TeleTales #86…The First Televised Oscars And “Gown Trip”
TeleTales #86…The First Televised Oscars And “Gown Trip”
The 25th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 19, 1953. It took place at the RKO Pantages Theater in Hollywood and at the NBC International Theater in New York. It was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be televised, and the first ceremony to be held in Hollywood and New York City simultaneously. The New York ceremonies were held in NBC’s International Theater, which was then home to “Your Show Of Shows.”
In the short clip below, we see Shirley Booth accepting the best actress award for “Come Back Little Sheba” at the International with cuts back and forth from Hollywood. There’s a quick glimpse of one of the cameras as she exits the stage. Her ascent to the stage is without a doubt the first televised “gown trip.” She is a true pioneer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcBMpusmlkw
Ronald Colman presenting Shirley Booth with the Oscar® for Best Actress for her performance in “Come Back, Little Sheba” at the 25th Academy Awards® in 1953….
Does anyone remember which Oscar telecast it was from both coasts, where the network was trying to do a cross country split screen, and failed miserably? Had been seen on an old blooper show.
Obviously before “Gen Lock.” 🙂