And until the late '60s, the Oscars were _still_ on radio, especially in Alaska and Hawaii where they listened to them live (the telecasts wouldn't be seen there for up to *three weeks!* ).

Here is 1952 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jKiRm6h7vbunnn0.html

had to ?

I didn't know and realized that it was in radio station!

leafyutube yeah I was there

Today the oscars are rigged, political and it's all about fashion and whos who

I love the Golden age Hollywood ways!!

Because it still had mystery. nowdays, everyone wants to tell the world , everything! This is really , a great clip. I loves how people seemed to have pride in how they presented themselves .

@@unprocessed_life It was then too. Just not as obviously.

It was a different world. Not perfect with a lot of issues but Hollywood had class.

TV was Amazing in 1946!

you don't think HE wrote that do you?

@@MrDaiseymay Case in point when he said in 1966, "I'm caught with my idiot cards down!".

So true, even today

It was back then in the 50s the first crisis of cinema. There were real fears of the film industry that tv would ruin cinema

...from 1960, when he won the Jean Hersholt humanitarian award: "...I don't know what to say; I don't have writers for this kind of work." Priceless.

Omg he is 😳

Thanks - I was trying to figure that out. The voice sounded familiar.

Before he became President he was an Actor.

Joe Louis was 137 years old when he fought Rocky Marciano!

he had lived half his life during this hosting

...and he hosted the Oscars for 95 of those years!

Good for him !!

And a whole bag of racism

@@clarksono1634 The term racism is casually and lazily tossed around without any thought, but merely to demonise and cancel an individual or individuals. The frequent use of the word racism, so often used by the ultra left wing members of the Democratic Party, has the intended and deliberate aim to take the high moral ground as well as cancel and abort any rational discussion. Too often in debate between two people with different viewpoints, the word racism is often used as a tactical weapon thrown against the other person to smear and label. Indeed, I would go further, by the constant use of the word racist by the left to denigrate an opponent with a different view, cheapens the word and renders it meaningless. The result? Rational discussion becomes impossible. Sadly, too many on the left of politics see and judge every issue through the prism of racism. The reason why so many Democratic Party members and politicians engage in such moral posturing is to ensure that they can rely on the non white vote.

@@clarksono1634 So the Oscars where better then.

​@@geoffm9944 ​Its bigotry, not racism. A sign of the times. Then, and now. The word "gay" meant happy, in '53. Now, it is used as a vehicle to show intolerance.

@@ikarooz I’m against labelling anyone because it’s not just puerile, but is often designed to ‘smear’ and demonise an opponent. Labels allow us to paint others into a box where we can then apply our preconceived notions to them, hence pigeon hole them in a derogatory way. The moment when someone attaches to you to a philosophy or a movement, then they assign all the baggage and all the rest of the philosophy that goes with it to you. And when you want to have a conversation, they will assert that they already know everything important there is to know about you because of that association and that's not the way to have a conversation. Labeling is corrosive since any serious dialogue of ideas is rendered useless, and hence conversation can descend into a slanging match. Accusations of being “racist” may be false, but the mere accusation presents the public with the question of whether the accused may, indeed, be racist. The problem with an opponent calling them racist is that any civilised conversation becomes inflammatory, indeed, it’s like throwing petrol onto a fire. Furthermore, the one that has been labelled as racist has had his character tarnished and his credibility undermined as many people still follow the mantra: ‘there’s no smoke without fire.’ Sadly, all political discourse has become polarised and so like some kind of gladiatorial contest, the voters take sides and just like Ancient Rome, shouting takes place as the public cheer their hero. We now have TV stations that are either totally supportive of the Democratic Party, such as MSNBC and CNN, who are nothing more than echo chambers, as all the guests agree with other. They constantly verbally abuse members of the Republican Party. Likewise, Fox News presents the news with studios full of guests affirming their conservative views and denouncing and denigrating the democrats. Both political parties and their respective TV which support them, close their ears to any alternative viewpoints. This situation where everyone talks but no one listens means that we are heading for serious trouble.

same

The whole show is in this string of videos in the Oscars’ KZfaq account.

Me too

You couldn't "buy a Star on the Walk of Fame" back then because they weren't instituted until 1960.

+Eli C suprised it was racism? It was in the 1950s.. racism more common everywhere

@@mooskanate I'd really like to know how Toby Wing got a Star on the Walk of Fame. Busby Berkeley said in one book she can't sing, can't dance or act. Only appeared in a few movies.

The Joker 😂

+LysolPionex On camera people looked classy, but look outside of the camera and you'll probably see people dressed much more casually. Back then, being filmed or photographed was an event. The reality obviously wouldn't have been as pretty as it appeared on film. Just think of all of the racism and bigotry that existed in that era. Or hell, given how common it was to smoke, think of the way people probably smelled.

