Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Oscars night, 1963. Photo: Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images
Shirley Temple receives a special Oscar from American screenwriter Irwin S Cobb in 1935. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Grace Kelly at the 1955 ceremony. Photo: Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Elizabeth Taylor being assisted down the aisle by her then husband Eddie Fisher in 1961. Photo: Ralph Crane/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Hattie McDaniel won the award for best supporting actress in 1940 for her part in Gone with the Wind. Photo: John D. Kisch/Separate Cinema Archive/Getty Images
MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer, actress Luise Rainer, an unidentified woman and director Frank Capra. Photo: John Swope/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images
From left, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Bob Hope and David Niven laughing during a break from rehearsals for the 30th Academy Awards in 1958. Photo: Leonard McCombe/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
John Wayne holds the statuettes awarded to Gary Cooper and John Ford for High Noon in 1953. Photo: Loomis Dean/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Cary Grant and his wife, Virginia Cherrill, at the Academy Awards in 1934 or ’35. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Photographers at the 1945 Awards. Photo: Walter Sanders/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Too many stars to count: Oscar night through the years
As fans around the world celebrate some surprise results and anticipated accolades at the 88th Academy Awards, we look at scenes from some dazzling ceremonies of Hollywood’s golden age curated by US photo agency Getty Images
Updated: Monday, 29 Feb, 2016 3:06pm
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Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Oscars night, 1963. Photo: Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images
Shirley Temple receives a special Oscar from American screenwriter Irwin S Cobb in 1935. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Grace Kelly at the 1955 ceremony. Photo: Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Elizabeth Taylor being assisted down the aisle by her then husband Eddie Fisher in 1961. Photo: Ralph Crane/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Hattie McDaniel won the award for best supporting actress in 1940 for her part in Gone with the Wind. Photo: John D. Kisch/Separate Cinema Archive/Getty Images
MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer, actress Luise Rainer, an unidentified woman and director Frank Capra. Photo: John Swope/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images
From left, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Bob Hope and David Niven laughing during a break from rehearsals for the 30th Academy Awards in 1958. Photo: Leonard McCombe/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
John Wayne holds the statuettes awarded to Gary Cooper and John Ford for High Noon in 1953. Photo: Loomis Dean/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Cary Grant and his wife, Virginia Cherrill, at the Academy Awards in 1934 or ’35. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Photographers at the 1945 Awards. Photo: Walter Sanders/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
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