TY - BOOK AU - Holden, Anthony, TI - Behind the Oscar: the secret history of the Academy Awards SN - 671701290 AV - PN 1993.92 .H711 1993 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Academy Awards (Motion pictures) N1 - 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 N2 - 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" ER -