Henry Fonda Centennial and Legends of Hollywood Stamp Are Celebrated at Academy

Henry Fonda Centennial and Legends of Hollywood Stamp Are Celebrated at Academy

What: First-day-of-issue ceremony for the Henry Fonda postage stamp, 11th in the Postal Service Legends of Hollywood Stamp Series; Fonda's centennial birthday celebration and screening of "My Darling Clementine" (1946). (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041105/DCF007-h )

Who: John F. Walsh, Member, U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors

Al Iniguez, Vice President, Area Operations, U.S. Postal Service, Pacific Area

Frank Pierson, President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Shirlee Fonda, wife

Jane Fonda, daughter

Vanessa Vadim, granddaughter

Justin Fonda, grandson

Troy Garity, grandson

Robert Osborne, host, film historian and author

When: Reception: 6:30 p.m. (PDT) Ceremony: 7:30 p.m. (PDT) May 20, 2005

Media is welcome to cover the reception for photographs and interviews.

Photographers and camera crews are not permitted in the auditorium. However, a pool feed of the ceremony and the panel discussion will be available on site for television outlets and photos will be posted for download at http://photos.oscars.org/.

Where: Samuel Goldwyn Theater Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA

Background: Distinguished in both theater and film, Henry Fonda is honored by the U.S. Postal Service on the centennial of his birth. Stamp artist Drew Struzan based his portrait of Fonda on a photograph taken by Frank Powolny in 1941. For the selvage, art director Derry Noyes chose a photograph showing Fonda in his performance as Tom Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940).

RSVP: Tarrah Curtis, AMPAS, 310-247-3000, Ext. 181

CONTACT: Larry Dozier, +1-323-586-1211, cell: +1-213-503-9428, or Rita Peer, +1-202-268-2126, cell: +1-202-460-2146, both of U.S. Postal Service.

PRNewswire -- May 20

Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041105/DCF007-h PRN Photo Desk; photodesk@prnewswire.com Source: U.S. Postal Service

Web site: http://www.usps.com/ http://photos.oscars.org/

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