Gibbons, S.

Japanese: ギボンズ,S. - ぎぼんず
Gibbons, S.

…In the film industry, which needed to make a new face, 36 influential people met in 1927 to establish the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a non-profit organization with the goal of improving and developing movies, and Louis B. Mayer proposed the establishment of the Academy Awards to contribute to improving the quality of movies. The gold-plated bronze statue (plaster during World War II) created by sculptor George Stanley based on a sketch by art director Cedric Gibbons was officially named Oscar in 1931, and the award ceremony, which began in 1929, was broadcast live on radio in 1930. In 1931, the vice president of President Hoover read a message on his behalf from Washington, attracting attention from all over the United States. It became one of Hollywood's annual events, and the Oscar became the most coveted award in the film industry. The winners are selected by secret ballot of Academy members, but the categories eligible for the award have changed over the years. …

*Some of the terminology references "Gibbons, S." are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…面目を一新する必要に迫られた映画界は,27年に36人の実力者たちが協議し,映画の向上と発展を目標に掲げて非営利組織である〈映画芸術科学アカデミー〉を設立し,ルイス・B.メイヤーの提唱で映画の質的向上に寄与するためアカデミー賞を制定した。美術監督セドリック・ギボンズのスケッチをもとにジョージ・スタンリーという彫刻家が作製した金めっきのブロンズ像(第2次世界大戦中はセッコウ)は,31年に正式にオスカーと命名され,1929年に始まった授与式は30年からラジオで実況放送され,31年にはフーバー大統領のメッセージをワシントンからやってきた副大統領が代読して全米の注目を集め,ハリウッドの年中行事の一つになり,オスカーは映画界でもっとも渇望される賞となった。受賞者はアカデミー会員の秘密投票で選ばれるが,年とともに受賞の対象となる部門が変動した。…

※「ギボンズ,S.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Basic numbers

>>:  Gibbons, IR - Gibbons

Recommend

Hirose Tanso

He was an educator, Chinese poet, virtuous man, a...

Giant Technology

…But both are called big science. A related term ...

Doctrine - doctrine

A translation of the Greek word dogma, also known ...

Ainu language - Ainugo

Along with Japanese, it is a language that has be...

Nagasaki Takatsuna

Year of death: 2nd year of Shokei/3rd year of Genk...

Jesuit

…It was founded in the 16th century by Ignatius o...

College of Arms

… Family tree [Hideyuki Kato] 【Europe】 As seen in...

suspension structure

…In contrast, cables are weak in compression but ...

Wexler, D.

…Since then, intelligence tests have spread to ma...

Thymocyte

…There are three types of cells in both the corte...

dynamic random access memory

…Today, it is common to express the technological...

Vesicle

…(3) Nodule: A raised lesion on the skin larger t...

Elin Pelin

1877‐1949 Bulgarian short story writer. His real n...

Dühring diagram - Dühringsens

U. Dühring (1878) discovered that there is an app...

Wakasa Province Guardian's Office

A chronological record of the successive Shugo of ...