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Sunday, February 13th, 2022 1:28 AM

Live Poll: Founding Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

In 1926, Louis B. Mayer wanted to short-circuit the growing labor union movement in Hollywood. He decided to create an umbrella organization whose membership would be open to all employees of the film industry, but which would actually be controlled by producers to serve their needs overall. One of the earliest decisions was to divide the Academy into five branches: Actors, Directors, Producers, Technicians, and Writers. Dozens of Hollywood dignitaries were invited to attend an organizing banquet at the Ambassador Hotel on January 11, 1927. Anybody who attended would be listed as founding members of the Academy. Thirty-six people attended and, in what would become an Academy tradition, were permanently locked into the one branch they chose for themselves that night, even though some of them were qualified to join multiple branches. Four founding members have no IMDb pages; Fred Beetson and Paramount Pictures executive Milton E. Hoffman, who both joined the Producers Branch; and lawyers George W. Cohen and Edwin Loeb.

Which of the founding member of the AMPAS is your favorite?

Copied partially from cts-6's list

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls539978617/

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/VzjMcYGuCc8/

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Do you mean J. A. Ball and Arthur Ball is the same person? If so, I think it should be in the list only once. 

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@Brijesh​ 

Yeah, I think they are. For now, i'm gonna delete J.A. Ball and keep Arthur Ball. I will see if it is possible to merge the IMDb pages too.

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@cinephile,

I added your poll suggestion to:

FAQ: Polls for 2022 Academy Awards (please add suggestions here)

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/faq-polls-for-2022-academy-awards-please-add-suggestions-here/61fbecebf0f05706cf777555?commentId=61fbf1fcf0f05706cf777687

Would you please also address @Brijesh's comment.

Do you mean J. A. Ball and Arthur Ball is the same person? If so, I think it should be in the list only once.

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Correction:

Which of the founding members of the AMPAS is your favorite?

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Congratulations, @cinephile!

Founding Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/VzjMcYGuCc8/

Please make the minor correction that Jessica recommended and ask for a re-push.

Please change "Poll Suggestion" to "Live Poll" in the discussion thread title and change the settings so that it appears under "Praise" now, rather than "Idea."

 

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How can you NOT vote for Harold Lloyd?

You wouldn't want to make him sad, would you?

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@Tsarstepan​,

Harold Lloyd is my third choice.

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@cinephile Cinephile, could you move this to the praise category and change the title to live poll?

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