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Oscar flashback: See Audrey Hepburn, John Wayne and more stars at the Academy Awards
David Baratz
Before the 97th annual Academy Awards kick off on Sunday, March 2, let’s take a trip down memory lane to relive classic moments of old Hollywood at Oscars past, starting with Audrey Hepburn and her best actress Oscar for “Roman Holiday” in 1953.
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1941 best actor and actress winners Jimmy Stewart and Ginger Rogers display their awards for “The Philadelphia Story” and “Kitty Foyle.”
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“Going My Way” was a big winner in 1945, earning both best supporting actor for Barry Fitzgerald (left) and best actor for Bing Crosby (right).
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Ingrid Bergman presents Ray Milland with the Oscar for best actor in “The Lost Weekend” in 1946.
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A year later, Ray Milland in turn awarded Olivia de Havilland best actress for “To Each His Own.”
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Jane Wyman, then married to future President Ronald Reagan, carries her Oscar for best actress in “Johnny Belinda” as she navigates backstage at the Oscars in 1949.
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. accepts the best actor Oscar for his friend Laurence Olivier (for “Hamlet”) from Loretta Young in 1949.
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Best actor winners Olivia de Havilland (“The Heiress”) and Broderick Crawford (“All the King’s Men”) pose with their Oscars in 1950.
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Humphrey Bogart receives a kiss from Claire Trevor while posing backstage with the best actor Oscar he won for his role in “The African Queen” in 1952.
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Bob Hope smooches his honorary Oscar at the 1953 Academy Awards.
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Best actor winner Marlon Brando backstage with his first Oscar in 1955 for “On the Waterfront.”
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Best actress winner Grace Kelly (for “The Country Girl”) onstage with Oscars host Bob Hope in 1955.
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Grace Kelly holds up her Oscar for “The Country Girl” with presenter William Holden backstage in 1955.
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Marlon Brando, left, celebrates his Oscar win in 1955 with host Bob Hope.
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Donna Reed signs an autograph while clutching her best supporting actress Oscar for “From Here to Eternity” in 1954.
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Anthony Quinn shows off his Oscar for best supporting actor in “Lust for Life” in 1957.
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Joanne Woodward holds a congratulatory orchid corsage sent to her by Elizabeth Taylor at the 1958 Oscars. Woodward, seated with her husband Paul Newman, won best actress for “The Three Faces of Eve,” in which she played three personalities.
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Simone Signoret, who won for “Room at the Top,” compares Oscars with Charlton Heston, who won for “Ben-Hur,” in 1960.
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Sophia Loren reacts after winning best actress for “La Ciociara” (“Two Women”) in 1962.
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Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood made a splashy arrival in 1962.
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Gregory Peck and wife Veronique are photographed at the Oscars in 1962.
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Rita Moreno and George Chakiris holding Oscars for their performances in “West Side Story” in 1962. Moreno would don the dress again to attend the Oscars in 2018.
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Best actor winner Sidney Poitier (“Lilies of the Field”) and presenter Anne Bancroft chat backstage in 1964.
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Julie Andrews, best actress for “Mary Poppins,” and Rex Harrison, best actor for “My Fair Lady,” display their Oscars backstage in 1965.
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Crowds gather outside the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in Hollywood for the Academy Awards ceremony on April 17, 1964.
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Julie Andrews arriving at the 1965 Academy Awards ceremony.
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Anne Bancroft accepted best actress on behalf of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” star Elizabeth Taylor from presenter Lee Marvin backstage at the awards in 1967. Taylor skipped the ceremony because she believed husband Richard Burton would lose.
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Rex Harrison holds his best actor Oscar for “My Fair Lady” while posing with his co-star, Audrey Hepburn, in 1965.
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Siblings Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty at the annual Academy Award reception in 1966.
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Nominee Faye Dunaway and Jerry Schatzberg arriving at the 40th Academy Awards ceremony in 1968.
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Diahann Carroll and Burt Lancaster onstage at the Oscars in 1969.
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Elliott Gould with wife Barbra Streisand at the Oscars in 1969.
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Barbra Streisand won best actress in 1969 for “Funny Girl.”
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John Wayne stands next to Barbra Streisand with the Oscar he was awarded for “True Grit” in 1970.
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Desi Arnaz Jr. (second from left), Jack Nicholson and Liza Minnelli at the Board of Governors Ball in 1972.
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Best actor Gene Hackman (“The French Connection”) and best actress Jane Fonda (“Klute”) pose with their Oscars backstage in 1972.
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Raquel Welch (from left), Gene Hackman and Cloris Leachman (holding her best supporting actress Oscar for “The Last Picture Show”) at the Academy Awards in 1972.
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Presenters Raquel Welch and Gene Hackman congratulate Liza Minnelli on winning best actress for “Cabaret” in 1973.
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A trio of Oscar winners celebrate backstage in 1973: Producer Albert S. Ruddy (from left) for best picture (“The Godfather”), Liza Minnelli (“Cabaret”) for best actress and Joel Grey (“Cabaret”) for best supporting actor.
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Jack Nicholson dons his shades and hoists his best actor Oscar (for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”) in 1976.
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Faye Dunaway holds the Oscar high over her head in excitement in 1977 after winning best actress for her role in “Network.”
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