The Shortest Oscar Ceremony Ever Was The 1st In 1929

Malaysia
December 19, 2009 12:48pm CST
It lasted only 15 minutes as all the winners had been announced 3 months earlier. What really made the winners to be announced before the day of Ceremony?
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cream97
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
19 Dec 09
Hi, voaktube745. I have never known this. This is some great news! And it was a very short ceremony too. Nowadays, an Oscar Award Ceremony will last for a couple of hours or so. For the people that are impatient, this will make them happy. All the dressing up and planning was not necessary..
voaktube745
@voaktube745 (22)
• Malaysia
20 Dec 09
indeed... but I'm still wondering why it happened that way then... thanks for responding Cream97
leeloo
@leeloo (1492)
• Portugal
22 Dec 09
There were also a lot less awards and it was not televised though it was on the radio. The fact that it is televised made it less of a awards ceremony and more of a show. The only other awards ceremony that gets similar coverage even though far less is the Golden Globes which has awards for cinema and television. Imagine how long the ceremony would be if they did not limit the speeches or other little things they have removed and shortened (they limit the length of the songs) to save time.