From Katharine Hepburn to Shirley Temple: A glance again at Outdated Hollywood Oscars and little-known trivia

The ninety fifth Academy Awards are simply across the nook and a few of the biggest stars in cinematic historical past have taken house an Oscar statuette.

From 1929, the 12 months of the very first ceremony, to postponements and the shortest acceptance speeches, listed here are fascinating details forward of Oscars 2023 – plus moments of nostalgia.

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1. When did the primary Oscar award ceremony happen?

The primary Oscars ceremony happened on Might 16, 1929, on the Hollywood Roosevelt Lodge in Los Angeles, California,” based on the Academy’s official web site, oscars.org. The distribution of the awards reportedly took quarter-hour.

1935: American youngster actor Shirley Temple receives a particular Oscar from American screenwriter Irwin S Cobb (1876 – 1944) on the Academy Awards ceremony, Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Lodge, Los Angeles, California. (Hulton Archive/Getty Photographs)

2. Who’re the youngest Oscar winners?

On the age of 6, Shirley Temple is the youngest Academy Award Honoree. 

Tatum O’Neal is the youngest winner, at age 10, for her efficiency in “Paper Moon” and Justin Henry is the youngest Oscar nominee on the age of 8-years-old for “Kramer vs Kramer,” based on oscars.org.

3. Who gained essentially the most Oscars?

Katharine Hepburn is essentially the most adorned actor and actress with 4 Academy Awards to her title. In 1934, Hepburn was awarded the Finest Actress Oscar for “Morning Glory,” oscars.org stories. She then gained two consecutive Finest Actress awards in 1968 and 1969 for “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “The Lion in Winter,” the latter she shared with Barbra Streisand. 

Her ultimate Academy Award was in 1982 for “On Golden Pond.”

Meryl Streep holds the file for many nominations, 21, by a performer within the performing classes, however she has solely taken house three Oscars, based on oscars.org.

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4. Who holds the longest hole between Oscar nominations?

Judd Hirsch holds the longest hole between nominations on the Academy Awards at 42 years. Hirsch gained his first Academy Award in 1981 for his efficiency in “Peculiar Individuals” and has been nominated for his second Oscar on the upcoming ninety fifth Academy Awards.

Hirsch’s file was not too long ago acknowledged by the Guinness E-book of World Data.

5. Has the winners listing ever been leaked earlier than the Oscars ceremony?

In 1940, The Los Angeles Occasions broke the Academy’s embargo, by releasing the profitable achievements previous to the award ceremony, the Academy reported in its article, “Historical past of the Oscars Presentation.” 

Since then, the Academy has adopted the “sealed-envelope” strategy ensuring no winners will probably be introduced till the night’s festivities, based on The Los Angeles Occasions. This method continues to be used in the present day.

6. Who’s the oldest Oscar nominee?

Composer John Williams is the oldest Academy Award nominee on the age of 90, oscars.org reported. He’s nominated on the upcoming ninety fifth Academy Awards for scoring “The Fabelmans,” directed by Steven Spielberg.

Composer John Williams (proper) attends fiftieth Annual Academy Awards on April 3, 1978 on the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Photographs)

If Williams takes house the Oscar, he’ll turn out to be the oldest Academy Award winner taking the title away from Anthony Hopkins who gained Finest Actor in 2021 on the age of 83 for his efficiency in “The Father.”

7. Which actor obtained two Oscars for a similar function?

Harold Russell is the one actor to have obtained two Academy Awards for a similar function. The World Warfare II veteran misplaced each his palms throughout his navy service and went on to painting Homer Parrish in “The Finest Years of Our Lives.” 

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The veteran gained Finest Supporting Actor and was awarded an honorary Oscar for “bringing assist and luxury to disabled veterans by means of the medium of movement footage” in 1947, acknowledged the U.S. Nationwide Archives.

8. Who delivered the longest Oscar speech?

The file for the longest Academy Award acceptance speech, reportedly lasting for practically six minutes, belongs to Greer Garson on the fifteenth Academy Awards. She was named Finest Actress in 1942 for her efficiency in “Mrs. Minidriver.”

The Academy Awards Acceptance Speech Database states that from the footage it at present has, the mixed excerpts from Garson’s speech equals three minutes, 56 seconds. The Academy additionally stories that the newsreel protection has “solely parts” of Garson’s speech.

Actress Greer Garson gained the Academy Award for Finest Actress for her function in Mrs. Miniver, and actor James Cagney gained the Academy Award for Finest Actor for his function in Yankee Doodle Dandy. (Getty Photographs)

“Whereas it’s clear that the opening paragraph is the start of her speech, it isn’t recognized how the remainder of the items match collectively or the extent of the lacking footage,” the Academy wrote.

The Academy reportedly now imposes a time restrict of 45 seconds per speech.

9. Which Oscar winner had Oscar-winning mother and father?

No different mom, father and daughter combo can say they’re all Academy Award winners, apart from Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli and Liza Minnelli. 

Whereas Judy Garland by no means gained a aggressive Academy Award, the legendary actress was introduced with a particular Academy Juvenile Award in 1940, for her efficiency in “The Wizard of Oz” and “Babes in Arms.” 

