A Look Back At Every Best Picture Oscar Winner Since 1939
The 97th Academy Awards (the centennial year within sight!) are on Sunday, and in honor of the occasion, a trip down Hollywood's memory lane seemed apt. Please enjoy some research gathered for a power point I made for pleasure on this very subject - and yes, making a film history presentation counts as "fun" in my book! :) I will try and keep this post as short as possible given the 96 films we have to cover! As the oldest and widely considered most prestigious awards in the film industry, the Academy Awards started out as a private dinner function presentation with an audience of about 270 people and a ceremony reportedly lasting only 15 minutes! There are multiple theories about where the name "Oscar" originated, from a former Academy librarian saying the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar, to a columnist referring to it as theatre owner (and butt of many jokes in the press) Oscar Hammerstein I. Fun fact: due to a metal shortage during World ...