Rebirth in America

On March 25, 1954, the Oscars Awards were held simultaneously in two places, the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, USA, and the NBC Century Theater in New York, USA. On this day, the stars are shining brightly and all the stars are gathered together.

The official name of the "Academy Awards" is the "Academy Awards of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". It was established in 1927 and is held annually in Los Angeles, USA. It has enjoyed a high reputation for more than half a century. It not only reflects the development process and progress of American film art, but also has a non-negligible impact on the film art of many countries in the world.

Originally, this award was not called "Oscar", but it was later called this name.

There are different opinions about the origin of this name. The more credible one is that in 1931, Margaret Herridge, a female librarian at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Library, after carefully examining the Academy Awards, exclaimed: "Ah ! He looks really like my uncle Oscar!" After hearing this, the news reporter next door wrote: "The staff of the Academy of Arts and Sciences affectionately called their golden statue "Oscar." "Since then, this nickname has spread like wildfire.

Also, the famous actress Betty Davis stated that she was the first to name the Oscar. She said that when she received the Academy Award for the first time, she accidentally called her husband Haemon Oscar Nelson's name "Oscar", which was overheard by reporters covering the scene, and the news spread all of a sudden.

In addition, there is another theory: when Hollywood columnist Skorsky was writing a report on a typewriter on the night after the sixth awards ceremony, he forgot the spelling of Statuette and suddenly remembered his past. A scene from a musical that I watched.

It was a group of comedians who came to the orchestra pit and jokingly said to the conductor: "Oscar, do you want a cigarette?" The conductor stretched out his hand to take it, but the comedians did not give him cigarettes and avoided them. This caused a roar of laughter. Skolsky believed that the statuette symbolized desire and should have a comedic tone.

So he wrote in the report: "Katherine Hepburn won an Oscar for her role as Ava in "The Show"."

According to various analyses, the first statement above is more credible.

Because Betty Davis won the Best Actress Award for the first time in 1935, and by then the nickname Oscar had already become a household name. As for Skolsky's opinion that the Golden Statue should have a comedic tone, this view may not be accepted by the majority of people in the film industry.

Originally, as the boss of the film company, Alex could attend. The Oscar organizers also tried their best to invite him there. Everyone wanted to take a look at this legendary prodigy. He thought about it and decided not to attend. He still wants to wait until the time for the award for "The Sound of Music" before appearing at the Oscars.

Of course Hepburn and the rest of the crew were going to attend. They were going to the Oscar Awards here in New York.

The day Alex Hepburn went to the Oscars, he said: "You will definitely win the Best Actress! Definitely!"

Hepburn was very excited after hearing this. She wanted to say something, but nothing came out. Finally, she kissed Alex on the cheek, said goodbye and got into the car. She had a stage play at that time and had to hurry up and perform.

On the night of the awards, after finishing the curtain call of the stage play "Mermaid", Hepburn hurried to the award ceremony, changed out of her costume in a taxi, and jogged all the way under police escort.

At this Oscars, "Roman Holiday" received a total of 9 nominations for the best Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor. Cinematography, Best Art Direction of Set Design, Best Costume Design, Best Editing.

The host of the New York Live is Fredric March. His original name was Fredric McIntyre Bickel. He was born in Wisconsin on August 31, 1897. He worked in theater during college. . His acting career began on the Broadway stage in the 1920s. When he debuted on the stage under his original name in 1921, he showed his strong acting talent and was able to interpret various types of roles.

Frederick is a man with a high nose and sharp eyes, and has a very handsome appearance. He has won the Oscar twice and has rich stage experience. Under his chairmanship, the entire award ceremony was full of fun.

He started with a few jokes and then handed out some innocuous awards. When it was finally time to award the Best Picture Award, everyone immediately sat up straight and listened to the host attentively.

The people on "Roman Holiday" are also in high spirits because their film is also nominated. William Whitt, in particular, was very nervous. As the director of this film, it would be a great honor to win the Best Picture Award.

Frederick picked up the list of winners and said: "The nominees for Best Picture are "Julius Caesar," "The Great Robe," "The Loyalty," "Roman Holiday," and "Into the Wild!"

Frederick paused for a moment, and after everyone held their breath, he said: "The winner of the Best Picture Award is..."The Hero of the Troubled World"!"

After hearing this result, some people were happy and some were sad. William's heart suddenly fell into the air, and it took a long time to return to normal.

The next important award is Best Actor, for which the crew of "Roman Holiday" doesn't care. They have no nominations for this award.

The nominees are William Holden (lead actor in "Cell No. 17"), Marlon Brando (lead actor in "Julius Caesar"), and Richard Burton (lead actor in "The Robe"). The leading actor), Montgomery Clift (the leading actor of "The Last Days"), Burt Lancaster (the leading actor of "The Last Days").

