THE A.M.P.A.S. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Science: It is an honorary org founded in 1927 at Hollywood, Calif, with d main purpose of raising d cultural & technical standards of professional film making. D Academy consists of 5000+ members drawn from d performing, technical & administrative branches of d Film Industry. Membership is strictly by invitation & d eligibility depends on d requirements of a given branch of d Academy. Although d membership is open to film workers of all countries, d Academy has generally been associated with d US film industry (H'wood).
D Notion of AMPAS began with Louis B.Mayer d head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) wanted an org that will mediate labor disputes & to raise d Industry's image. He & 3 H'wood big-wigs, actor Conrad Nagel, director Fred Niblo, & d pres of of d Association of Motion Pic Producers, Fred Beetson discussed d possibility of such an org & d idea of an Annual banquet were weighed, with open membership to all involved in d 5 branches of d Industry namely d actors, directors, technicians, writers & producers. In their brief meeting d idea of an award wasn't mentioned as yet . After this, Mayer invited 36 professionals involved in d Film Industry for a for a formal banquet held at d Ambassador Hotel, LosAngles on 11th of Jan, 1927, Mayer presented to d group what he called as d American Academy of Motion Pics Arts & Science, & was open to those professional's contributing to d Motion Pic Industry. All, present at d banquet were regarded as d founders of this org. Later Mayer's lawyers while drafting d charter changed d name to Academy of Motion Pics Arts & Science.
Douglas Fairbanks,Sr was elected as d 1st Pres of AMPAS, & he introduced was to bestow an "award of Merit for distinctive achievement", a year later d voting system was introduced & d nomination & d selection process began to award professional's with an award for their distinctive achievement in Motion Pics & thus began what we now know as d Academy Awards or d Oscar Awards of Merit..
The Hollywood classic era & its impact on the Movie industry all over the world.Trivial topics that needs to be assessed about the evolution of this magnificent invention, the aftermath of this powerful medium which has become a language today. I'd love to share some trivial topics on mainstream cinema & & would love to know anything on this topic that I'm unaware of, by the readers through their comments can help me in making this Blog more user friendly.
A Screen-shot from the classic Stanley Kubrick Noir film of 'The Killing'(US56)
Considered one among the Screen's great Noir films is that of Stanley Kubrick's 'The Killing' starring Sterling Hayden in a race-track heist gone wrong. It was released in 1956.
***Movie-lore by Nandan Sharma. RIP Section
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- ***Movilore: Popular Cinema & its Evolution since the invention of the Kinetoscope during the last quarter of the 19th Century by the noted Inventor Thomas A.Edison to the present. Topics based on the Movie-World in general and the Golden-Era of Hollywood in particular,
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"Classic Scenes from Movie-lore"
The Movie "Now Voyager" (42) Miss Bette Davis turned a few MCPs head in disdain for viewing a Lady, & that too on-screen smoke, Paul Henreid lighting of 2 Gigarette's, 1 for her in a scene in from this Movie.'
All Time great's CasablancaUS42,the screen-shot shows the whole stellar cast.
Col,Strasser has been shot, Round up the Usual Suspects.
Famous Chaplin in LIFE.
His Life & work.
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