With the Oscars just around ... that their annual award needed to be “a majestic trophy.” For its creation, MGM art director Cedric Gibbons designed a statuette standing on a reel of film ...

And the Oscar goes to... Wait, wait, wait... The statue was originally ... the most Academy Awards with 22. The runner-up is Cedric Gibbons, who won 11 Oscars for best art direction.