Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Mutambo wokutanga weOscar wakaitwa muna 1929, hapana firimu romumwe mutauro rakaremekedzwa. Mukati menguva yapakuvamba yapashure pehondo (1947<unk>1955), mafirimu masere emitauro yokumwe akagamuchira Special kana Honorary Awards. Mutungamiriri weAcademy uye nhengo yebhodhi Jean Hersholt akataura kuti "mubairo wenyika dzakawanda, kana ukapiwa nenzira yakarurama uye nokungwarira, waizosimudzira ukama hwapedyo pakati pevaiti vemafirimu vokuAmerica nevokune dzimwe nyika". Firimu rokutanga romutauro wokumwe rakakudzwa nomubayiro wakadaro rakanga riri mutambo wokuItaly unonzi "Shoeshine", ane mashoko okuti: "mhando yakakwirira yeiri firimu rinotenderera, rakaunzwa kuupenyu hunotaura munyika yakakuvadzwa nehondo, uchapupu kunyika hwokuti mudzimu wokusika unogona kukunda nhamo". Mumakore akatevera, mibayiro yakafanana yakapiwa kune mamwe mafirimu manomwe: imwe kubva kuItaly ("The Bicycle Thief"), maviri kubva kuFrance ("Monsieur Vincent" uye "Mitambo Yakarambidzwa"), matatu kubva kuJapan ("Rashomon", "Gate of Hell" uye ""), pamwe chete neFrance-Italy co-production ("The Walls of Malapaga"). Iyi mibairo, zvisinei, yakapiwa pane kungwarira pane nguva dzose (hapana mubairo wakapiwa pa26th Academy Awards yakaitwa muna 1954), uye yakanga isiri yemakwikwi sezvo pakanga pasina vakasarudzwa asi firimu rimwe chete rinokunda gore negore.