From the Book - First edition.
Introduction: A Little Too Scared To Hope
You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet, 1927-29: The Academy's turbulent birth
Rebels, 1933-39: Frank Capra and the attack of the guilds
War! 1942: The plot against Citizen Kane
The Greatest Star, 1951: All about an extraordinary Best Actress race
Who Is Robert Rich? 1947-60: Three screenwriters and the Hollywood blacklist
X, 1970: The counterculture takes the Oscars
Running the asylum, 1976: The Oscars fly over the cuckoo's nest
Fiasco, 1989: Allan Carr and the "Worst Oscars Ever"
The Harveys, 1999: Shakespeare in Love vs. Saving Private Ryan
Tokens, 1940, 1964, 2002: Hattie McDaniel, Sidney Poitier, and Halle Berry make history
The Envelope, 2017: #OscarsSoWhite and a chaotic night
Afterword: Gettin' Jiggy Wit It.