The Oscar starts at Chicago's R.S. Owens & Co., which has manufactured the statuettes since 1983. (It also makes the Emmy statuettes.) Ingots of proprietary Britannia pewter alloy are melted and poured into molds based on the original 1928 design by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons that depicts a stylized knight holding a crusader's sword. Aside from minor alterations to the base, the statuette today is identical to the original. About 50 are made for each ceremony.
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