and what did he have to do with the movie industry?
2007-02-25 10:48:30 · 5 answers · asked by hello world 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
As I was walking around the Oscars web-site I was wondering the same thing. Here is the paragraph I found on the subject, but basically it was a nickname.
A popular but unsubstantiated story has been that the moniker caught on after Academy librarian and eventual executive director Margaret Herrick said that the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar. Its first documented mention came after the sixth Awards Presentation in 1934 when Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used it in reference to Katharine Hepburn's first Best Actress win. The Academy itself didn't use the nickname officially until 1939.
2007-02-25 11:04:11 · answer #1 · answered by steve m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there was no actual oscar, legend has it that during the first academy awards show one of the woman who worked ther said the statue lokked like her uncle oscar and the name stuck
2007-02-25 20:20:21 · answer #2 · answered by j.r. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The statue was dubbed "Oscar" after Bette Davis quipped that the statue looked like one of her husbands named Oscar.
2007-02-25 19:22:59 · answer #3 · answered by Bastet's kitten 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oscar Madison, from the odd couple.
2007-02-25 20:37:04 · answer #4 · answered by Scotty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a little green furry guy lives in a bin hes a bit of a grouch
2007-02-25 18:54:50 · answer #5 · answered by homer s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