2007-02-25 07:44:49 · 8 answers · asked by Evey 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Bette Davis said it looked like her Uncle Oscar.
2007-02-25 07:47:47 · answer #1 · answered by desertskieswoman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The official word from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is that the current Oscar statuette is made of gold-plated britannium, a metal alloy, and stands 13 1/2" tall and weighs 8 1/2 pounds. The base of the statuette is metal.
Oscar's official name is the Academy Award of Merit. Though the actual story of how the Academy Award of Merit came to be known as the Oscar is unclear, the most popular story has been that Academy librarian - and eventual executive director - Margaret Herrick believed it looked a lot like her Uncle Oscar. After she made that observation, the Academy staff began calling the award 'Oscar.' The Academy didn't officially use the nickname until 1939.
The first Academy Award of Merit was awarded on May 16, 1929. The Oscar statuette was designed by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by George Stanley.
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The figure of a knight standing on a reel of film, hands gripping a sword, hasn't changed since its initial design, other than a small increase in the size of the base.
2007-02-25 07:57:26 · answer #2 · answered by Bigtima 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Q. What's the Oscar Made of and Where Did the Name Oscar Come From?
by Rebecca Murray
A. The official word from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is that the current Oscar statuette is made of gold-plated britannium, a metal alloy, and stands 13 1/2" tall and weighs 8 1/2 pounds. The base of the statuette is metal.
Oscar's official name is the Academy Award of Merit. Though the actual story of how the Academy Award of Merit came to be known as the Oscar is unclear, the most popular story has been that Academy librarian - and eventual executive director - Margaret Herrick believed it looked a lot like her Uncle Oscar. After she made that observation, the Academy staff began calling the award 'Oscar.' The Academy didn't officially use the nickname until 1939.
The first Academy Award of Merit was awarded on May 16, 1929. The Oscar statuette was designed by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by George Stanley.
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The figure of a knight standing on a reel of film, hands gripping a sword, hasn't changed since its initial design, other than a small increase in the size of the base.
SOURCE: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
2007-02-25 07:51:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How Oscar received his nickname is not exactly clear. The most popular story is that Margaret Herrick, an Academy employee and eventual executive director, remarked that the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar, and the Academy staff began to refer to it by that name. Whatever the actual origin of the nickname, it was well enough known by 1934 that Walt Disney supposedly used it during an acceptance speech that year. Although journalists used the nickname with increasing frequency during the late 1930s, the Academy didn't officially use the name Oscar until 1939.
2007-02-25 07:50:07 · answer #4 · answered by Chel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A secretary said that the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar. I just heard this on tv day before yesterday!
2007-02-25 07:46:59 · answer #5 · answered by Keenu 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the name of the award given!
2007-02-25 07:47:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe, whoever made it...there name was Oscar!
2007-02-25 07:48:41 · answer #7 · answered by This Account is not active 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-25 07:46:54 · answer #8 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