Oscar Awards 2024 will be held on the 11th of March in Beverly Hills, California. Christopher Nolan’s movie Oppenheimer got the highest 13 nominations at the academy platform. Kodak Theatre is known as an Oscar hub and Known for its glittery past. Today we are taking the leap back in the past and discussing the top 10 memorable moments of the Oscar of all time.
Oscar is not the award show, it is the biggest attribute in the cine history. Some moments are controversial, some are respectable, and these are written forever in Oscar history and still pop up in the minds of 90s-era people whenever Oscar season comes.
Take a look back and see the memorable moments of Oscar that are unforgettable and written in the history of Hollywood history forever.
1. Hattie Mcdaniel First Black Actress who Won the Award
It was and still is considered one of the memorable moments of Oscar. Hattie McDaniel won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar award in 1940 for the movie Gone With The Wind. She was the first black woman who win the Oscar. It took 20 years for any black actor to win an Oscar again, Sidney Poitier won the Oscar for his role in the movie Lillies of the Field.
Hattie’s achievements are forever written in the history of black women, she won awards at a moment when people were fighting hard for their rights. She was even seated at the edge of the auditorium and separated from the other white cast.
In her memorable speech, she said “I shall always credit to my race and motion picture industry. My heart is too full to tell you how I feel and may I say thank you and God bless you.”
2. Alfred Hitchcock’s Lifetime Award-winning speech – Shortest Forever
In 1968 at the 40th Academy Awards, Alfred Hitchcock was awarded for his prolonged contribution to the film industry. He was given the Irving G.Thalberg Award, which is the lifetime achievement award in the academy world. In that high time when he called upon the stage, he spoke only a few words for his acceptance speech.
He said “ Thank You Very much Indeed”
Which made everyone laugh in the audience.
3. Oscar Award Tie in 1969
It was the first time the Oscar was shared between the two actresses. At that moment the presenter Ingrid Bergman stunned the audience when she announced that it was the tie and the Oscar shared between Katharine Hepburn and Barbara Streisand who won the Oscar for their terrific performance in the movies The Lion in Winter and Funny Girl respectively.
4. The Longest Standing Ovation – Charlie Chaplin
In the 1972 Academy Award ceremony Charlie Chaplin was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for his greatest contribution in the cine world. When the presenter called his name on the stage he got the longest standing ovation for about 12 minutes. Everyone in the audience shows high respect for this legendary actor.
Showing respect to the great actor was one of the most memorable moments of Oscar of all the time
5. Marlon Brando Show Disrespect to the Academy
Marlon Brando was regarded as the all-time favorite actor in the movie apart from his acting career he was also an activist. He was awarded the Best Actor award for his performance in the legendary movie Godfather but he subdued the award and did not appear on the 45th Academy Award due to Hollywood’s bad portrayal of Native Americans.
Instead of him Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather took the stage on his behalf and politely rejected the award and spoke to the audience that Marlon Brando did not accept the awards due to Hollywood mistreatment and depiction of Native Americans
Many showed disrespect towards her speech but in 2022 she was apologised by the academy.
6. The Youngest Academy Award Winner
At the 46 Academy Awards in 1974, Tatum O’ Neal who was 10 years old won the Academy Award for the supporting role in the movie Paper Moon, To date, she is the youngest actress in Hollywood who has achieved that mark.
She is the child of the notable actor Ryan O’Neal.
7. Cuba Gooding Long Speech Cut-off by Orchestra
At Oscar Awards there is a time for acceptance speech. If the actor’s speech duration time takes longer than expected, the orchestra starts to play the music. When Cuba Gooding accepted his award on the stage, his acceptance speech took longer than expected, even when the music was playing, he was so enthusiastic he couldn’t stop and began saying thank you to his movie producers & co-stars.
8) Health Ledger Posthumous Win
It was and will be a memorable moment for Oscar. Batman Dark Night Joker is always remembered by movie lovers. Heath Ledger’s performance as a maniac criminal in the namesake of Joker is remembered by the world as the best performer of all time. But unfortunately, he lost his mind, due to the bad psychological impact it had on his mind and he died due to a drug overdose.
He was given an award posthumously and his parents came to the stage to accept the award.
9. First Women Director Who Won the Academy Award
Katheryn Bigelow makes history when she takes center stage at Dolby Theatre. At the 82nd Oscar Award ceremony, she was awarded as the best director for her movie Zero Dark Thirty. She dedicated this award to the military soldiers.
10. Award Mix-Up – A funny but disappointing condition
At the 2017 Oscar Awards ceremony the announcer announced the Best Picture award to La La Land, The entire crew came to the stage, and even the producers began his acceptance speech but suddenly their joy was interrupted by the organizers who came to the stage and announce that tonight winner is Moonlight, not the La La Land.
Oscar is known for its integrity and highest level in the entertainment industry. But this award was also overshadowed by some controversial moments, moments that are forever written in history, and funny bloopers.