Is there anything more glamorous than Hollywood in the 1920s? The furs, the diamonds, the Duesenbergs, and – of course – the red carpet. But the history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is more business than it is art or science. From an attempt to block censorship nationwide to the complications presented by the rise of labor unions, there was much more going on behind the silver screen than on it. In this week’s episode of This Week in Business History, host Kelly Barner shares the business side of the Academy in the context of the very complicated, very innovative, very roaring 20s.
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