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    Awards. The Oscar statuette depicts a knight, rendered in the Art Deco style. The first Academy Awards presentation was held on May 16, 1929, at a private...
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    Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (/ˈhæmərstaɪn/; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and...
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  • 1929 Academy Awards may refer to: 1st Academy Awards, the Academy Awards ceremony that took place on May 16, 1929, honoring films released in 1927 and...
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  • (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes...
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    Oscar Chisini (14 March 1889 – 10 April 1967) was an Italian mathematician. He introduced the Chisini mean in 1929. Chisini was born in Bergamo. In 1929...
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  • John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party. "The 1st Academy Awards | 1929". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 8 October 2014. Archived...
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    Oscar Rex (sometimes spelled Oskar; 26 March 1857 – 8 February 1929) was an Austrian genre painter. Born in Graz, Rex grew up in Prague. From 1876 to...
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    Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe (December 31, 1888 – June 18, 1968) was an American businessman who served as the mayor of Houston, Texas, for 22 years, in 11...
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    Lucky Day (1929), Frank Capra's Flight (1929), One Hysterical Night (1929) (a bigger role), The Last Performance (1929), The Long Long Trail (1929) with Gibson...
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    Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor, author, radio game show panelist, television...
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  • Oscar Núñez (1929 – 9 February 2012) was an Argentine actor known for his work in film and theatre. Some of his best known film credits included Nine...
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    Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈoskaʁ ni.eˈmajeʁ])...
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    year George Arliss, born 10 April 1868 (Best Actor, Disraeli, 1929) Earliest-born Oscar nominee by birth year May Robson, born 19 April 1858 (Best Actress...
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    John Stange(r) Heiss Oscar Asche (24 January 1871 – 23 March 1936), better known as Oscar Asche, was an Australian actor, director, and writer, best known...
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  • dialogue track. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor films released in 1927/28, there was no separate category for foreign...
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    Oscar Gustaf Björck (15 January 1860 – 5 December 1929) was a Swedish painter and a professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Born in Stockholm,...
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  • (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)] "Walt Disney's Oscars® | the Walt Disney Family Museum". Archived from the original...
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    August 27, 2013. Chilton, Martin (May 16, 2016). "The first Oscars: what happened in 1929". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on May 19...
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    Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United...
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  • Hal Ashby (category 1929 births)
    William Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) was an American film director and editor. His work exemplified the countercultural attitude of...
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  • is current as of the 96th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 10, 2024. 1929: The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel 1930–1943: Alternated between the Ambassador...
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    Oscar Stanton De Priest (March 9, 1871 – May 12, 1951) was an American politician and civil rights advocate from Chicago. A member of the Illinois Republican...
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    The Broadway Melody, also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929, is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award...
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    Joe Pass (category 1929 births)
    well known for his work stemming from numerous collaborations with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, his status as one of the most notable...
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    Sweet Adeline is a 1934 musical film adaptation of the 1929 Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II Broadway play of the same title. It stars Irene Dunne and...
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    Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (US: /mɪˈʃoʊ/ ; (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than...
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  • is an overview of 1929 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. The top ten 1929 released films by...
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    competed in a combined Best Cinematography category. "Oscar nominations". January 24, 2009. "Oscar Breakdown: Best Cinematography". Archived from the original...
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    Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938), nicknamed "the Big O", is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati...
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    August 27, 2013. Chilton, Martin (May 16, 2016). "The first Oscars: what happened in 1929". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on May 19...
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