Theatre is a chance for people to be in a dark room with a bunch of other sweaty bodies and see what might happen.
Tim Miller
“Bongo-Bongo” by Al Brule c. 1950’s
Displaced victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, in front of a temporary tent shelter, San Francisco, California, April 1906.
May 16th 1929: First Academy Awards
On this day in 1929, the first Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California. The ceremony was hosted by actor Douglas Fairbanks and director William C. de Mille. 15 awards were handed out, with William Wellman’s ‘Wings’ winning Best Picture and Charlie Chaplin and Warner Brothers being given Honorary Awards. The ceremony was a private brunch with 270 guests and only lasted 15 minutes; it is the only Oscars not to be broadcast on radio or television.“I found that the best way to handle filmmakers was to hang medals all over them…If I got them cups and awards they’d kill them to produce what I wanted. That’s why the Academy Award was created”
- Louis B. Mayer (creator of the Awards)
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January 1944
