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martedì 4 dicembre 2012

Parade of the Award Nominees 1932...who were they?

Parade of the Award Nominees... who were they?


 The Grey Pluto


Starring Mickey Mouse, with his assistants Minnie Mouse, Clarabelle Cow and a strange "grey Pluto" at the end, the  Parade of the Award Nominees was only shown at the Awards Banquet in 1932.





Co-created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, Mickey, who was wearing green instead of his famous red shorts, was sorrounded by several animals and insects as musicians and pages. 
Caricature of the nominees were created by Joe Grant, a real Disney Legend, who was hired to give birth those particular drawings. He worked for the Walt Disney Company until 2005.  He helped the storyboard for the Academy Award Nominated Short Lorenzo in 2005, but the last film he worked for was Chicken Little, and the movie was dedicated to him when he died at 97 while working at his drawing board.
He created the Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, co-wroted Dumbo, worked on Fantasia and Pinocchio, but also Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Fantasia 2000, Monsters, Inc., Mulan and many others. 

These are the Nominees in Order of appearance:


Wallace Beery and lil' Jackie Cooper 
"The Champ"




Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine 
"The Guardsman"

 
 

Helen Hayes 
"The Sin of Madelon Claudet"




Fredric March  
"Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde"


Marie Dressler 
"Emma"

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giovedì 29 novembre 2012

Mickey in Technicolor: Walt Disney's 1st Academy Award... SEE THE VIDEO... IT'S A REAL MILESTONE

Mickey in Technicolor
Walt Disney's 1st Academy Award... 
SEE THE VIDEO... IT'S A REAL MILESTONE


 Walt with his best friend Mickey

At the 5th Academy Awards Ceremony in 1932, Walt Disney received his first Academy Award for the "creation of Mickey Mouse" and, for that night he produced a short animated film  especially created to be shown at the Academy Award Banquet, never ment to be seen by the general public. Parade of the Award Nominees, that was the title of the short film, become a real milestone and  Mickey Mouse become one of the most important cartoon characters ever created, and also the first glimpse of Mickey and the gang in Technicolor. The short film is a small parade of the nominees for best actor and actress.




Mickey Mouse - Parade of the Award Nominees - 1932

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO SEE THE SHORT ANIMATED FILM 


Walt Disney also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film with "Flowers and Trees" included in the Silly Symphonies.

 Walt Disney with his first Oscar

Flowers and Trees

Walt Disney and his wife Lillian, receiving the Oscar for the creation of Mickey Mouse

Disney @ the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Walt has two stars in two categories, TV and Film, respectively 6747 Hollywood Blvd. and 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
Mickey has one star at 6925 Hollywood Blvd.


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mercoledì 28 novembre 2012

The 5th Academy Award…1932



The 5th Academy Award…1932

Hosted by Conrad Nagel almost eighty years ago, on november 18th 1932 at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, the 5th Academy Awards night was about to start.
The American drama film Grand Hotel, starring Greta Garbo, Lionel and John Barrymore and Joan Crawford, remained the only Best Picture Academy Award winner in history, to be nominated just in one category.
Wallace Beery (“The Champ”) and Fredric March (“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”) shared the recognition for Best Actor.


Wallace Beery and Fredric March, with 1931 Oscar winner Lionel Barrymore and 1932 Academy President Conrad Nagel

The Academy Award for Best Actress went to Helen Hayes for her important role in The Sin of Madelon Claudet, an American drama film adapted from the play The Lullaby by Edward Knoblock.

 Director Frank Borzage, Helen Hayes, and Fredric Marc 


Here is the complete list of 1932’ Nominees and Winners:
Bold indicates Winner

Actor
  • Wallace Beery in "The Champ"
  • Alfred Lunt in "The Guardsman"
  • Fredric March in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Actress
  • Marie Dressler in "Emma"
  • Lynn Fontanne in "The Guardsman"
  • Helen Hayes in "The Sin of Madelon Claudet"
Art Direction
  • "À Nous la Liberté" Lazare Meerson
  • "Arrowsmith" Richard Day
  • "Transatlantic" Gordon Wiles
Cinematography
  • "Arrowsmith" Ray June
  • "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Karl Struss
  • "Shanghai Express" Lee Garmes
Directing
  • "Bad Girl" Frank Borzage
  • "The Champ" King Vidor
  • "Shanghai Express" Josef Von Sternberg
Outstanding Production
  • "Arrowsmith" Samuel Goldwyn Productions
  • "Bad Girl" Fox
  • "The Champ" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • "Five Star Final" First National
  • "Grand Hotel" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • "One Hour with You" Paramount Publix
  • "Shanghai Express" Paramount Publix
  • "The Smiling Lieutenant" Paramount Publix
Short Subject (Cartoon)
  • "Flowers and Trees" Walt Disney, Producer
  • "It's Got Me Again" Leon Schlesinger, Producer
  • "Mickey's Orphans" Walt Disney, Producer
Short Subject (Comedy)
  • "The Loud Mouth" Mack Sennett, Producer
  • "The Music Box" Hal Roach, Producer
  • "Scratch-As-Catch-Can" RKO Radio
Short Subject (Novelty)
  • "Screen Souvenirs" Paramount Publix
  • "Swing High" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • "Wrestling Swordfish" Mack Sennett, Producer
Sound Recording
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
  • Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department
  • RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
  • Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department
Writing (Adaptation)
  • "Arrowsmith" Sidney Howard
  • "Bad Girl" Edwin Burke
  • "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein
Writing (Original Story)
  • "The Champ" Frances Marion
  • "Lady and Gent" Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
  • "The Star Witness" Lucien Hubbard
  • "What Price Hollywood?" Adela Rogers St. Johns, Jane Murfin

One of the most remarkable Awards given during that night has been the Special Award or Honorary Award to Walt Disney.
The Honorary Award was created to honor actors, producers, directors and other important personalities for their significant achievements and contributions to the motion picture industry. After Warner Bros and Charlie Chaplin, respectively in 1927 and 1928, Walt Disney received the award "for the creation of Mickey Mouse."
That year Disney won for Short Subject (Cartoon) with "Flowers and Trees" , the very first commercially released film to be produced in the full-color three-strip Technicolor process.

Silly Symphony 1932 - Walt Disney

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Uncle Oscar