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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to an Oscar audience by radio in 1941. "
Notes on People; Reagan, on Tape, Will Greet Oscars Audience
Published: March 12, 1981
In his years as a Hollywood actor, Ronald Reagan never won an Academy Award nomination. But now that Mr. Reagan has moved on to another profession, he's been invited to appear on the Academy Awards program on March 30.
The President will remain in the White House and tape a brief greeting to the audience at the Oscar ceremonies, and his words will be televised early in the awards show.
''President Reagan was once a member of our industry and it seemed fitting for him to join us,'' said Norman Jewison, producer of this year's show.
He will not be the first President to make such an address. Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to an Oscar audience by radio in 1941.
http://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/12/nyregion/notes-on-people-reagan-on-tape-will-greet-oscars-audience.html
Published: March 12, 1981
In his years as a Hollywood actor, Ronald Reagan never won an Academy Award nomination. But now that Mr. Reagan has moved on to another profession, he's been invited to appear on the Academy Awards program on March 30.
The President will remain in the White House and tape a brief greeting to the audience at the Oscar ceremonies, and his words will be televised early in the awards show.
''President Reagan was once a member of our industry and it seemed fitting for him to join us,'' said Norman Jewison, producer of this year's show.
He will not be the first President to make such an address. Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to an Oscar audience by radio in 1941.
http://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/12/nyregion/notes-on-people-reagan-on-tape-will-greet-oscars-audience.html
How "un-American."
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"Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to an Oscar audience by radio in 1941. " (Original Post)
ProSense
Feb 2013
OP
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)1. Frank Bozell would agree, as well as
A few leaders of the revanchist right that emerge in the 1950s...they saw that as a symbol of the new deal and un american.
Reading a lovely book on that history...
ProSense
(116,464 posts)2. The constant RW. n/t
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)3. The talking points have been repeated for fifty + years
Orwell had it tight. They have gone "mainstream"
ProSense
(116,464 posts)4. FDR: "Gross" and "un-American" n/t
Cha
(297,297 posts)5. I just posted this on another thread that
mentioned somebody called Michelle "Un-American".. that she was in good company with FDR.
Talk about "jump the shark".
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)6. Franklin and Eleanor's son James presented Best Picture in 1939 as well
The Oscar went to 'You Can't Take It With You'.