Behind the Oscar : the secret history of the Academy Awards /

Holden, Anthony, -1947

Behind the Oscar : the secret history of the Academy Awards / by Anthony Holden. - New York : Simon & Schuster, c1993. - 672 p. : ill. 24 cm.

Appendices include a list of nominees in the main categories (1927-1991), a list of honorary Oscars, and "Oscar facts and figures."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 641-648) and index.

The author of Lawrence Olivier and Prince Charles presents a wryly penetrating, provocative history of the Academy Awards, from the first baquet to the 1991 presentations, that is also a scrupulously researched look at how the Oscar has become the plaything of many powerful Hollywood special interst groups. Photos."www.alibris.com".

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Academy Awards (Motion pictures)

PN 1993.92 / .H711 1993