1941 Oscar Firsts
For the first time, names of all winners remained secret until the moment they received their awards.
Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a six minute direct radio address to the attendees from the White House. It is the first time an American president participated in the event.
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“It is not always possible to predict the response of a doting Jewish mother. Witness the occasion on which the late piano virtuoso Oscar Levant telephoned his mother with some important news. He had proposed to his beloved and been accepted. Replied Mother Levant: “Good, Oscar, I’m happy to hear it. But did you practice today?””
—Liz Smith (20th century)