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| Biltmore Hotel Built 1923 - Located at 506 S. Grand Ave. Host of 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th Annual Academy Awards. The Biltmore Bowl and Sala D'Oro rooms hosted the ceremonies. |
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| Shrine Civic Auditorium built in 1906 rebuilt in 1920 (after a fire) Located at 649 Jefferson Boulevard L.A. at one time the worlds largest indoor auditorium. With almost 6,500 seats it is still the largest such theater in the US. The Shrine hosted the 19th, 20th, 60th, 61st, 63rd, 67th, 69th, 70th, 72nd, 73rd Annual Awards Ceremonies. |
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| Outside the 26th Annual Academy Awards at
RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, California, 1954. Changing Times: Los Angeles in Photographs, 1920-1990 UCLA Library Department of Special Collections |
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| To describe the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles as well known would be an understatement. Home to globally televised awards shows, concerts, theater productions, movie screenings, conventions and conferences, a fire at this landmark facility nearly killed six Los Angeles Firefighters on January 11, 1920 in a three-alarm blaze that destroyed the building in 30 minutes. by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman Los Angeles Fire Department |
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| So well known, it almost does not need to be mentioned. The hotel was owned and operated in Hollywood's Golden Years by Baron Long. It originally cost $10,000,000 to build. The Academy awards were held here in the early days in the room known as the "Biltmore Bowl" ( for a few years with gaps between 1931 and 1942 with other intervening sites) Setting for literally countless movies such as Chinatown, and Beverly Hills Cop. This may be the most filmed interior in the world. What many might not have seen is the incredible tiled indoor pool several floors underground in the health spa. It is pristine 1920’s Great Gatsby style. You can see the pool in the movie Bugsy during an argument between Bugsy and Micky Cohen.
The ceiling paintings were done by Giovanni Smeraldi, as well as some of the sculptures. By: LAtimemachines.com |
| "Matt Damon must feel like he's on the Seniors' Tour." - Billy Crystal, regarding Matt Damon competing for Best Actor against four veteran actors - Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Robert Duvall, and Dustin Hoffman. 70th Annual Academy Awards |
| "The Oscar is the most valuable, but least expensive, item of world-wide public relations ever invented by any industry." Frank Capra, 1936 Academy Awards |
| RKO Pantages Theater opened June 4, 1930. Located at 6233 Hollywood Blvd. The Pantages hosted the 22nd through the 32nd Annual Awards. In 1953 the Academy Awards were first televised from this venue. |
| The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Ca. is prepared for the 72nd Academy Awards, March 22, 2000. The event will be held March 26, 2000. (Photos by Dan Callister) |
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| Academy Awards Show Venues 1929 to Present |
| Biltmore Hotel - RKO Pantages Theater - Shrine Civic Auditorium |
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