AMPAS Certificate of Nomination plaque: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This plaque is a made of wood with a laminated paper certificate with a gold border and silver seal with ribbons. The certificate is printed:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION FOR AWARD Be it known that Harry Warren, Harold Adamson and Leo McCarey were nominated for an Academy Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement Song "An Affair To Remember" from "An Affair To Remember" This judgment being rendered with reference to Motion Pictures First Regularly Exhibited in the Los Angeles district during the year ending December 31, 1957

The song “An Affair to Remember” was featured in the 1957, 20th Century Fox romance film, An Affair to Remember, directed by Leo McCarey and starred Gary Grant, Deborah Kerr, and Richard Denning. “An Affair to Remember” was sung by Vic Damone and by Marni Nixon during the film.

Materials, dates and provenance

• presentation date: 1957
• recipient: Warren, Harry
• recipient: Adamson, Harold
• recipient: McCarey, Leo
• presenter: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• manufacturer: Perma Plaque Corp.
• Object Name: plaque
• Physical Description: wood (overall material)
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Physical Description: ink (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 13 1/2 in x 11 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 29.845 cm x 1.27 cm
• place made: United States: California, Los Angeles, Hollywood
• Subject: Awards and Prizes
• ID Number: 2002.3101.04
• catalog number: 2002.3101.04
• nonaccession number: 2002.3101
• Credit Line: Gift of Jophe Jones and Julia Riva
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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