European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Academy award nightmares tripping Over their oscars i once each year t Academy award time Moulstown Doit its Best bib and Tucker to present a do inured front to the world which occasionally elicit an unexpected laugh a Lany Booboo or a dramatic and ankh Edued tear. For instance there Wai the time when Malaprop Prono Sam Goldwyn enlivened the Oscar show by into Ducong Hoagy car Michael at Hugo can Nichael and Spencer Tracy a face drained of Colo when he waa handed an Oscar for Cap Tain Coung oui 1937 with an inscription Reading Dick Long before the Advent of television Frank Capra we humiliated when Wil Rogers acting m Maiter of ceremonies praised the great directorial Genius of that year s Winner 1933 and ended by saying come and get it Capra sprang to his feet and was half Way on Stag when fan milled the award was for director Frank Lloyd. In recollection. Capra Sayi. My return to my seat was the longest crawl in Louis b. Mayer the greatest Mogul of them All waa called upon to present Anle Ademy award to William Goetz who also happened to be his son in Law. In All seriousness Mayer handed the Statuette to floats loudly proclaiming some Day you will be As gnat a i Ami movie goers an alerted to look for Sim Ilar gaffs tonight when the 39th Academy award show takes to the Telow evea for the annual Oscar Reagan will never forget his most embarrassing moment he introduced a ree of film clips from former Oscar Wynn link pictures announcing this film pm xxx Les the glories of our past the memories of our present and the inspiration Tor our but when the Ulm came on it was running upside an not uncommon to Academy award shindigs Lett. It was announced that Case by Vernon Scott Dpi staff writer Blanca had won Best picture honors. Pro Ducer Hal Walls and studio chief Jack Werner run Down the aisles to the . Slow afoot lost out a dramatic off stage development occurred in 1mt when Sisters Olivia de Hall land and Joan font lne were in the run Ning for brat actress award. When Olivia won she Cut sister Joan everyone in the world cherishes the Oscar As the Academy discovered Back in 1939 when it voted an award to George Bernard Shaw for the script the fiery playwright grumbled it s an insult for them to offer me any might As Well Send some Honor to George or being the Only King in an uncomfortable moment in 1b33 arose when the Academy found itself Short an Oscar because Fredric March and Wallace Beery tied for Best actor of the great Cecil b. Demolle Drew gasps in 1 41 when he inadvertently introduced a visiting chinese envoy As the Ambas Sador from reihe late eccentric director Preston i Sturges was fond o practical jokes and chos the awards show for a laugh that did t quit coma aft to was a relatively unknown screen write when he won Theoscar for the great Mcginty when his name was read Sturge grabbed the Oscar and said or. Sturges was 10 overwhelmed at the thought of win Ning an award that he stayed Home and 1 have taken his but he was so unknown that nobody knew the difference. Even movie Tough Guys get weak in the Knees at Oscar Jimmy Cagney strode on stage in 1m2 for his Oscar h became so flustered he grabbed Gary Cooper s Arm i Coop was presenting the award and begged. t leave me up Here by modesty is the order of the Day As stars live All the credit to their co workers. Buck in the 40s everyone squirmed when Olivia de Havlland determinedly read Oft All 27 names of her cast and self effacing was Donald Ogden Stewart who won the Best screenplay award one year. I said. There is so much Back patting Here tonight that i am Happy to say 1 am entirely responsible for the Success of the Philadelphia Story " and then he sat impressed of nominees was child Star Jackie Cooper in the fourth year of the oscars. He fell asleep during the show on Marie Dressler s Lap while Lionel Barry More beat him out for the recent years television has complicated the big Blowout. Five Yean ago the awards were All presented and done with but is minutes of air time was still to be filled. Jerry Lewis was pushed onstage an strove mightily for a Quarter of an hour to keep people from heading for Mirle Saint gave network pan Jan Drums near heart trouble when she was voted Best supporting actress in 1955. Very much with child the blon. Winner announced i just May have the baby right Booth the very Model of a dignified Star Back in 1953. Executed a half gainer with a full twist when she stumbled on the Steps a she trotted onstage. Gate crashers Are a problem atthe awards. Academy members still have no idea of the identity of a bearded stranger who sneaked into press photo graphs of the 1139 winners. And last year professional Crasher Stan Berman leaped on stage amidst the the wackiest anecdote of All happened during the 1934 awards when Claudette Colbert won Best Acress honors for it happened one she told the audience. I m Happy enough to cry but i can t take the that she dashed to a waiting taxi which rushed her to a Santa a train that Hod been delayed 30 minutes for its vary important passenger monday. April a 1963 the stars and stripes fag 11
