Susan Orlean says canine accrued most best-actor votes at inaugural Academy Awards in 1929 but was passed over
It has been seen as one of the darkest scandals in Academy history: the tale of a cherished Hollywood star, robbed of his rightful best actor Oscar by a craven Hollywood establishment. Now, at long last, justice may be at hand as the American author Susan Orlean calls on the Academy to come clean, admit its mistake and award a posthumous Oscar to Rin Tin Tin.
Orlean's new biography Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend gives credence to a longstanding Hollywood rumour that the canine star won the most votes at the inaugural Academy Awards in 1929 only to be passed over in favour of the German actor Emil Jannings. "The first year the Oscars were awarded, it seems to have been more a popularity contest than a serious assessment of performance,...
It has been seen as one of the darkest scandals in Academy history: the tale of a cherished Hollywood star, robbed of his rightful best actor Oscar by a craven Hollywood establishment. Now, at long last, justice may be at hand as the American author Susan Orlean calls on the Academy to come clean, admit its mistake and award a posthumous Oscar to Rin Tin Tin.
Orlean's new biography Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend gives credence to a longstanding Hollywood rumour that the canine star won the most votes at the inaugural Academy Awards in 1929 only to be passed over in favour of the German actor Emil Jannings. "The first year the Oscars were awarded, it seems to have been more a popularity contest than a serious assessment of performance,...
- 1/4/2012
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
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