Garland was introduced with a particular Academy Juvenile Award in 1940, for her efficiency in “The Wizard of Oz.” Right here Garland seems in a scene from the 1939 movie, performing “Over the Rainbow.” The tune gained an Oscar for greatest unique tune and is taken into account by many critics the best tune in American historical past. (Picture by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Photographs)

Garland’s former husband, Vincente Minnelli, gained the Oscar for Finest Direct in 1958 for the movie “Gigi,” starring Leslie Caron. Liza Minnelli gained the Academy Award for Finest Actress for her portrayal of Sally Bowles in “Cabaret” (1972), based on oscars.org.

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10. What have been the shortest Oscar acceptance speeches?

After profitable the Oscar in 1963 for Finest Supporting Actress in “The Miracle Employee,” Patty Duke’s acceptance speech consisted of solely two phrases — “Thanks,” based on oscars.org. 

Alfred Hitchcock obtained the “Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award” on the 1968 Academy Awards and mentioned, “Thanks,” earlier than strolling away from the microphone. He returned to the rostrum to complete his sentiment with “very a lot certainly,” however the microphone had already been muted, oscars.org reported in its acceptance speech database.

11. What number of movies gained Oscars within the 5 main classes?

Three movies have gained the 5 main awards — Finest Image, Finest Actor, Finest Actress, Finest Director and Finest Screenplay. The record-breaking movies embrace, “It Occurred One Night time” (1934), “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) and “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991), based on Academy Award statistics on oscars.org.

“It Occurred One Night time” starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. Winner of all 5 main 1934 Oscars. (Common Historical past Archive/UIG through Getty photographs)

12. What number of deaf actors have gained Oscars?

Two deaf artists have been awarded Oscar. Marlee Matlin, Finest Actress 1987 for “Youngsters of a Lesser God,” held the title as the one deaf particular person to obtain and Academy Award for over 30 years.

In 2022, Troy Kotsur was awarded Finest Supporting Actor for his efficiency in “CODA,” starring alongside Matlin.

13. The place is Audrey Hepburn’s ‘fortunate’ Oscars gown?

Audrey Hepburn’s gown that she wore for her Academy Award win in 1954 for her efficiency in “Roman Vacation” (1954) was offered at public sale in 2011 for $131,292. Her gown was a custom-designed Givenchy robe that was made to copy the unique gown designed by Edith Head that Hepburn wore within the movie.

Hepburn usually referred to the ivory lace robe as her “fortunate gown,” based on Kerry Taylor Auctions, by means of which the gown was offered.

14. What number of instances have the Oscars been postponed?

The Academy Awards have by no means been canceled, however the ceremony has been postponed. In 1938, the ceremony was delayed one week following a significant flood in Los Angeles, based on oscars.org.

In 1968, the award present was postponed from April 8 to April 10 out of respect for Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral, which happened on April 9.

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The Academy Awards ceremony has been postponed a number of instances because of climate, historic occasions or a well being disaster such because the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP through Getty Photographs)

In 1981, celebration was postponed for twenty-four hours after the tried assassination of Ronald Reagan.

In 2003, 5 days earlier than the Awards ceremony, the U.S. formally declared struggle and invaded Iraq. “Initially, Academy officers thought of suspending the ceremony; the ultimate choice was to proceed as scheduled, however with out the same old purple carpet fanfare,” based on oscars.org.

In 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 93rd ceremony was moved from February 28, 2021 to April 25.

Pictured: (high to backside) The hosts of the forty seventh Academy Awards: Bob Hope, Shirley Maclaine, Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra. (NBCU Picture Financial institution/NBCUniversal through Getty Photographs through Getty Photographs)

16. Which superstar most-served as host for the Oscars?

Legendary comic Bob Hope has hosted the Academy Awards greater than some other Hollywood star, with 19 ceremonies to his title, based on the New-York Historic Society.

The comic hosted a few of the most historic ceremonies, together with the primary televised Oscars in 1953 and the primary Oscar broadcast in coloration in 1966, the group reported.

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17. Have there been any Oscar-win ties? 

Within the historical past of the Academy Awards, there have been two ties for an performing award. In 1932, Wallace Beery, “The Champ,” and Fredric March, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” cut up the Finest Actor Oscar. 

Whereas it was not a real tie, March had yet another vote over Beery, the principles on the time acknowledged that “if an achievement got here inside three votes of the winner, that achievement would additionally obtain the award,” acknowledged the Oscars Award database.

The ninety fifth annual Academy Awards is simply across the nook and all through historical past we now have seen a few of Hollywood’s most legendary stars take house their very own golden statuette. (Getty Photographs)

The primary ever actual tie in a principal Oscar class happened in 1969. Katharine Hepburn, “The Lion in Winter,” and Barbra Streisand, “Humorous Lady,” every obtained 3,030 votes for Finest Actress, based on Historical past.com. Hepburn was not in attendance to obtain her award, however when Streisand was introduced along with her statuette, she delivered the long-lasting Fanny Brice line, “Good day, Attractive!”

There have additionally been ties in Finest Documentary (Brief Movie, 1949), Finest Documentary (Characteristic, 1986), Finest Brief movie (Stay Motion, 1994) and Finest Sound Modifying in 2012.

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