Couldn’t Filmland Have Aided Russell?
Selling an Oscar smacks of commercialism, protests Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Karl Malden (“Harold Russell Selling ‘Best Years of Our Lives’ Oscar,’ ” July 31). The movie industry has bronzed commercialism and Malden. Why didn’t Malden quietly buy the Oscar and return it to the academy?
JIM SKEESE
San Diego
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