A collector of film memorabilia, Spielberg purchased a balsa Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane (1941) in 1982. He bought Orson Welles's own directorial copy of the script for the radio broadcast The War of the Worlds (1938) in 1994. Spielberg has purchased Academy Award statuettes being sold on the open market and donated them to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to prevent their further commercial exploitation. His donations include the Oscars that Bette Davis received for Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938), and Clark Gable's Oscar for It Happened One Night (1934). COUNT 5
QSN1 When was Citizen Kane released? ANS1 1941 QSN2 When was 'The War of the Worlds' radio broadcast? ANS2 1938 QSN3 When did Spielberg buy a sled from Citizen Kane? ANS3 1982 QSN4 When did Spielberg buy Orson Welles' personal script copy from 'The War of the Worlds'? ANS4 1994 QSN5 What does Spielberg do with Academy Awards he buys? ANS5 donated them to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to prevent their further commercial exploitation