Flashback: iconic photos from Oscars past

85th Academy Awards, 2013 - Actors Daniel Day-Lewis, winner of the Best Actor award for 'Lincoln,' Jennifer Lawrence, Best Actress for 'Silver Linings Playbook,' Anne Hathaway, winner of the Best Supporting Actress for 'Les Misérables,' and Christoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor for 'Django Unchained.'

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79th Academy Awards, 2007 - Penelope Cruz arriving looking regal on the red carpet.

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76th Academy Awards, 2004 - Sandra Bullock turning heads on the red carpet.

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67th Academy Awards, 1995 - Australians Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel hold the Oscars they received for Best Costume Design for their work on the film 'The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert' (1994).

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One of the few surviving images of the 1st Academy Awards presentations, which took place at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on May 16, 1929.

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67th Academy Awards, 1995 - Oscar nominees for Best Actor John Travolta for 'Pulp Fiction' and Tom Hanks for 'Forrest Gump' pose with each other's wives, Rita Wilson and Kelly Preston.

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58th Academy Awards, 1986 -

Cher in typically extravagant fashion attends the 1986 ceremony.

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73rd Academy Awards, 2001 - Donald Trump and his girlfriend, model Melania Knauss, tread the red carpet.

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73rd Academy Awards, 2001 - Best Actress for 'Erin Brockovich' (2000) Julia Roberts and boyfriend Benjamin Bratt pose for photographers at the Governor's Ball following the awards ceremony.

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79th Academy Awards, 2007 -

Tom Cruise and his wife (at the time), actress Katie Holmes, arriving at the Vanity Fair post-Oscar party.

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72nd Academy Awards, 2000 - Michael Caine, winner of Best Supporting Actor for 'The Cider House Rules' (1999), with Angelina Jolie, Best Supporting Actress for 'Girl, Interrupted' (1999).

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69th Academy Awards, 1997 - Frances McDormand is all smiles after winning Best Actress for 'Fargo' (1996).

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70th Academy Awards, 1998 - Madonna holds two Oscars as she presents the award for Best Song to James Horner and Will Jennings for the song 'My Heart Will Go On' from the movie 'Titanic' (1997).

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39th Academy Awards, 1967 - Elizabeth Taylor with her Best Actress award for 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' (1966).

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65th Academy Awards, 1993 - Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, and Barbra Streisand on stage as Eastwood is presented with two Oscars for the film 'Unforgiven' (1992).

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72nd Academy Awards, 2000 - Arriving for the ceremony, Charlize Theron smiles for the cameras.

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34th Academy Awards, 1962 - Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty looking suitably glamorous together.

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73rd Academy Awards, 2001 - Husband-and-wife actors Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones on the red carpet.

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19th Academy Awards, 1947 - Olivia de Havilland, Best Actress winner for 'To Each His Own' (1946), with Jean Hersholt and Hattie McDaniel (the first African American to win an Academy Award).

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78th Academy Awards, 2006 - Uma Thurman arriving at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.

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18th Academy Awards, 1946 - Ingrid Bergman presenting Ray Milland with the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in 'The Lost Weekend' (1945).

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74th Academy Awards, 2002 - Best Actor for 'Training Day' (2001) and Best Actress for 'Monster's Ball' (2001) winners Denzel Washington and Halle Berry.

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77th Academy Awards, 2005 - Renée Zellweger looks radiant in her gown as she walks on stage to make an Oscar presentation.

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84th Academy Awards, 2012 - Meryl Streep with the Best Actress award, received for 'The Iron Lady' (2011).

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15th Academy Awards, 1943 - James Cagney accepts his Best Actor award for 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (1942).

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24th Academy Awards, 1952 -

Claire Trevor congratulates Humphrey Bogart, winner of the Best Actor award for 'The African Queen' (1951).

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71st Academy Awards, 1999 - Dame Judi Dench and Gwyneth Paltrow holding their Oscars for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress respectively for their roles in 'Shakespeare in Love' (1999).

