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1. www.oscars.org › oscars › ceremoniesThe 1st Academy Awards | 1929 - Oscars.org

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   The First Oscar Presentation and Banquet. Held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Joseph Farnham. Farnham receiving his Oscar from presenter Douglas Fairbanks. Janet Gaynor. Best Actress winner for 7th Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise. View More Memorable Moments.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 1st_Academy_Awards1st Academy Awards - Wikipedia

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   Unlike later ceremonies, an actor could be awarded for multiple films: Emil Jannings won Best Actor for his work in both The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command, while Best Actress winner Janet Gaynor was honored for three films. Charlie Chaplin and Warner Brothers each received an honorary award.

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   Nov 24, 2009 · German actor Emil Jannings won the Best Actor honor for his roles in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh, while 22-year-old Janet Gaynor was the only female winner. After receiving...

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6. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › filmsOscars: The Nazi shame of Best Actor winner Emil Jannings ...

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   Mar 8, 2024 · Friday 08 March 2024 08:56 GMT. Comments. Emil Jannings with his Best Actor statuette, 1928 (Rex) W hen the ballot results came in to decide the first winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, the...

7. www.nytimes.com › 2021/01/27 › moviesThe First Oscar Ceremony Lasted 15 Minutes. What Happened?

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   Jan 27, 2021 · Emil Jannings, the best actor winner, had returned to his native Germany, though he asked for, and received, his award before he left. (Back then, actors and actresses could win for more than...

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   Did Janet Gaynor win an Oscar?

   • "Even one year later the show was covered live on radio." The first actor to win an Academy award was Emil Jannings for The Way of all Flesh. Janet Gaynor (wearing an off-the-rack dress) was awarded the Best Actress Oscar for Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.

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   Why did Emil Jannings win the Oscars?

   • German actor Emil Jannings won the best actor award for his roles in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. The Oscars might prefer to have him as a footnote, however, because he went on to be named Germany's "artist of the state" in 1941, a recognition conferred by Nazi minister of propaganda Joseph Goebbels.

   The first Oscars: what happened in 1929 - The Telegraph

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   Did Janet Gaynor have a family affair?

   • “It was just a family affair,” Janet Gaynor, winner of the first Academy Award for best actress, told The Times in 1982. “I remember there was an orchestra, and as you danced, you saw most of the important people in Hollywood whirling past you on the dance floor. It was more like a private party than a big public ceremony.”

   The First Oscar Ceremony Lasted 15 Minutes. What Happened?

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   Why did the Oscars divert a statuette to Emil Jannings?

   • The film board were concerned that awarding the first statuette to a canine would hardly give credibility to their new awards. To avoiding appearing to be barking mad, they diverted the 1929 Oscar to Emil Jannings. The academy awarded some honours in their inaugural year for performances in more than one film.

   Oscars: The Nazi shame of Best Actor winner Emil Jannings - The Indepe…

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9. www.townandcountrymag.com › the-scene › a9635A Look Back at the First Academy Awards Ceremony

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   Feb 21, 2017 · The first actor to win an Academy award was Emil Jannings for The Way of all Flesh. Janet Gaynor (wearing an off-the-rack dress) was awarded the Best Actress Oscar for Sunrise: A Song of...

10. www.telegraph.co.uk › films › 2016/05/16The first Oscars: what happened in 1929 - The Telegraph

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    May 16, 2016 · Emil Jannings was the first Best Actor and Janet Gaynor Best Actress. There was little chance of the nominees being too nervous to eat their broiled chicken on toast as they sat waiting for...