Word: oscars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...edgy on the plane from Bermuda, where he had been resting for a few days before setting foot in the U.S. for the first time in 20 years. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had invited him to receive a special award at Hollywood's Oscar ceremonies, and the Film Society of New York City's Lincoln Center was throwing a big party for him at Philharmonic Hall. But what about the audiences? Would they respond again to the comic humanity of his Little Tramp? Would they resurrect the old resentments at the leftish leanings...
...kitsch didn't really hit the fan until the scene was set for Charles Chaplin's honorary Oscar. Daniel Taradash, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Hollywood lefty of decent standing, introduced the world's greatest film comic and actor--and some would say director--as a man who always strove to prove that "man's humanity to man is far greater than his inhumanity to man." Then, after a film clip melange predictably slapped together by Peter boy-do-I-know-films Bogdanovich. Chaplin emerged from the same stage cockpit as the first...
...seemed that there would be hope for Collins's appeal. On April 24, 1970 the Sixth District Court in New Orleans threw out the conviction of a white man. Oscar E. Clinton, for draft evasion, Like Collins, Clinton claimed hat board members lived outside his area. The Court ruled that this violated the defendant's rights. But the Sixth District Court of Appeals in New Orleans apparently choice to ignore this ruling three days later when it upheld Collins's conviction...
Dynasty and Power. Coppola was an established screenwriter (he won an Oscar last year for co-authoring Patton), but he had an indifferent record as a director (Finian's Rainbow, You're a Big Boy Now). Nevertheless, Evans had faith in Coppola's ability, and attached particular importance to the fact that he was Italian-American. Says Evans: "He knew the way these men in The Godfather ate their food, kissed each other, talked. He knew the grit." Coppola, deeply in debt, could have used an offer to direct traffic, let alone a movie like The Godfather...
...Oscar Ellison gained a decision over Ollie Goodenough in the freshman 165-pound class, and Fred Smith, out with an injured ankle, forfeited to Mike Rosenbaum in the 175-pound house fight...