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This Day in History: First Academy Awards Ceremony
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This Day in History: First Academy Awards Ceremony
This Day in History: , First Academy Awards Ceremony.
May 16, 1929.
The first awards ceremony was thought up by MGM mogul, Louis B.
Mayer.
Styled more as a dinner party than how we know the Oscars today, the event included about 250 people.
Before this first ceremony was conducted, the winners had already been announced.
The purpose of the ceremony was to honor the awardees and to present them with their Oscar statuettes.
'Wings' and 'Sunrise' were the first films to be awarded as the best films of the year.
Emil Jannings won the Best Actor award and Janet Gaynor won in the Best Actress category
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1st Academy Awards
Award ceremony for films of 1927 and 1928
Louis B. Mayer
Canadian-American film producer (1884โ1957)
Academy Award for Best Actor
Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy Awards
Annual awards for cinematic achievements
Albert S Ruddy, the Oscar-winning producer of The Godfather, has died aged 94.
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MGM Resorts International
Hotel and entertainment company
Emil Jannings
German actor (1884โ1950)
Janet Gaynor
American actress, oil painter (1906โ1984)
Academy Award for Best Actress
Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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