{"product_id":"the-academy-and-the-award-bruce-davis-9781684583218","title":"The Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first behind-the-scenes history of the organization behind the Academy Awards.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For all the near-fanatic attention brought each year to the Academy Awards, the organization that dispenses those awards--the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences--has yet to be understood. To date, no one has ever produced a thorough account of the Academy's birth and its awkward adolescence, and the few reports on those periods from outside the organization have always had a glancing, cursory quality. Yet the story of the Academy's creation and development is a critical piece of Hollywood's history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now that story is finally being told. Bruce Davis, executive director of the Academy for over twenty years, was given unprecedented access to its archives, and the result is a revealing and compelling story of the men and women, famous and infamous, who shaped one of the best-known organizations in the world. Davis writes about the Academy with an intimate view of its workings, its awards, and its world-famous membership. Thorough and long overdue, \u003ci\u003eThe Academy and the Award\u003c\/i\u003e fills a crucial gap in Hollywood history. Available now for the first time in paperback.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684583217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684583218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brandeis University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Bruce Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154181566719,"sku":"9781684583218","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6eef9f25-c4cc-4e86-971b-17b7a6dd19a9.jpg?v=1770788441","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-academy-and-the-award-bruce-davis-9781684583218","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}