Joan Crawford At The 25th Annual Academy Awards (March 19th, 1953)

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Celebrities Included Are:
Joan Crawford
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Ronald Reagan
Nancy Reagan
Louella Parsons
Tony Curtis
Janet Leigh
Joan Fontaine
Gloria Grahame
Ginger Rogers
Anne Baxter

[@piustwelfth]

Appearance in order: Ronald & Nancy Reagan, Louella Parsons & spouse, Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh, Jeanne Crain & date, Merle Oberon, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton & spouse, Joan Fontaine, Loretta Young, Janet Gaynor, Jane Wyman and Claire Trevor, Ginger Rogers & husband Jacques Bergerac, Joan Crawford & date (to left), Greer Garson, Teresa Wright, Celeste Holm, Gloria Grahame, Anne Baxter

[@Vickygarcia73]

Thank you so much🙏🏼

[@brianoyler706]

Jeanne Crain was with her husband, Paul Brinkman.

[@SumeyyaOcalHeyBigSpenderr]

Enjoy!! 0:30 Nancy & Ronald Reagan 0:43 Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh 1:00 Jeanne Craine & husband Paul Brinkman 1:38 Elizabeth Taylor 1:42 Richard Burton 1:55 Joan Fontaine 2:00 Loretta Young 2:15 Claire Trevor &Jane Wyman 2:35 Ginger Rogers & husband Jacques Bergerac 2:46 Joan Crawford 3:35 Celeste Holm 3:42 Gloria Grahame 3:49 Anne Baxter

[@brianoyler706]

Spenderr...you forgot Greer Garson after Joan Crawford. There was another woman filmed before Celeste Holm, but her identity I do not know. 😊

[@UnschoolingtheSpitz]

Thank you so much ❤I could not have figured this out

[@HolgerRuneFan]

Richard Burton's first wife Sybil is behind him in the black and white clip. Incidentally, they were not at the Oscars here.

[@adrunkgorillawithalobotomy353]

The 50's was such a classy era. We need to bring that back!

[@Zva26]

Elizabeth Taylor! Drop-dead gorgeous at age 21!

[@lewisedwards4058]

gosh... So different from the Academy Awards we have nowadays. Every single person shown in this video was beautiful and talented!

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

Richard Burton was very handsome back then...looks like he was really enjoying his cigarette too!

[@barbee0715]

Wow-Elizabeth Taylor was just breathtaking, but I gasped at Richard Burton-gorgeous. To think they would be together in just another ten years.

[@drednm]

when stars were STARS

[@shihlin1]

Those were the days when movie stars were REALLY Movie Stars, unlike today.

[@catlady7773]

True glamour and class!!! We could never get this back in a million years...

[@fosbury68]

Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. I know it didn't end happily ever after but they sure were a stunningly beautiful couple.

[@gulmerton2758]

My god, how unbelievably gorgeous these stars were! Make up, hair and fantastic evening gowns... how strange that none of these stats thought of wearing a meat dress or show their derriere to shine....

[@manthony225]

Elizabeth Taylor and Janet Leigh! So young and lovely.

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

In COLOR? That was great! Joan looked great

[@TheMandy89girl]

She was nominated for best actress that year for Sudden Fear.

[@awilson5291]

i wish she had won, given her contribution to cinema she deserved 2 oscars but they were so tough on her back then.

[@tklogan111809]

my god who's the hunk at 2:34 with Ginger Rogers?? I'm dying. Nevermind I found out who it is, duh it's her husband Jacques Bergerac, how hot was he!

[@adamscarpetta9543]

astroboy royale: I froze when I saw him. Absolutely mesmerizing. What on earth was he doing with Ginger Rogers?

[@brianoyler706]

That is Lew Ayers...

[@sandaglad]

Fascinating. Joan looks great. Can't get over how beautiful once-mousy-looking Janet Gaynor is. She really blossomed in middle age. Always get a kick out of Louella "and now for my first exclusive" Parsons.

