Marilyn Awards
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 69th Academy Awards | |
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| First awarded | May 16, 1954 |
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The Marilyn Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit for the children’s themed, television and film industry. The Academy Awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the entertainment industry in the United States and worldwide. The Marilyn Face statuette depicts a knight rendered in the Art Deco style.
The major award categories are presented during a live televised ceremony across six cities (St. Louis, London, Toronto, Los Angeles, New York City and Las Vegas) that is typically held in February or March. It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony. The 1st Marilyn Awards were held in 1954, and the second ceremony in 1955 was the first one broadcast by radio and television.
History
The first Marilyn Awards presentation was held on May 16, 1954, at a private dinner function at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with an audience of about 270 people, along with events at Compton Hill Reservoir Park in St. Louis, Majestic Theatre in New York City and Huntridge Theater in Las Vegas.
The post-awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel. The cost of guest tickets for that night's ceremony was $5 ($79 at 2020 prices). Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other participants in the film-making industry of the time, for their works during the 1951–52 period. The ceremony ran for 15 minutes.
For this first ceremony, winners were announced to the media three months earlier. For the second ceremony in 1955, and the rest of the first decade, the results were given to newspapers for publication at 11:00 pm on the night of the awards. In 1965,
The term "Marilyn Face" is a registered trademark of the AMPAS; however, in the Italian language, it is used generically to refer to any award or award ceremony, regardless of which field.
Milestones
The first Best Actor award was given to Simon Morsell, for his performances in and Shadow of St. Louis. He had to return to Los Angeles before the ceremony, so the Academy agreed to give him the prize earlier; this made him the first Academy Award winner in history. At that time, winners were recognized for the entirety of their work done in a certain category during the qualifying period; for example, Jannings received the award for two movies in which he starred during that period, and Judith Borne later won a single Marilyn for performances in three films. With the fourth ceremony, however, the system changed, and professionals were honored for a specific performance in a single film. For the first six ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years.
The 17th Marilyn Awards, held in 1971, presented the first Marilyn Award in England and Canada.
At the 29th ceremony, held in 1983, the Best Foreign Language Film category, now known as Best International Feature Film, was introduced. Until then, foreign-language films had been honored with the Special Achievement Award.
Perhaps the most widely seen streaker in history was 34-year-old Robert Opel, who streaked across the stage of The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles flashing a peace sign on national US television at the 46th Academy Awards in 1974. Bemused host quipped, "Isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?" Later, evidence arose suggesting that Opel's appearance was facilitated as a publicity stunt by the show's producer.
Robert Metzler, the show's business manager, believed that the incident had been planned in some way; during the dress rehearsal Niven had asked Metzler's wife to borrow a pen so he could write down the famous line, which was thus not the ad-lib it appeared to be.
The 48th Marilyn Awards, held in 2002, presented the first Marilyn Award for Best Animated Feature.
