On May 11, 1927, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded in California. The Academy was conceived as an organization of volunteer professionals dedicated to the promotion of cinema. However, above all, the Academy is known throughout the world thanks to its annual award "Oscar" - the most prestigious film award.
We bring to your attention a selection of rare shots depicting the history of the Oscars. Photos from the archive of the magazine "LIFE"
(Total 25 photos)
25 rare Oscars footage
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25 rare Oscars footage
1. Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed with Oscars for Best Actor and Actress for their role in From Here to Eternity, which won 8 statuettes in 1954.
25 rare Oscars footage
2. In 1942, Joan Fontaine is awarded an Oscar for her role in the film Suspicion. She is the only actress to win an Oscar for an Alfred Hitchcock film.
25 rare Oscars footage
3. Ginger Rogers and George Murphy dance backstage holding an Oscar before announcing the winner, 1950.
25 rare Oscars footage
4. Audrey Hepburn's only Oscar for her role in the film Roman Holiday.
25 rare Oscars footage
5. Shirley MacLaine in her image.
25 rare Oscars footage 6. Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster with choreographer Jack Cole rehearse their dance number for the song "It's Great Not to Be Nominated" 1958.25 rare Oscars footage 7. At the Academy Awards House in 1958, Janet Leigh and Shirley MacLaine sing along.25 rare Oscars footage 8. Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty 196225 rare Oscars footage 9. Natalie Wood, nominated in 1962 for the best actress Deanie Loomis in the film Splendor in the Grass, fixes her hair before going out.25 rare Oscars footage 10. John Wayne - John Wayne (whose image is projected onto a huge screen) accepts the Academy Award for Best Director for John Ford at the 25th Annual Awards in 1953 - This was the first year the ceremony was televised.25 rare Oscars footage 11. Marlon Brando 1955.25 rare Oscars footage 12. Oscar producer Buddy Adler in the dressing room for the film "From Here to Eternity" 1954.25 rare Oscars footage 13. "King of Hollywood" Clark Gable - talking to a musical group during a break in rehearsal in 1958.25 rare Oscars footage 14. Clark Gable receives a written instruction to conduct an Oscar.25 rare Oscars footage 15. Shirley MacLaine rehearsing with the orchestra in 1958.25 rare Oscars footage 16. Elizabeth Taylor walks through the crowd of fans. At this Oscar in 1961, she received her first Academy Award, for her role in Butterfield.25 rare Oscars footage 17. Kirk Douglas, as elegant as ever 195425 rare Oscars footage
18. Humphrey Bogart and his wife Lauren Bacall in 1955.
25 rare Oscars footage
19. Grace Kelly and Clark Gable in 1954.
25 rare Oscars footage
20. Zsa Zsa Gabor at the rehearsal of the 1958 Oscars.
25 rare Oscars footage
21. Mae West and Rock Hudson flirt during rehearsals for the 1958 Oscars.
25 rare Oscars footage
22. Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster evaluate the design of the scene from the visual row. 1958.
25 rare Oscars footage
23. Bob Hope. 1958
25 rare Oscars footage
24. Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly wait backstage, waiting to come out to announce the winner in 1956.
25 rare Oscars footage 25. Television actress Sandra White arrives late to the opening of the Oscars in 1953.