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Academy Awards' organizing banquet

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Order Number	00044960
Title	Academy Awards' organizing banquet
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 847; HE-002-275 4x5
Date	1927
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	This photograph of the first organizational meeting of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was taken in the Crystal Ballroom of Los Angeles' Biltmore Hotel on May 11, 1927. On May 8, 1977, the Academy celebrated its 50th anniversary with a luncheon in the same room. Bob Hope was the master of ceremonies, and several of the people who attended the original affair attended as special guests of honor. Some of the Hollywood pioneers in this photo are Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks (the Academy's first president), Louis B. Mayer, Jack L. Warner and Darryl F. Zanuck.
Subject	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Motion pictures--United States. Academy Awards (Motion pictures). Anniversaries--California--Los Angeles. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection