Encyclopedia > Academy Award for Best Title Writing
Best Title Writing: The Academy Awards were established at the tail end of the Silent Era of Motion Pictures. Before the introduction of talkies, dialogue was dependent on the titles that appeared between scenes. Their importance was recognized at the first Academy Awards, which included a separate category for Best Title Writing. The award went to Joseph Farnham, and no film titles were associated with his award. Three years later Farnham also became the first Oscar recipient to die. The award was given only once, in 1928, the same year that a special award was given to Warner Brothers for producing the first sound film, The Jazz Singer. By the next award ceremonies, sound had already dominated the industry and the award for Best Title Writing was discontinued. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Joseph Farnham (December 2, 1884 - June 2, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning film writer and film editor of the silent movie era to the early 1930s. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Warner Bros. ... The Jazz Singer is a 1927 U.S. movie musical notable for being the first feature-length motion picture with talking sequences. ...
Other nominees were:
George Marion (no film titles associated with this nomination)
AcademyAwards are nicknamed "Oscars", which is also the nickname of the statuette (the name is said to have been born when Academy librarian Margaret Herrick saw the statuette on a table and said: "It looks just like my uncle Oscar!").
AcademyAward for Best Assistant Director - 1933 to 1937
AcademyAward for Writing Adapted Screenplay - 1928 to present
The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a professional honorary organization which as of 2003 had a voting membership of 5,816.
The official name of the Oscar statuette is the "AcademyAward of Merit." Made of gold-plated britannium, it is 13.5 inches (34 cm) tall and depicts a knight holding a crusader's sword standing on a reel of film.
The awards night itself is an elaborate extravaganza, with the invited guests walking up the red carpet in the creations of the most prominent fashion designers of the day.
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