Getting Ready for Oscar!

These are pictures we took this morning along Hollywood Blvd. in front of the Kodak Theater showing all the chaos and prep for the Oscar's. We wanted to share…

What can we say… can't get enough of the Oscar's!

These fabulous vintage prints are from a collection created by Nicholas Volpe, a distinguished artist who had a lifetime contract to do portraits each year of those awarded the Oscar for best actor and the best actress by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Released in 1962 as a collectors' set, this series includes portraits of winners for every year from 1928 through 1961.

Oscar, Oscar, Oscar…

Although this year is the Academy's 83rd year, we thought we'd share this 75th Anniversary Commemorative Poster from our movie poster archives.

Oscar Night is Almost Here.

We're just eleven days away from Oscar Night. This is its 83rd year! We decided to look back at some of the winners of the past. In our Attic we have dozens of programs that were printed for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The event these were printed for was the Academy's movie screening series titled, "Facets of the Diamond: 75 Years of Best Picture Winners", shown at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. This very cool series began showing in May 2002, starting with the very first Oscar winner, Wings from 1927-28. Then in chronological order, a different Oscar winning movie was screened each Monday night, following up to the 75th Academy Awards held on March 23, 2003. Here are a few of those programs from our archives.

The Apartment. 1960 Best Picture Winner.

Tome Jones. 1963 Best Picture Winner.

A Man For All Seasons. 1966 Best Picture Winner.

The Sting. 1973 Best Picture Winner.

Amadeus. 1984 Best Picture Winner.

The Last Emperor. 1987 Best Picture Winner.

The Silence of the Lambs. 1991 Best Picture Winner.

American Beauty. 1999 Best Picture Winner.

This is what the other side of each program looks like. Each is printed with some really interesting descriptions and details about that Oscar winning movie.

American Beauty. Back-side.

What is your favorite Oscar winning movie?