first Best Actor Award
The first Best Actor Award went to Emil Jennings for two films The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. He had to go back to Europe before this ceremony, so the Academy gave him this award in advance. Emil received the award for two films, but later the Academy made a rule that a person would be given only one award.
Question 3: How did the Academy Award get its name Oscar?
The Academy Award is now known as the Oscar Award. From 1939 its official name was Oscar. However, there are three different theories of how it got its name Oscar.
The first theory - The first woman president of the Oscar Award and American actress Bette Davis claimed that the Oscar trophy looks like her musician husband Harmon Oscar Nelson when viewed from behind, hence the name of this award. fell
The second theory - Sydney Skolsky, a columnist who wrote Hollywood gossip articles, claimed that the Oscar nickname was given to the Academy Awards. He used the Oscar nickname for this award in a 1934 article.
The third theory - Margaret Herrick, the executive director and librarian of the Academy of Motion Pictures Art and Science, claimed that Oscar was named after her uncle Oscar.
However, there is no evidence till date as to whose claim was true among the three. The Academy itself never gave any clarification regarding this, but adopted this name.
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