Feeling the self-importance of the Academy Awards — he derided the ceremony and wanted to deflate its pomposity and grandiosity a criticism that seems to be as old as the Oscars. Finally, two time best actress winner Bette Davis claims that she named the Academy Award. However, that date would place her claim behind Herrick and Sklosky.
By , the name had become so associated with the awards that it was officially adopted by the academy. The Academy tapped Los Angeles sculptor George Stanley to realize the design in three dimensions — and the world-renowned statuette was born.
The film reel features five spokes, signifying the five original branches of the Academy: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers. Although the statuette remains true to its original design, the size of the base varied until , when the current standard was adopted. Officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is better known by its nickname, Oscar.
Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. February 27, pm. Related Stories. Read More About: Oscars Oscars But fast! The audience laughed at Oscar. I started hitting the keys During the next year of columns, whenever referring to the Academy Award, I used the word 'Oscar. It proved to be the magic name. Though Skolsky has actual evidence to back his claim, his assertion that he coined the nickname is still slightly in doubt.
The term Oscar was commonly used as a mocking nickname for the Academy Award as Skolsky claims he used it , but in this theory, Walt Disney was supposedly the first in the industry to publicly use the name in a positive light.
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