[@breynolds4301]

Proof that we are not doing anyone any favors with hi-def cameras on the red carpet. Love how soft the photography. Everyone truly looks glamorous--except Nancy Reagan. How on earth did she ever get it into her head that she was beauty?

[@alexm.1171]

Gloria Grahame (3:40) was a stunner in 1953

[@sweetbitter2]

Wow... a very young Richard Burton.

[@vistaestrada]

Jeanne Crain looked exquisite and Ginger Roger's husband, Jacques, was beautiful. Thank you for posting!

[@vistaestrada]

I think he married Dorothy Malone later on, right? Yes, many celebrity couples and the TWO Mrs. Reagan's, Nancy and Jane! Crawford hadn't changed much since 1929. She looked just as she did in "The Broadway Melody of 1929". Striking.

[@andygreen1a]

When we truly had stars. Everyone far more glamorous than today. I love Joan Crawford. She looks gorgeous. As for a young Elizabeth Taylor, absolutely stunning. Thank you for uploading, I love your channel.

[@alexmermadette6107]

Joan Crawford is a vision to behold!

[@philipcullen3962]

Miss Crawford looking stunning...the beauty......❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@oceanlover3530]

Wow! Jeanne Crain was the stand out for me. What a beauty! Gorgeous! Thanks for posting! ✌🏻🙂✌🏻

[@ginabattz9716]

Loretta Young looks INCREDIBLE 🌹💕

[@brianoyler4777]

I saw the 2020 Academy Awards, and after watching this clip of the '53 awards, I say " give me the '53 anytime". The women and how they dressed and conducted themselves tell much. The women of 2020 needed to go back and take lessons. Even the men of 2020 needed lessons. I was totally ashamed of the Academy Awards presentation of 2020. From what holes did some of those people crawl.

[@catlover34fl]

Fascinating footage! Love Joan Crawford. IMO, she looked her prettiest in the early 1930s. Catch some of her photos from 1933. Gorgeous. She looks attractive here also. Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis are quite a handsome couple. Janet Gaynor was also very attractive here. Enjoyed looking at this and it's in great condition for 1953.

[@scattysafari7742]

Glorious footage of old Hollywood. I love your channel! Fascinating to see an era when furs were considered essential glamour wear. It looks beautiful but I'm glad this cruelty fell out of fashion. My mum had a fox fur stole with glass eyes and a fox face that she wore in the 50s and as a kid in the 70s I was fascinated by it. Another era.

[@willbee4810]

Thank you for posting this , Miss. Crawford looked like a true star.

[@jasbegs1258]

Nice to see Ginger and her much younger husband Jacques - she looked so good it did not look strange - the age difference. Celeste Holm looked fabulous too.

[@drewdeflon4497]

Joan should have won. She,was brilliant in Sudden Fear

[@brianoyler706]

Shirley Booth won for Come Back Little Sheba. You watch Shirley Booth's performance. You will understand why she won. Heart-wrenching...it brings tears to my eyes every time.

[@beckylink]

Wow!! Just saw this one!!! What fun!!!! And in color. Nice array of stars, the classic ones and the young starlets like Janet Leigh and Liz Taylor. Joan looks fabulous, as always, and truly touched by the crowd and the people around her, and a little shy, even.☺️ Not one of the other stars has a nose as stunning as Joan’s, I must say. It was so nice to see Joan Fontaine!! She’s always glamorous. All these stars knew how to deck out for a party, by golly. And also the Reagans, so young.. a bygone era, sadly.

[@xfiler-gl7nc]

A time when the ladies were draped in furs and diamonds. And leave it to Joan to have two men flock her LMAO. I love it. I saw Richard burton but I'm assuming this was before he and Elizabeth Taylor were married as she was posing with someone else . Was it Michael wilding? Or mike Todd ?

[@gizzycatcat6468]

I fucking LOVE Joan Crawford! She made Hollywood what it is now with Bette. The show on FX is great.

[@harlow9175]

Real movie stars, love Gloria Grahame !

