This Day in History: First Academy Awards Ceremony from boxing academy in kolkata Watch Video
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Description: This Day in History: , First Academy Awards Ceremony.<br/>May 16, 1929.<br/>The first awards ceremony <br/>was thought up by MGM mogul, Louis B. Mayer.<br/>Styled more as a dinner party <br/>than how we know the Oscars today, <br/>the event included about 250 people.<br/>Before this first ceremony <br/>was conducted, the winners <br/>had already been announced.<br/>The purpose of the ceremony was <br/>to honor the awardees and to present <br/>them with their Oscar statuettes.<br/>'Wings' and 'Sunrise' were the <br/>first films to be awarded as <br/>the best films of the year.<br/>Emil Jannings won the Best Actor <br/>award and Janet Gaynor won <br/>in the Best Actress category
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