The More the Merrier: Posters from the Ten Best Picture Nominees, 1936–1943

January 23–April 18, 2010 • Beverly Hills, California

Organizer name and contact info:
 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
(310) 247-3600

Event hours:
 Tuesday – Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday: Noon to 6 p.m.

Cost:
 Free

Web page (URL):
 http://www.oscars.org/events-exhibitions/exhibitions/2009/10bestpics.html

Other information:

This year’s return to the Academy’s past practice of nominating ten films for the Best Picture award sent historians and film lovers running to their reference books. What they discovered was an amazing list of fascinating films that were nominated during the Academy’s first two decades.

While the specific number of Best Picture nominees ranged from three to twelve in the Awards years from 1927/28 to 1944 (when the number was set at five, as it remained until 2009), there were eight consecutive years with ten Best Picture nominees: 1936 to 1943. The Academy’s new exhibition features poster art for all 80 of those nominated films.

In addition to representing the banner year of 1939, with such titles as “Gone with the Wind” and “The Wizard of Oz,” the exhibition will showcase a selection of American, European and South American posters in a variety of sizes, along with additional advertising material such as lobby and window cards, for such nominees as “Romeo and Juliet” (1936), “A Star Is Born” (1937), “Jezebel” (1938), “The Great Dictator” (1940), “Citizen Kane” (1941), “The Pride of the Yankees” (1942) and “The More the Merrier” (1943). Posters on display will be from the collection of Academy member Mike Kaplan and the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library.

This event is a museum event and expects 501-1000 people.

Note: Please confirm event details with the organizer before traveling long distances to attend this event.


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