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Year: 1985 (58th) Academy Awards
Category: Short Film (Live Action)
Film Title: Molly's Pilgrim
Winner: Jeff Brown and Chris Pelzer, Producers (accompanied on stage by executive producer Barbara Bryant)
Presenter: "Stan Laurel" (Jim McGeorge), "Oliver Hardy" (Chuck McCann)
Date & Venue: March 24, 1986; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
BARBARA BRYANT:
They don't have to thank their mother; they brought her with them.
JEFF BROWN:
Dad, too. This is really amazing. I want to thank the Academy. And I want to thank Barbara Cohen who wrote the book that we adopted—adopted?—adapted. And Sophia Eliazova, for being "Molly." She was the lead in the film and a Russian immigrant herself. And this is really a wonderful way to be welcomed to Hollywood. Thank you.
CHRIS PELZER:
I'd like to give a special thanks to the Board of Governors for allowing me to be here. Of course I really don't deserve to be here, it's only because they couldn't put all the crew members' names and the cast members' names on here [pointing to the base of the statuette]. This is for them. Thank you.
BARBARA BRYANT:
And, as the executive producer, we dedicate this film to all the immigrants, to all the aliens, and to all the pilgrims seeking safe haven. Thank you.
© Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]
