Kilenyi Medal Medallic Art Company. Need Help!

well the subject mater is acting and/or films. What does the other side look like?

The other side is blank.

Nothing on the edge other then medallic art co. ny. It says "kilenyi c/s millard" from what I can tell. I will post a better pic of engravers name shortly.

Julio Kilenyi (1885-1959) was a medallic sculptor born in Romania who ultimately settled in New York. His list of works is considerable, as a quick internet search will reveal.

There are a few folks with the name Millard during that time frame, but nothing I could confirm.

A closeup of the signatures would certainly be useful. I'd imagine h2osol may then resolve the issue for us.

Dear Members,
The medal was first struck in 1925 by the Medallic Art Co.#1925-033. It is called the Hugo Riesenfeld medal.The second name on the medal is C.E. Millard. Claude E. Millard (1887-1960) was an illustrator, graphic designer and movie poster creator. He signed his work CE/Millard. It was the slash that confused me. econrad nearly got it right. I just didn't see it. I also thought it was mid-fifties. It was actually 30 years earlier. Riesenfeld was a major film composer who got his start in the silent era from 1915 to 1925 managing three NYC motion picture houses, most notably the Criterion. He was one of the few composers who perfected the art of accompanying silent motion pictures with a live orchestra playing an original score to enhance the action on the screen. Often the orchestras were upwards of 70 musicians. When sound came along he moved to California as MD for United Artists. Millard was a freelancer but Riesenfeld used him in many capacities for his movie houses. Lobby cards, programs, posters, even painted theatrical backdrops. I do not yet know the reason for the medal but I would posit that Riesenfeld commissioned Millard to design it and Julio Kilenyi to sculpt it. Kilenyi had a brother Edward who was also a writer and conductor of musical scores for silent pictures in NYC. They all knew each other. Just as Riesenfeld started the music dept at UA, Edward Kilenyi was the MD for Fox Pictures, later 20th Century Fox.
To continue the thread, in 1955 the George Eastman House Festival of Film Artists used the design elements of the Riesenfeld medal for the reverse of their Medal of Honor. So to get the credit right this reverse was sculpted by Paul Fjelde after Julio Kilenyi from a design by Claude E. Millard.
It has only taken me 10 years to write that sentence.
I have attached the reverse of the 1982 Festival of Film Artists MoH to show how the medal design was adapted.
Thanks for your help.

Dear MV
The only two examples known of the Riesenfeld medal are the econrad example and the Medallic Art Co. reference bronze example. There is some evidence that three gold examples were struck but this is an ongoing research quest.
On another issue I have built a bibliography for my Kilenyi catalog of about 80 titles. Probably half the titles would be generic for medal collectors. I would be happy to email you a copy so you could cherry pick the titles of interest for your list
Thanks
BTW Kilenyi was a Hungarian not a Romanian.

Dear MV,
I got a note from management that since I am a new member the email feature is not available to me.
Sorry about that!

Dear econrad,
Thanks for the post. Further research has revealed that a gold Hugo Riesenfeld medal was issued at least twice.

First here is a sentence from the Riesenfeld NY Times obit that sets up the award. "It was also the belief of Riesenfeld that every picture program should include a short film, of one or two reels, and that this minor attraction should be as carefully produced as the main feature. To stimulate interest in "shorts" he gave a gold medal for the best film of the year in this class."

Second I found two award events:
December 23, 1925; at a luncheon in NYC, The Hugo Riesenfeld gold medal for best short subject (exclusive of comedies) exhibited during the year ending September 1, 1925 was awarded to The Voice of the Nightingale produced in Paris by Louis Starewitch. A jury of five prominent motion picture executives made the selection and Will H. Hays, President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America presented the medal to E. W. Hammons, President of the US distributor, Educational Film Exchanges, Inc who accepted the medal on behalf of the producer.

March 29, 1927; The Hugo Riesenfeld gold medal was awarded to Eugene Roth for his short subject film The Vision for the year ending September 1, 1926. The presentation was again made by Will H. Hays. This short was also distributed by Educational Film Exchanges.
No further awards are known. There is a photo of the first award presentation in the Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester. NY 12/27/25 p11. I tried to upload the picture but failed
I am compiling a catalog of the works of the Julio Kilenyi and I would appreciate any information you have about your example that would add to my knowledge.
Thanks a lot,
h2osol