While the Oscars are technically about honoring films, we don’t think we’re alone in loving the trappings of the Academy Awards a bit more than the awards themselves. We’re referring to the oversize helping of glamour that surrounds the big night — the celebrities, the parties, the fashion! It doesn’t matter the era; we’re equally enamored of Hollywood’s Golden Age as we are of it’s digital age.
So consider the following just a bit of a visual mood-maker in advance of this Sunday’s broadcast. We don’t care (too much) who wins, but we sincerely hopes that no one skimps on the sequins or champagne!
Vivien Leigh and Marilyn Monroe, 1956. Photo courtesy of Viviand Larry.
Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, and Jimmy Stewart share a joke in Slim Aarons's 1957 photograph "Kings of Hollywood." 1957.
Kim Basinger with her Oscar for L.A. Confidential, 1998. Photo courtesy of Vanity Fair.
A contemplative Faye Dunaway at the hotel pool, the morning after winning Best Actress in Network, 1977. Photo: Terry O'Neall.
Joan Crawford captures the spirit of the moment in 1928's "Our Dancing Daughters." Photo: Glamamor via MGM.
Irene Mayer Selznick, John Hay Whitney, Olivia de Havilland and David O. Selznick form the winning team behind Gone With The Wind, at 1939 Oscars. Photo: Oscar Digital Collection.