I mean, "today" is far better maybe except for mens fashion lol But then, blatant racism/sexism, smoking, drugs, it all existed.

@@unprocessed_life Blatant racism is not very different from our own era's more subtle forms of discrimination. Drugs are even worse now. While we do have much better conditions overall nowadays, using negative aspects that also exist today to undermine a bygone era doesnt really work when we're probably even worse now in dozens of aspects.

“Tips fedora”

Yep.

Can’t hold that against him forever.

Yeah, he certainly was love or hate him. but the man's verbal delivery was nearly impeccable. no oscar host before or after could really matched him as a host.

Very well said. ;D

Vicmarstar yes, tell that to Frank Rich. That halfwit panned Hope.

Ironic how that's where the Divergent series is going.

@@megatronsroyalemissary382 Well, this comment didn't age well.

@@ThePreciseClimber No it has not lol

Davis won when it was in newsreels in the 30s for Dangerous and Jezebel in and Crawford won in the 40s for Mildred Pierce.

Yeah, the good old days for a select few

and black people were segregated.

@@kingky195 ............................. Someone ALWAYS has to bring something of that nature up.

@@AcePrestige it’s true tho. Does it play a factor or not? Answer the question.

@@Mommascooking420 If you are saying that it is less classy now because of the end of segregation... No... "wokeness' is what makes things less classy. Look at Denzel Washington for example. He is a black man... but I have never heard any kind of scandal involving him that I can recall. And if he was... it was quickly moved on from and not held over his head the rest of his life/career. Of course the likes of Bob Hope, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren and all of the Golden Age Hollywood legends had their own opinions about everything. Just like ANY human does. But they kept it to themselves in instances like this and did not try to preach and push their beliefs and ideologies onto others just because they thought that their celebrity status entitled them to do so. The simply went to the awards, graciously accepted if they won, and humbly thanked the people who they felt helped them get it and that was that.

@@AcePrestige I agree with your perspective. I think that movies should express opinions and not actors/actresses.

...it should; either Johnny Green or Andre Previn usually conducted.

The joke is that at the time, Bette Davis had the most awards of any actress up at that time. She was beaten by Hepburn in 1981.

+dr. strangelove Many truly assume it's that billy crystal a close second to mr.ol' ski nose hope as the master of ceremonies .

dr strangelove - Bob Hope was the Best and Johnny Carson was the next best.

Not so. Video tape was invented in 1951. It was just too expensive and bulky to be practical in 1953.

+Eric Adrien They were all full of glamour, glitz, and glitter while the closet gays, communists, and blacks were hidden underground and not accepted. Today it's the same pretentiousness but with more loquacity, greed, materialism, and bling.

+WordFactoryStation42 Sam Smith won an Oscar pal

Eric Adrien you think going from Hope to Kimmel is progress,?!?

...the oscara used to be presented in 2 hours without commercial interruption (or political speeches.)

+Blacksand459 really lol, Better than Dustin Hoffman, Daniel day Lewis, Morgan freeman etc etc. Of course, when I speak of today, I mean realism and method acting. There's just no comparison.

Thank you very much for that irrelevant math equation everybody was just waiting to see when the 100th will be because everybody plans to be there for it yeah right. thank you Yeah right smh

wildman0228 That will never be done.

Ehh You're finding out that movies came before television for the first time?

@@Iambriangregory Re-read the comment dingus.

@@antoniomarine1567 DAH DUH . I KNOW YOU'RE EMBARRASSED BY YOUR LACK OF READING ABILITIES AND COMMON SENSE BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROJECT IT BACK ON ME I'M NOT GOING TO PERMIT THAT YOU MESSED UP YOU LOST BE A MAN AND ADMIT IT AND STOP TRYING TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM YOUR MISTAKES LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES EINSTEIN GOT IT? DON'T LET ME HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN YOU'RE WASTING EVERYBODY'S TIME AND YOU'RE NOT LEARNING AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME FOR YOU WITH A REMEDIAL READING PROBLEM YOU FIGURED OUT THAT TELEVISION CAME AFTER THE MOVIES DUH DOUBLE DUH AND BECAUSE OF YOUR INSOLENCE SO I GIVE YOU THE DREADED EMBARRASSING TRIPLE DUH OKAY EINSTEIN? SMH SOME PEOPLE! OH BROTHER YOU'RE A DOUBLE EMBARRASSMENT! DIDN'T EVEN KNOW TELEVISION CAME LATER BOY ARE YOU UNREAD

Candice Berryhill shut up dumb ass

Kim and Kanye don't deserve one?

now it's who you slept with or how anti racism yoru film is

Only if it were Milton Berle.

Except very few households had TVs in 1953