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The 1st Academy Awards ceremony

Description

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films of 1927 and 1928. Tickets cost $5 (which would be $75 in 2020, considering inflation), 270 people attended the event and the presentation ceremony lasted 15 minutes. Awards were created by Louis B. Mayer, founder of Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation, now MGM.

Organized, May 16, 1929

Factoids

1929- It is the only Academy Awards ceremony not to be broadcast either on radio or television.

Related People & Organizations

Douglas Fairbanks,: He was a founding member of United Artists and of the Motion Picture Academy. He hosted the 1st Academy Awards ceremony.

Charlie Chaplin,: The legendary actor received three Academy Awards in his career. The first one was an Honorary Award for "versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing, and producing The Circus" during the first ceremony in 1929.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,: The Awards were created by Louis B. Mayer, founder of Mayer Pictures Corporation, which later merged into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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