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According to Oscar

9 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago -

A historical podcast about the winners of the Best Picture Academy Award. Learn why these films were chosen, how society influenced their production, and what the history of American film looks like with them in the spotlight - all from the mouth of Oscar himself!

This educational podcast is unofficial and not related to the Academy Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in any way.

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Episodes

Chapter 9 - The Enemy Within

May 04, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MB

This episode was written using the following references: Gerber, D. A. (1994). Heroes and Misfits: The Troubled Social Reintegration of Disabled Veterans in “The Best Years of Our Lives.” American Quarterly, 46(4), 545–574. Harris, M. (2014). Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War (Reprint ed.). Edinburgh, Great Britain: Penguin Books. Holden, Anthony. (1993). The Oscars: The Secret History of Hollywood’s Academy Awards. Little Brown and Company. Miller, G. (2013)....

Chapter 8 - Crossing the Pond

September 30, 2022 10:30 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

This episode was written using the following references: Frank Nugent, “War’s Double-Entry”, New York Times, 17th September 1939, section A, p. 137 Robert Sklar, Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies [New York: Random House, 1975], p. 253 University of California Television (UCTV). (2017, April 2). Expanded Hitchcock: Rebecca [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved September 25, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY3SKrxnIMo Schatz, T., 1999. Boom and Bust: American Cinem...

Chapter 7 - Propaganda Worth a Hundred Battleships

July 31, 2022 09:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

This episode was written using the following references: Leaving Rosebud, Leaving the Valley: Vestiges of Childhood in Two Classic Films from 1941. Kathy Merlock Jackson and Ray Merlock. The Journal of American Culture, Volume 29 Number 3, September 2006 Harris, M. (2014). Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War (Reprint ed.). Edinburgh, Great Britain: Penguin Books. Herman, J. (1997). A Talent For Trouble: The Life Of Hollywood's Most Acclaimed Director, William Wyl...

Chapter 6 - A Burst of Colour

May 31, 2022 10:30 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB

This episode was written using the following references: Flamini, R. (1975). Scarlett, Rhett, and a cast of thousands : the filming of ‘Gone With the Wind’. New York: Macmillan. Higgins, S. (2007). Harnessing the Technicolor rainbow : color design in the 1930s. Austin: University of Texas Press. Salt, B. (1992). Film style and technology : history and analysis. London: Starword. Lambert, G. (1976). GWTW : the making of ‘Gone With the Wind’. Toronto (etc.) ;: Bantam. Kalmus, N. (1935). C...

Chapter 5 - The 'J' Word

March 31, 2022 09:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

This episode was written using the following references: Balio, T. (1993). Grand design : Hollywood as a modern business enterprise, 1930-1939. New York: Scribner. Behlmer, R., (1985), Inside Warner Bros. (1935-1951).(New York: Viking Press. Denby, D. (2019, July 9). Hitler in Hollywood. Retrieved 10 April 2020, from https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/16/hitler-in-hollywood Doherty, T. (2009). Hollywood’s censor : Joseph I. Breen and the Production Code Administration. New York ;...

Chapter 4 - The Johns and the Janes

February 28, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MB

This episode was written using the following references: American Film Institute. (2010, February 5). Frank Capra Accepts the 10th AFI Life Achievement Award in 1982 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t746ZVw09P4 Balio, T. (1993). Grand design : Hollywood as a modern business enterprise, 1930-1939. New York: Scribner. Capra, F. (1971). The name above the title : an autobiography. New York: Macmillan. Tzioumakis Y. (2006) American independent cinema, an introduct...

Chapter 3 - The Boy Wonder

January 31, 2022 12:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MB

This episode was written using the following references: Balio, T. (2012). Selling Stars: The Economic Imperative. In Neale, S. (ed.), The classical Hollywood reader (pp. 209-225). London: Routledge. Barrios, R. (1995). A song in the dark : the birth of the musical film. New York;: Oxford University Press. Bradley, E. (1996). The first Hollywood musicals : a critical filmography of 171 features, 1927 through 1932. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co. CBS. (1959, October 25). The Movies Lear...

Chapter 2 - 20th Century Blues

December 31, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

This episode was written using the following references: Balio, T. (1993). Grand design : Hollywood as a modern business enterprise, 1930-1939. New York: Scribner. Banita, G. (2013). Fossil Frontiers: American Petroleum History on Film. In Rosenstone, R. & Parvulescu, C. (eds), A companion to the historical film (pp. 301-327). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Rosenstone, R. & Parvulescu, C. (2013). Fenin, G., & Everson, W. (1962). The Western, from silents to cinerama. New York: Orion Press. ...

Introduction & Chapter 1 - Back to the Front

November 30, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

This episode was written using the following references: Eksteins, M. (1980). War, Memory, and Politics: The Fate of the Film All Quiet on the Western Front. Central European History, 13(1), 60-82. Eyman, Scott (2005). Lion of Hollywood: the life and legend of Louis B. Mayer (Ied.). New York, United States: Simon & Schuster. P. 117 Holden, A. (1993). The Oscars: The Secret History of Hollywood’s Academy Awards. Little Brown and Company. Grainge, P., Jancovich, M., & Monteith, S. (2007). ...