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Magic Machines
''The Magic Machines'' is a 1969 American short documentary film directed by Bob Curtis about kinetic artist Robert Gilbert. It won an Oscar at the 42nd Academy Awards The 42nd Academy Awards were presented April 7, 1970, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. For the second year in a row, there was no official host. This was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be broadcast via satelli ... in 1970 for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film (awarded to producer Joan Keller Stern) and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).The film also received the Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Robert Gilbert References External links *''The Magic Machines'' on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Magic Machines, The [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Keller Stern
Joan Keller Stern, born as Joan Keller, (born February 6, 1944) is an American film producer and film actress who was awarded an Oscar in 1970 for the documentary short film she produced, '' The Magic Machines.'' Career Joan Keller Stern's name first appeared in the film industry in 1967 when she was in the comedy horror film '' Spider Baby'' by Jack Hill, in a small role as Aunt Martha, and worked in the costume area for it. In 1969, Keller Stern appeared as the producer of the short documentary film '' The Magic Machines'', for whose production she was awarded an Oscar. The film also received the Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. The film presents the work of the sculptor Robert Gilbert, who creates kinetic and mechanical machines from scrap parts, which he then paints. Later Joan Keller remarried [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Independent Films
1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 28 and injures 314. * January 16 – First successful docking of two crewed spacecraft in orbit and the first transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another (by a space walk) between Soviet craft Soyuz 5 and Soyuz 4. * January 18 – Failure of Soyuz 5's service module to separate correctly causes a near-fatal re-entry (not public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
