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It's Oscar day in Los Angeles, Hollywood to be exact, and after three days of cloudy days, overcast skies and steady periods of rain, the sun is out for the red carpet today, with a high of 62° and after party temperatures down to 47°!
The Academy Awards are currently held right next door to the Chinese Theatre which held them for three years, from 1944-46. It's possible a phot below was previously posted, but I don't recall seeing many photos of the interior of one of those ceremonies, before. At least not a long shot.
Here's your ticket to the first awards held at the Chinese Theatre, March 2, 1944, 74 years ago:
Hollywood Golden Guy
Notice it says -INFORMAL-! It's the first year that the Oscars weren't being held as a banquet. Being wartime they decided to make it more low key and less ostentatious, so I'm guessing that's the reason for that note.
And here's your Police Pass:
Hollywood Golden Guy
Outside the Chinese Theatre that night:
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Here's your program for the evening. IMO, a little Germanic, isn't it?
(Click on the photo for larger image.)
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HERE for a look at the inside pages.
Inside the Chinese: I'm rooting for "The Ox-Bow Incident" to win Best Picture.
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Here are the programs for the following two ceremonies held at the Chinese Theatre, March 15, 1945, and March 7, 1946.
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