The first Academy Awards presentation in 1929, an industry affair held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel where awards distribution took all of 15 minutes, was not much more than a large, fancy dinner party. In fact, all of the winners had been announced three months earlier, so it was more of a congratulatory event than the nail-biting affair it is today. The audience of about 270 people sat down to a private banquet of broiled half-chicken on toast, string beans, consommé Celestine, long branch…
A Caviar-Topped History of Dinner at the Oscars
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