Monday, February 25, 2019

Ubi sunt, the Biltmore and the Oscars (3)


THE 14TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 1942
Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel
Thursday, February 26, 1942
Honoring movies released in 1941
(pictures from oscars.org)



BOB HOPE. Host of the Academy Awards in the times of glory we prided on having one


GARY COOPER, JOAN FONTAINE, MARY ASTOR AND DONALD CRISP
Best Actor winner for Sergeant York, Best Actress winner for Suspicion, Supporting Actress winner for The Great Lie, and Supporting Actor winner for How Green Was My Valley

CARY GRANT AND ROSALIND RUSSELL
Best Actor nominee for Penny Serenade and newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday (1940)

The Biltmore Hotel hosted the Ceremony of the 4th Academy Awards of the Oscar in 1932 and then from the 7th to the 14th ones except the 12th from 1935 to 1942 except 1940. The Oscar awards were also conceived at the hotel.


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