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Entertainment
Karin Andreasson

Oscars' golden era: Life magazine photographers at the Academy Awards - in pictures

LIFE at the Oscars: Screen Actor's Guild President George Murphy with Frank Sinatra, who won a
Screen Actor's Guild President George Murphy with Frank Sinatra, who won a special Academy Award for his role in the short film The House I Live In, 1945 Photograph: Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: Ginger Rogers dances with George Murphy backstage at the 1950 Academy Award
Ginger Rogers dances with George Murphy backstage at the 1950 Academy Awards Photograph: Ed Clark/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: Cecil B. DeMille accepts the award for Best Picture for The Greatest Show
Cecil B DeMille accepts the award for best picture for The Greatest Show on Earth from Mary Pickford. The awards host Bob Hope stands to the right. 1953 was the first televised Academy Awards Photograph: JR Eyerman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: 25th Annual Academy Awards Backstage
John Wayne, backstage with Howard Hughes, holds two Oscar statuettes; one for Gary Cooper, who won best actor, and one for director John Ford, who won best director, for High Noon in 1953 Photograph: Loomis Dean/Time Life Pictures
LIFE at the Oscars: An Oscar awarded to producer Buddy Adler
An Oscar awarded to producer Buddy Adler for the film Here to Eternity stands among men's hats in the cloakroom at Romanoff's restaurant in 1954 Photograph: Ed Clark/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman and Barry Fitzgerald hold their Oscars back sta
Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman and Barry Fitzgerald hold their Oscars back stage at the 1945 Academy Awards Photograph: Walter Sanders/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart, nominated for best actor for his performance in The Caine Mutiny, and Lauren Bacall arrive at the Academy Awards ceremony in 1955 Photograph: George Silk/Time Life Pictures
LIFE at the Oscars: Donna Reed and Esther Williams
Donna Reed and Esther Williams, with her fingers crossed, outside the ladies room of Romanoff's restaurant in 1954. Reed won the best supporting actress award for From Here To Eternity. Photograph: Ed Clark/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: Grace Kelly and Clark Gable arrive for the 1954 Academy Awards
Grace Kelly and Clark Gable arrive for the 1954 Academy Awards Photograph: Ed Clark/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: Audrey Hepburn anxiously chews her finger nail just before she was announce
Audrey Hepburn anxiously chews her fingernail just before receiving the best actress Oscar for Roman Holiday in 1954. Her mother Baroness Ella Van Heemstra sits next to her Photograph: Leonard McCombe/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: Photographers surrounding Grace Kelly and Marlon Brando
Photographers surrounding Grace Kelly and Marlon Brando, each holding Oscars for best actress and actor categories (Kelly for Country Girl and Brando for On the Waterfront) in 1955 Photograph: George Silk/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: Grace Kelly with her Oscar for Best Actress 1955
Grace Kelly with her best actress Oscar for The Country Girl, at Romanoff's restaurant, following the 1955 Academy Awards Photograph: George Silk/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: Clark Gable;Cary Grant;Bob Hope;David Niven
Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Bob Hope and David Niven during a break from rehearsals for the awards in 1958 Photograph: Leonard McCombe/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward dances with her husband Paul Newman at the first Governors Ball following the 1958 Academy Awards, where she won the Oscar for best actress for her role in Three Faces of Eve
Photograph: J. R. Eyerman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: Elizabeth Taylor at a party after winning Best Actress for Butterfield 8 in
Elizabeth Taylor at a party after winning best actress for Butterfield 8 in 1960. Photograph: Allan Grant/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images
LIFE at the Oscars: Simone Signoret in her Beverly Hills Hotel room
Simone Signoret has her hair done in her Beverly Hills hotel room, while her husband Yves Montand (centre) plays cards hours before the Academy Awards in 1960. She would win best actress for Room at the Top Photograph: Allan Grant/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
LIFE at the Oscars: Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty watch the 1962 Academy Awards
Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty watch the 1962 Academy Awards Photograph: Allan Grant/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
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