If you’ve been staying up late wondering how in Heaven’s name the Academy Awards came to be known more popularly as “Oscar” and you think that the answer simply has to be bathed in an endless amount of “Hollywood Glamour”, involving a boat-load beautifully tailored, charming and overly talented matinee idols, you’d better hit the ‘ol back browser button now.

Read How the Academy Award Got Nicknamed ‘Oscar’<br>(Stage Magazine, 1938) for Free

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