Ryan, Craig and I discuss the 6th annual Academy Awards, hosted by Will Rogers and held in March of 1933. It was the longest span of time between Oscar ceremonies — almost a year and a half — in order to get the Oscars in sync with a Jan-Dec calendar year and end the strange midyear Aug-July eligibility period that had been established in the first 5 years. One of the interesting things about 1934 was that the effects of the Depression raging through Hollywood had caused salary disputes that ended up creating the Screen Actors and Writers Guilds. It was also the year The Wrong Frank jumped up to accept Best Director, Mae West saved Paramount from financial ruin, and Katharine Hepburn became an overnight sensation just by sighing.
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Thanks! I kind of figured that was what was going on. Hakuna Matata!
Kevin, We’re having some site update problems.
here’s the MP3 link for this week’s episode.
http://www.awardsdaily.com/podcasts/oscarpodcast/episode85.mp3
Is there a reason there isn’t a media player / download link for the podcast on this page yet?
m1, yes we will. We’ve already talked about ways to work current Oscar events into the podcasts before we dive into the weekly history. We almost did it this week but were pressed for time and needed to get this online.
I have a question. Are you guys going to do a podcast soon about the current Oscar race as well? I’m interested in hearing what you guys are most looking forward to during the festival season as well.
The next time you do the podcast, it will be for the awesome 1934 year when It Happened One Night won—the first of three great films to win the top 5 categories. Interestingly all three ONLY won Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, and Writing. I also find that IHON, OFOTCN, and SOTL are all non-standard wins for BP. Curious.
Before anyone jumps all over me, yes yes YES, I know Charles Laughton won Best Actor in 1934, even though I first said Laughton and then I said Muni… while Craig and Sasha just safely backed away and let me flail 🙂
I wish that was the silliest thing I said on this episode, but I got all tangled up a couple of other times that were even worse.
Trust me, it’s better to let me grope around to find the right thing to say off the cuff than to listen to me try to decipher and read my own notes.