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Gigi

Academy Award nomination for Gigi as Best Motion Picture

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Academy Award nomination for Gigi as Best Motion Picture

Remarkable Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences certificate of nomination for Best Picture for the iconic 1958 film Gigi, 9.75 x 11.5, in full: “Be it known that ‘Gigi’ was nominated for an Academy Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement: Best Motion Picture of 1958, Arthur Freed Productions, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Arthur Freed, Producer. This judgment being rendered with reference to Motion Pictures First Regularly Exhibited in the Los Angeles district during the year ending December 31, 1958.” Signed at the conclusion by George Stevens as president of the Academy and Hal Elias as secretary, and bears an official Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gold seal and ribbon to the lower left. The certificate is mounted and lacquered on an official 11.75 x 13.5 ‘Perma Plaque.’ In fine condition, with a few light surface marks. In addition to its box office success, the critically acclaimed Gigi won every Academy Award for which it was nominated, taking home a record-setting nine Oscars. This certificate represents the most coveted of them all—Best Motion Picture—and is a significant piece of cinematic history. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #450 - Ended April 15, 2015





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