In the end, Marlon Brando, who was the most popular, was defeated and was taken away from the Best Actor position by William Holden.

Several minor awards were presented in the middle. The host chatted for a while, and after everyone calmed down, he was ready to present another important award tonight - Best Actress!

Frederick picked up the list of winners and said: "I saw several beauties ready to go on stage to receive their awards. But there is only one prize, who should I give it to? What a headache!"

Everyone laughed after hearing this, which made some actresses look eager to try, and all of them looked like old gods.

Frederick stretched his voice and said: "The nominees for Best Actress are..."

"Li Sili Cannon's "The Romance of the Phoenix"!" A clip of a cute little girl and a puppet performing on the same stage appeared on the screen. The girl's name was Lily! She sang "Hello Lily" with true heartfelt emotion.

"The Romance of the Wind" tells the story of 16-year-old Lily who came to seek refuge with a baker from her hometown of Manaz. Unexpectedly, the baker had passed away. She was desperate and followed the magician Mark, whom she met by chance, to his performing arts troupe. The chic and enthusiastic Mark helped her find a job, but she was fired because of her clumsiness...

"Ava Gardner's "Red Dust"!" Along with the host's words, a woman with a hot figure appeared on the screen. There are scenes of her lovingly hugging and kissing two men.

"Red Dust" tells the story of expedition member Vito falling in love with the showgirl Eloise, and their relationship quickly became passionate. But when the anthropologist Donner appeared with his wife Linda, Victor turned his love goal to Linda, causing an irreparable triangle tragedy.

"Deborah Cole's "A Loyal Man in Troubled Times"!" This film uses the Pearl Harbor incident as the theme, revealing the factional struggles within the US military, domineering officers, mistreating soldiers and other ugly and dark phenomena. It shows that upright soldiers who are unwilling to join in the trouble finally end up The tragedy of being swallowed up by a huge military machine.

Finally, Frederick read out the name that people had been waiting for for a long time, that is: "Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday"!"

What appeared on the screen was a scene of Princess Anne and Joe riding bicycles to visit Rome. In the "Mouth of Truth" scene, Princess Anne pretended to have her hand bitten off by the mouth of a stone statue, showing Princess Anne's true emotional reaction. Let everyone feel that their hearts are full of joy. The remaining nominated films no one cares about anymore;

"Maggie McNamara's Blue Moon!" This is a comedy movie about a woman who meets a playboy at the Empire State Building. The playboy invited her to a party, and it turned out that the neighbor who lived above the playboy was also interested in the woman. The two then fought over it, but the woman was not interested in them and pretended to be crazy.

"The best actress is..." Frederick protracted, looking at the expressions of the people below, and after waiting for a few seconds of silence, he said loudly: "Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday"!"

"Wow!" Everyone exclaimed, but Hepburn deserved this award.

Thunderous applause sounded, and everyone's eyes were focused on one person, and that was Audrey Hepburn!

Hepburn never thought that she would win the Academy Award, and she was stunned. Finally, after being reminded by others, she remembered to go on stage to receive the award.

Due to excessive excitement, she ran in the wrong direction on stage and her speech was a little incoherent, but she did not forget to say one sentence: "This is a gift from Alex and Parker. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net "

There is also an anecdote about this trophy: before the press conference, Hepburn was so excited that he lost the trophy, and was lucky enough to find it in the bathroom. Ten years later, while Hepburn was filming, a thief broke into her home and stole the trophy.

Many people regretted that Parker missed out on Best Actor because the film company focused on Hepburn when promoting the film. As for Peck himself, he was quick to read, saying: "Not that I'm being generous, but anyone who has seen Hepburn perform would be foolish to treat her as a nobody."

In the end, "Roman Holiday" won three Academy Awards at the 26th Academy Awards, namely Best Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Costume Design. When the Best Screenplay Award was awarded, Dalton was on the blacklist and could not receive the award, so the screenwriter had to be given to another person named Ian.

It wasn't until 1997 that the Oscars awarded Dalton the Best Screenplay Award again, 17 years after his death. Because Ian's son Tim refused to give up his father's trophy, the Oscar organizing committee awarded another statuette, with Trump's wife accepting the award on his behalf.

In order to reward the crew of "Roman Holiday", Alex took out $1 million from the profits of the film as bonuses. Among them, Hepburn received $300,000, Parker received $200,000, and the others shared the remaining $500,000.

This movie made DreamWorks famous, and it also made a lot of money. After excluding various bonuses and taxes, there was still US$6 million in income. It can be said that with just one movie, Alex has made back the money he spent.