The academy gave Walt Disney the most unique Oscars of history

The Academy Awards Can’t always have the best track record of memory in the best films of a certain year But there is no doubt that it is a big deal to win an Oscar. It is essentially a canonization in the annals of film history, which at that time gives an insight into the cultural sphere. Although the taste has certainly changed since the first banquet of the ceremony in 1929, most award winners have received the same golden statue with which almost everyone is familiar.

The Oscar with a weight of 8½ pounds and the height of 13 ½ inches has largely adhered to the design of a Schwertwehr knight. Accordingly The academyThe golden bronze bastion of the cinematic excellence takes place on a film role, with each spoke represents the five original branches of the institution. Its shape is the result of MGM Art Director Cedric Gibbons and La sculptor George Stanley. The simplicity of the award is only matched by its iconographic symbol and there seems to be no reason to change it.

For over a century, an Oscar has been the benchmark for the success of the industry – Even if it doesn’t always lead to more options. A lot has won its own knight of the Hollywood guards, with some won several times. But nobody has the record currently defined by Walt Disney.

After Disney was nominated 59 times, Disney ultimately took 26 statues home, with most of them being for his animated shorts. 22 of these Oscars came from victories in competition categories, while four of them were honorary awards. Among these is one of the most interesting variations of the traditional gold statue that the academy has ever presented.

In the 11th Oscar rental Remember “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. The first animated feature film in full length at the name of a large studio-sausage nominated for the best music (score) last year. However, the critical and cash success was so remarkable that the academy had a special one that consisted of a traditional Oscar with seven miniatures that were attached to a descending staircase – each with the seven dwarfs.

I believe that it is worth mentioning “I’m so proud, I think I’ll burst.”

Apart from all jokes, it is a pretty cool piece of film history that celebrate an important milestone in the field of long -term animation. Accordingly The Walt Disney Family MuseumIt was supposedly the idea of the filmmaker (and then the academy president) Frank Capra. There was another Oscar variant, which was awarded to the Belly speaker Edward Bergen in the form of a wooden statue the year before. Like his famous dummy creation, Charlie McCarthy, it could move his mouth.

There is also the question of the half -sized Academy Juvenile Award that was Presented young actors under the age of 18 as a kind of consolation price to disadvantage the candidates for adults. Judy Garland (“The Wizard of Oz”), Mickey Rooney (“Babes in Arms”) and Hayley Mills (“Pollyanna”) were one of the special recipients until 1961.

As for the Mini -Oscars at Disney’s award, it would not be the last time that the animation pioneer would go home with them.

It turns out that if you win an Oscar price D23). When Disney acquired numerous victories under his belt, he had the idea of designing 20 stimuli for his wife Lillian in a necklace. The ink artist finally decided that she would rather be a bracelet.

“When I have just received the industry price of a life, you bet that I get an 18-carat mini oscar to put on my keychain. But a bracelet also sounds good too.”

Among other things, it is an incredibly sweet gesture for the woman who ultimately contributed to Disney to shape the name “Mickey Mouse”. Both the bracelet and the “Snow White” staircase price are currently being housed in the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.

“Snow White and the seven dwarfs” are currently flocking to Disney+.