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Oscar Night: 75 Years of Hollywood Parties

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This is a beautiful coffee table book and any Oscar or film fan will love it. From the opening photo of producer Buddy Adler's Oscar sitting on the shelf of a hat rack at Romanoff's Restaurant to the final now famous photo of Faye Dunaway sitting by her pool the morning after she won her award, this is a very special book. It is filled of course with great photos of the winners themselves but also contains other interesting mementos, like ticket stubs, seating programs, invitations, dinner menus, sample ballots, telegrams, memos, etc. Also photos of Hollywood landmarks, like Ciro's, Ambassador Hotel, Biltmore Bowl, Beverly Hills Hilton and the Beverly Hills Hotel are included. Most of the early celebrity photos were taken at the banquets and formal dinner celebrations and it is funny seeing all these people smoking and surrounded by liquor bottles on the tables. The book is in chronological order and the photos near the end of the book (from previous years parties) are smaller but much more numerous. The captions that accompany the photos are fantastic - they are not mere snippets but interesting lengthy paragraphs full of fascinating information. Included throughout the book are sketches and essays written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and quotes from the columns of Louella Parsons and Hedda Harper. An afterword by Dominick Dunne and a list of winners, year-by-year compelte this fascinating book.

I work in "the business", and have been nominated myself for the great gold statue (Best Documentary, 1997). This is one of my faavorite books on Hollywood history. Not only does it show many of the great stars and movers-and-shakers of the different eras, but it shows them at their most relaxed, spontaneous andpersonal best. A very well designed and thoughfully annotated book- a deserved element for a lifeloing collection.

A coffee table book! Being a book lover I love to collect beautiful coffee table books to display in my home. People just can't resist grabbing them and flipping through, looking at all the pictures and commenting.

Anyone in Hollywood will tell you that the Vanity Fair Oscar Party is the place to see and be seen. The invitations are highly coveted. After all, the biggest stars in Hollywood are all over this party!

This book shows the last 75 years of the party in pictures. The photos are supplemented with cute stories about the people in the photos.

Anyone who enjoys fashion would love this book. The photos are extremely high quality, and it is amazing to see stars of years past in such clear detail. The way the fashion alone evolves is worth a look at this book.

Get a couple coffee table books for yourself. I promise you that you and your guests will gain hours of entertainment from them.

It really made my day and the discription of the detail of the "Vanity Fair Oscar" book was in perfect condition. I will surely purchase more. Just amazing.

I have NOT received this item yet!! I can not believe the POOR shipping system of Amazon!!

man this was a good book. oscars rule. and Julia is the greatest star EVER!!!