The Oscar
Have you ever think about the words in english? All of the words in the world have a story behiend it. Surly you know many of them in persian. Now i 'm going to tell you a nice one in English.
This year "The Lord of The Rings" won eleven Oscars in Hollywood. But what is the story of the oscar? when did they start?
In the 1920s, actors and writers in America thought movies films where toys for children. Plays and teaters in New york were important and artistic. Movies where not serious and artistic.
In hollywood actors , directors and writers started the Academy of Motion picture arts and sciences. In 1929, The Academy started giving awards for good work. The award was a statute of a man holding a sword. The man stands on a reel of film. The statute is 12 intches high and it is coverd with gold.
In 1929 , The first aards were given to the German actor EMAIL Jannings , the actress Janet Gaynor , the warner Brither's Stadio for the first talking film " The jazz singer" and charlie chaplin for his film " Te Circus" .
why are these awards called oscars? There are many diffrent stories. One stort is that Margarent Herrick who worked in the library of the Academy saied that it looked like her uncle Oscar!!!
In 1939 , " Gone with the Wind " won 13 Oscars . One of these oscars was for the black actress Hatties Mc Daniel. She was the first black person to win an Oscar.
In 1982, Richard Attenborough's film about the film of Gandhi won 8 Oscars. In 1994, " Forrest Gump" starring Tom Hanks won 6 oscars an in 1997, "TITANIC" won 11 Oscars. There were also 3 oscars for the film "rain man".
marzieh moosazadeh
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