LOS ANGELES - Whoever winds up with these Oscars may want to thank members of the court. A judge has ordered a trial in the case involving ownership of two Oscars presented to Mary Pickford, and a third given to former husband Charles "Buddy" Rogers.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles C. Lee issued a final ruling late Tuesday in favor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which sued heirs of Rogers' second wife, Beverly, in August to prevent public sale of the statuettes.
The Academy says its bylaws give it the first chance to buy the Oscars.
Lee denied a motion by attorneys for Beverly Rogers' children to dismiss the case, which is scheduled to go to trial Sept. 8.
Pickford won the Oscar for best actress in 1930 for "Coquette." She was given an honorary Oscar in 1975.
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