March 2, 1970: Cleave Sharry of Dodge Trophies Inc. of Los Angeles dips Oscar statuettes in layers of copper, nickel and gold. The company in 1970 was marking its 35th year of providing the trophies for the Academy Awards presentation.

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April 19, 1966: Actress Julie Christie meets a throng of photographers and reporters at the Beverly Hills Hotel the morning after winning her Oscar for "Darling," in which she portrayed a model in London's swinging '60s.

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March 29, 1982: An ailing Henry Fonda gets a good look at his Oscar at his home in Bel-Air with wife Shirlee and daughter Jane. Fonda was unable to attend the ceremony the night before, when he was won his first Academy Award, for his lead actor role in "On Golden Pond," which costarred Jane Fonda and Katherine Hepburn. He died just a few months later of heart disease at age 77.

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April 19, 1966: Lee Marvin, left, displays his Oscar at Los Angeles International Airport before catching a flight for London while Smokey the horse, right, goes into his cross-legged antics with the help of Ky Wilhoit at a Glendale stable. When Marvin accepted the best actor Academy Award the night before for his dual roles in "Cat Ballou," he said Smokey deserved half the Oscar.

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April 6, 1960: French actress Simone Signoret plants a kiss on her lead actress Oscar a day after her win for "Room at the Top."

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March 30, 1992: Jack Palance memorably celebrates his best supporting actor Oscar with several one-arm push-ups. Palance won for his role as the tough cowboy Curley Washborn in "City Slickers."

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April 18, 1961: Celebrated writer, director and producer Billy Wilder sits with his collection of six Oscars after picking up three more -- best screenplay, best director and best picture -- the previous evening for "The Apartment."

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March 24, 1950: Olivia de Havilland stares in disbelief at her two Oscars while her husband, novelist Marcus Goodrich, serves her some juice. The night before, she had won the best actress Oscar for "The Heiress." She previously won the award for the 1946 movie "To Each His Own."

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March 20, 1948: Actress Celeste Holm relaxes at the Mocambo nightclub with director John Stahl after her win as best supporting actress for "Gentleman's Agreement."

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March 8, 1946. Oscar temporarily tossed aside, Joan Crawford accepts a kiss from Michael Curtiz, who directed her in her best actress Academy Award-winning performance in "Mildred Pierce." Although she was the first star to hire a press agent to mount a campaign for an Oscar, the actress claimed illness and did not attend the ceremony that year.

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April 6, 1959: Best actress winner Susan Hayward wipes the brow of best actor winner David Niven as they hold their statues. Haywood won for "I Want to Live" and Niven for "Separate Tables."

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March 27, 1957: Elizabeth Taylor gets a kiss from her third husband, producer Michael Todd, after he won the best picture Oscar for "Around the World in 80 Days."

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Feb. 29, 1940: Vivien Leigh with her best actress Oscar for "Gone With the Wind."

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March 19, 1953: John Wayne accepted Oscars held by Olivia de Havilland, left, and Janet Gaynor for Gary Cooper and John Ford, who were unable to attend the Academy Awards ceremonies. Cooper won best actor for his role in "High Noon." Ford won best director for "The Quiet Man," starring Wayne.

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April 6, 1959: Crowds gather outside of the Pantages Theater in anticipation of the 31st annual Academy Awards show.

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April 18, 1966: Warren Beatty embraces his sister, Shirley MacLaine, as they face the media and fans outside the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium before the Academy Awards ceremony, where they were presenters.

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March 20, 1952: Humphrey Bogart accepts a congratulatory hug from actress Claire Trevor after receiving the best actor Oscar for "African Queen."

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Apr. 14, 1980: A crowd attending the 52nd Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion reacts to Dustin Hoffman's presence.

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March 26, 1958: From left, John Wayne, Maurice Chevalier and Anthony Quinn share a laugh with producer Jerry Wald at rehearsals for the Academy Awards

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March 29, 1951: Actress Marlene Dietrich, a presenter at the Academy Awards, with Italian Consul Mario Ungara, who was delegated to accept the Best Foreign Language award for "The Walls of Malapaga."

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June 22, 1976: William "Bill Thomas" Petersen, left, is presented his Oscar by Los Angeles Police Officer Robert Martinez at a police property room. Petersen, whose professional name is Bill Thomas, won the Oscar in 1961 for costume design in the movie "Spartacus." It was taken in a burglary of his Bel-Air home in May 1976.

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April 10, 1968: Arrivals at the 40th Academy Awards outside the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.

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