Immigrants and the Motion Picture Industry

"AND THE AWARD GOES TO..." is the title of a display recently housed at the museum.  

Some of the millions of immigrants arriving in the United States, would later be honored for their contributions made within the film industry. January and February is a time year sometimes  called “Award Season” and in this display we salute immigrants who came his way making their mark within in the entertainment industry.  Visitors were asked to rank 18 motion picture immigrant icons in the order they believed that their contributions have had the greatest impact within the field of entertainment.  The results are as follows:

1. Bob Hope

2. Cary Grant

3. Irving Berlin

4. Samuel Goldwyn

5. tie Frank Capra, Al Jolson

6. Claudette Colbert

7. The Von Trapp Family Singers

8. Max Factor

9. Edward G. Robinson

10. Johnny Weissmuller

11. tie Mischa Auer, Rudolph Valentino

12. Bela Lugosi

13. tie Elia Kazan, Jean Hersholt

14. Ruby Keeler

15. Spyros Skouras

We thank those who participated in our poll.