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14th Academy Awards, 1942 - Gary Cooper, Best Actor for 'Sergeant York' (1941), chats with Best Actress winner Joan Fontaine, who won for 'Suspicion' (1941).

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86th Academy Awards, 2014 - Bradley Cooper taking his now world-famous selfie picture full of celebrities at the 2014 Oscar awards ceremony.

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73rd Academy Awards, 2001 -

Russell Crowe is presented an Oscar for Best Actor for 'Gladiator' (2000).

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79th Academy Awards, 2007 - Martin Scorsese accepts his Best Director Oscar for 'The Departed' (2006) from fellow directors Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Ford Coppola.

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32nd Academy Awards, 1960 - Jane Wyman with Charlton Heston (right), who took home Best Actor for 'Ben Hur' (1959).

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27th Academy Awards, 1955 - Grace Kelly, who won Best Actress for 'The Country Girl' (1954), and Marlon Brando with his Best Actor award for 'On the Waterfront' (1954).

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65th Academy Awards, 1993 - Al Pacino faces the press after his Best Actor win for 'Scent Of A Woman' (1992).

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11th Academy Awards, 1939 - Cedric Hardwick (right) with Bette Davis, winner of the Best Actress award for 'Jezebel' (1938), and Spencer Tracy, Best Actor for 'Boys Town' (1938).

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65th Academy Awards, 1993 - Italian director Frederico Fellini poses with his honorary Oscar.

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17th Academy Awards, 1945 - Barry Fitzgerald (left) holds his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor while Bing Crosby clutches his award for Best Actor, both for their roles in 'Going My Way' (1944).

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72nd Academy Awards, 2000 - Pedro Almodóvar waves his Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for 'All About My Mother' (1999).

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69th Academy Awards, 1997 - Geoffrey Rush clutching his Oscar for Best Actor for 'Shine' (1996).

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26th Academy Awards, 1954 - Busy scenes outside Pantages Theater in Los Angeles before the ceremony gets underway.

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31st Academy Awards, 1959 - The same venue five years later.

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71st Academy Awards, 1998 - Jennifer Lopez arriving in style on the red carpet.

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37th Academy Awards, 1965 - Julie Andrews (right) holds her Best Actress Oscar for 'Mary Poppins' (1964) while standing with Audrey Hepburn.

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73rd Academy Awards, 2001 - Benicio Del Toro, nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'Traffic' (2000), smiling broadly.

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32nd Academy Awards, 1960 - Shelley Winters with her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 'The Diary of Anne Frank' (1959). With her is Peter Ustinov.

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79th Academy Awards, 2007 - Best Actress winner Helen Mirren, who won for 'The Queen' (2006), poses in the press room after the ceremony.

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38th Academy Awards, 1966 - Tough guy Lee Marvin clutches his Best Actor award for 'Cat Ballou' (1966). With him is Michelle Triola.

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43rd Academy Awards, 1971 - John Mills holding the Best Supporting Actor award which he won for his role in the David Lean film 'Ryan's Daughter' (1970).

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36th Academy Awards, 1964 - Crowds gather outside the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica where the 1964 awards ceremony took place. Jack Lemmon hosted.

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74th Academy Awards, 2002 - Sidney Poitier holds his honorary Oscar which was presented by Walter Mirsch.

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79th Academy Awards, 2007 - Penelope Cruz arriving looking regal on the red carpet.

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76th Academy Awards, 2004 - Sandra Bullock turning heads on the red carpet.

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Flashback: iconic photos from Oscars past

The first Academy Awards ceremony took place on May 16, 1929

06/03/24 | StarsInsider

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The first Academy Awards ceremony took place in 1929, and since then it has grown into the biggest entertainment event on the planet. Throughout the years, you can see the various changes in style, relationships—and definitely in age.

Take a look back through some of the most hilarious fashion choices and youth-filled faces of ceremonies past. You may be shocked by how much you forgot.