[@strafrag1]

This was a Thursday. How do I know? Well, I was busy getting myself born on Wednesday the 18th. Good video.

[@richardmcleod5967]

When Hollywood was truly the glamour capital of the World! Joan looked GREAT!

[@jasbegs1258]

Fabulous footage. They all looked great, particularly Ginger as always, with her much younger and very handsome husband (at the time).

[@francesvansiclen3245]

Gloria Grahame was a knockout !

[@whipcashrecords]

Joan Crawford is the ultimate Movie star 🌟

[@storybellz]

Yes, the stars of yesteryear were more glamorous, but it goes beyond just their style, it's their mannerisms- their body language. Observe how they move like ladies and gentlemen. The way they move has a sophistication to it, same with the way they spoke. All this combined gave them that air of classiness we all pick up on. And on that note, something interesting I notice about Joan Crawford here is that as much of a movie Queen as she may have been, if one observes her body language, she actually has tremendous humility. She comes across as very shy and humble- especially compared to all the others seen here. And that's interesting, because we always hear about what a striking woman she was, with such a commanding presence, when that's not really the vibe I get at all most of the time, when I watch her outside the movies. She primarily comes across as very shy and humble, and it's rather adorable. 🥰💗

[@jamesriccardo2225]

Joan Fontaine looked particularly beautiful (1:53)

[@chriskeeton122]

Caught a glimpse of Greer Garson too, but just a flash.

[@ms.sonshine8878]

What a fun clip.

[@spellboundbrz]

Wow!!!!! This video was worth watching cause at 3:49 appears if i am not wrong , Anne Baxter, an amazing beautiful actress that I admire and love.

[@thesilentdiva]

This is giving me everything I need and more

[@rtoma1974]

Joan looked magnificent as always.

[@Etheline]

GORGEOUS Joan and even adorble Greer Garson! Amazing! Thank you for this video!

[@gjmaztr7]

In order of appearance....Mrs Ronald Reagan & Nancy Davis, older actress Thelma Ritter?,Janet Leigh, jeannie Crain,**MERLE OBERON, Eva Gabor OR Zza Zza Gabor, Liz Taylor,(Richard burton * 1rst wife, Sybill Williams), Loretta young ..impeccable (**She should have attended with Clark Gable),? blond, Jane Wyman (ex Mrs reagan) and Lady friend, Ginger Rogers?? , JOAN CRAWFORD ('The Queen')....WOWee,,Greer Garson.. one queen of the leading UK actresses, (brunette), Celeste Holm, ,Gloria Graham..Stunning, Anne Baxter ...stunning

[@brianoyler706]

Loretta Young was still married to Ted Lewis at this time. Judy Lewis was the child she had by Clark Gable. She had two sons by Ted Lewis.

[@lucy1231]

Omg the glamour beautiful

[@emiliosalman6740]

This is. Something Beyond the Beyond !!!!❤

[@leoniekelly2702]

Thank you Loved this so much , have a huge smile thinking of all those movies Best of times

[@Dathan]

An impressive array of stars. Jane Wyman and Nancy Reagan look so much alike. Thanks for sharing.

[@stylecollective-qt9um]

Fantastic gowns!

[@loefly]

0:42 Wow...Janet Leigh Stunning

[@ryanbrailey-tucker4935]

I'm glad others see this too.....she was show stopping...love her!

[@jasbegs1258]

Celeste, Joan C and Joan F, and Ann Baxter looked great too [Ann's dress = wow]! Poor Gloria Grahame looked a bit pulled together.

[@TheRoman4373]

Love this….they looked so good

[@temeculajoe]

When class ruled Hollywood

[@Fenab]

Loretta Young 💐😍

[@ColleenDaumen2]

Bravo! This was wonderful to watch. Thank you! 🥰👍

[@BedfordFalls7]

I loved seeing Tony Curtis. So handsome. :)

[@MerleOberon]

I wonder if Jane Wyman wanted to claw Nancy's eyes out? I see Zsa Zsa and Celeste Holm also.

