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100 1 Schulman, Michael,|eauthor.
245 10 Oscar wars:|ba history of Hollywood in gold, sweat, and
tears /|cMichael Schulman.
246 30 History of Hollywood in gold, sweat, and tears
250 First edition.
264 1 New York, NY :|bHarper, an imprint of
HarperCollinsPublishers,|c[2023]
264 4 |c©2023
300 xvi, 589 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
336 still image|bsti|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-559) and
index.
505 0 Introduction: A Little Too Scared To Hope -- You Ain't
Heard Nothin' Yet, 1927-29: The Academy's turbulent birth
-- Rebels, 1933-39: Frank Capra and the attack of the
guilds -- War! 1942: The plot against Citizen Kane -- The
Greatest Star, 1951: All about an extraordinary Best
Actress race -- Who Is Robert Rich? 1947-60: Three
screenwriters and the Hollywood blacklist -- X, 1970: The
counterculture takes the Oscars -- Running the asylum,
1976: The Oscars fly over the cuckoo's nest -- Fiasco,
1989: Allan Carr and the "Worst Oscars Ever" -- The
Harveys, 1999: Shakespeare in Love vs. Saving Private Ryan
-- Tokens, 1940, 1964, 2002: Hattie McDaniel, Sidney
Poitier, and Halle Berry make history -- The Envelope,
2017: #OscarsSoWhite and a chaotic night -- Afterword:
Gettin' Jiggy Wit It.
520 "The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again:
Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the
Academy Awards, chronicling the brutal battles, the starry
rivalries, and the colorful behind-the-scenes drama."--
|cFrom dust jacket flap.
520 "America does not have royalty. It has the Academy Awards.
For nine decades, perfectly coiffed starlets, debonair
leading men, and producers with gold in their eyes have
chased the elusive Oscar. What began as an industry
banquet in 1929 has now exploded into a hallowed ceremony,
complete with red carpets, envelopes, and little gold men.
But don't be fooled by the pomp: the Oscars, more than
anything, are a battlefield, where the history of
Hollywood--and of America itself--unfolds in dramas large
and small. The road to the Oscars may be golden, but it's
paved in blood, sweat, and broken hearts. In Oscar Wars,
Michael Schulman chronicles the remarkable, sprawling
history of the Academy Awards and the personal dramas--
some iconic, others never-before-revealed--that have
played out on the stage and off camera. Unlike other books
on the subject, each chapter takes a deep dive into a
particular year, conflict, or even category that tells a
larger story of cultural change, from Louis B. Mayer to
Moonlight. Schulman examines how the red carpet runs
through contested turf, and the victors aren't always as
clear as the names drawn from envelopes. Caught in the
crossfire are people: their thwarted ambitions, their
artistic epiphanies, their messy collaborations, their
dreams fulfilled or dashed. Featuring a star-studded cast
of some of the most powerful Hollywood players of today
and yesterday, as well as outsiders who stormed the palace
gates, this captivating history is a collection of
revelatory tales, each representing a turning point for
the Academy, for the movies, or for the culture at large."
-- inside front jacket flap.
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