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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) director Cedric Gibbons designed a statuette of “a knight standing on a reel of film grasping a crusader’s sword,” according to The Academy. Five spokes appear on the film reel, one for each of The Academy’s five original branches: actors, directors, producers, technicians, and writers. While Gibbons’ original design changed throughout the course of the year, the sword …
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