The Bulletin, Number 9, Fall 1975

              AMPAS PUBlICATIONS Academy of Motion
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Non-Awards TV Special
Another Academy First
This year seems to be a year for
"firsts" in the history of the Acad­emy.
The Academy, for the first
time in its history aside from the
Academy Award Presentations, has
produced a one-hour television
special for the ABC network. It is
scheduled to air Nov. 25, from 10-11
p.m. and will inaugurate a new five
year contract with ABC.
Jack Lemmon, who was awarded
an Oscar for best supporting actor
for his role in Mr. Roberts twenty
years ago, and for best actor for
Save The Tiger in 1974, will host the
show, entitled, The Academy Pre­sents
Oscar's Greatest Music. The
show is a composite of musical
numbers from Academy Award
shows from 1956 through last year,
including Judy Garland's Cole Porter
medley from 1965, Isaac Hayes' ren­dition
of Shaft from 1972, and Eddie
Jack Lemmon and the film crew at work in the
lobby of the new building during the filming of
" The Academy Presents Oscar's Greatest Music."
FALL, 1975 BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF.
Building Dedication Plans Under Way
Those in the motion picture industry go to all
ends to w in an Oscar. This photogra pher l iterally
d id just that to take this photograph of Osca r
movi ng into the Academy's new bui ld ing. His
efforts were not in va in since they resul ted in a
UP! wire service break announcing the opening
of t he Academy of Motion Picture A rts and
Sciences' new seven -story bui ld ing.
Fisher's Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing from 1956.
Producer-Director Richard Pat­terson
selected the segments used
for their intrinsic entertainment
value. After sorting through a phe­nomenal
amount of footage, he has
selected what he feels is an interest­ing
variety. Patterson has recently
written and directed a feature docu­mentary
on Charlie Chaplin entitled
The Gentleman Tramp. He also did
a Chaplin montage with Peter Bog­donovich
for the 44th Academy
Awards show and an Edward G.
Robinson montage for the 45th
Academy Awards show.
The doors at 8949 Wilshire Boule­vard
are finally open. The Academy
has planned a week of Gala Ded­ication
festivities for the official
opening, December 8, to celebrate
one of the greatest accomplishments
in the Academy's 48-year history.
For the first time, the Academy has
all of its facilities housed under one
roof in a practical and luxurious new
seven-story building under its own
ownership.
Similar dedication ceremonies
are planned for each of five consec­utive
evenings. National and inter­national
press, industry leaders,
civic leaders, governmental leaders,
and past Academy Award winners
will be invited to the black tie Gala
Dedication ceremonies on the first
evening. The 3800 members of the
Academy w i ll be invited alphabet­ically
on thefollowingfourevenings.
The President of the Academy,
Walter Mirisch, and the Board of
Governors will host a champagne
reception in the Grand Lobby at 8
p.m. followed by continuous tours
of the building, and a screening of a
film compiled of excerpts from Best
Picture Academy Award winners.
The tours include the Players
Directory, which is now compiled
and housed in the building; the
Board of Governors' Conference
room; the President's office; the Ex­ecutive
Director's office; the Marga­ret
Herrick Library which houses so
many volumes that it fi·lls two floors;
the two projection rooms; the 80-
seat screening room and the Samuel
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