Download or read book Bringing Up Oscar written by Debra Ann Pawlak and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of the innovative pioneers who helped make movies the preeminent art form of the twentieth century. The founders of the now infamous Academy were a motley crew as individuals, but when they first converged in Hollywood, then just a small town with dirt roads, sparks flew and fueled a common dream: to bring artistic validity to their beloved new medium. Who were these movers and shakers who would change movies forever? And what about Oscar, their famous son? He is fast approaching his hundredth birthday and is still the undisputed king of Hollywood. Yet with such dynamic parents, what else could we expect?