[@rictech.]

Thank you.

[@pumfoobet9235]

This is awesome, love the color. Thanks for posting

[@francesvansiclen3245]

How beautiful these women were; Greer , Jeanne Crain Janet Leigh; actually of them ! Makes me kind of sad !Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh were the cutest couple ever !

[@TheBee87bee]

I am enraptured over all the wonderful ,classy film stars of a great era!

[@marceloillanes175]

OMG Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh were really Beautiful !

[@LawrenceMartinez-fb1tt]

3:17 Greer Garson….A friend of mine told me that she attended a play put on at a college for the arts and afterwards there was a party that the cast attended. Greer asked him what part he played in the production and when he told her that he designed the set she dismissed him as if he wasn’t important.

[@jad5945]

I got around 95% right...the 5% I didn't get are driving me crazy. Someone put names with it and repost for future generations.

[@copanationdie]

Jeanne Crain was gorgeous!!!

[@direfranchement]

Jane Wyman and Loretta Young are also there. Can't believe you neglected to include them in your list. Major stars of the era.

[@richardmcleod5967]

When Hollywood was Hollywood!

[@shieldsup2076]

awesome footage

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Elizabeth Taylor was there. And so was Richard Burton, but with wife Sybil. Jane Wyman was there, and separately her ex-husband Ronald Reagan and now wife Nancy.

[@roberthanff4354]

Truly precious! Thanks

[@amandawhiteley6737]

C.H.A.R.I.S.M.A. at it's very best!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@thevintagekitty]

thanks for posting. ZSA ZSA looks awesome and happy to be there. Ginger looks great with that hot young husband! way to go girl!

[@Lgevirtz]

Glamour galore!!

[@b.visconti1765]

WoW got to see all my favorites❤

[@johnpanusko101]

Clause Trevor, Gloria Grahame, Anne Baxter.

[@drewburk6309]

People were so much classier and dignified then. The fans and the stars.

[@forgottenpalace4472]

Such class.

[@reidb18]

Ginger & Jacques looked quite the couple.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

Nice, well dressed, mature -- real ladies and gentlemen.

[@ryanbrailey-tucker4935]

Not like todays un-classy leeches! Oh well....cest la vie....at least we had it respectable at some previous point!

[@ericjackson9256]

thank you i was just browsing and saw this it is wonderfu have any more?

[@hoobie7588]

So classy of Ann Blyth to commemorate her friend, Joan Crawford. She had no desire to slam and denigrate her good friend. True class is what’s missing in Hollywood now.

[@22camilito]

😍😍

[@AlexanderArsov]

1:44 Richard Burton in his latest movie, "Looking for Murder".

[@frederickcombs8661]

everyone behaving themselves, class

[@rahulvinalnarayan9743]

They knew how to dress back then. Wow. We all must learn.

[@joeyconvery2055]

Is that Anne Baxter at 3:53? Great and rare footage.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

Gloria Grahame as a brunette! Was Anne Baxter dating King Vidor? He was quite the ladies man in his youth. And from the way he's holding Ann, he still fancied himself one.

[@sierria64]

wow joan was soo pretty

[@BLUEOHIO]

JOAN WON THE NIGHT

[@lemonhead162]

Geez. Richard Burton was yummy looking! No wonder Elizabeth fell for him! Also, that song sounds so familiar! I remember it from the old cartoons!

[@brianoyler706]

That song is "Hooray For Hollywood" from the Warner's picture Hollywood Hotel 1937.

[@zaharaazure73]

Classic Holly Wood

[@daleholmgren6078]

That's Ginger Rogers and her then husband, Jacques Bergerac, at 2:41. They had just married the month before. He was 16 years younger than her, a mere child of 26.

[@Toscarpia]

Great footage ! But who is this lady at 2:07, right after Loretta Young ? Can't put a name on her face which looks familiar though... Thanks to anyone who knows !

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

Ginger Rogers had that very young and handsome husband in check.