Original 16th Academy Awards Program - OSCARS - 1944 NR

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March 2, 1944 Thursday, 8:00 p.m.Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood The red carpet, photographer bulbs flashing like strobes in the night sky and the elite of Hollywood's Golden Era in attendance. Jack Benny was t as MC. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman were t for their own nominations and for "Best Picture" winner Casablanca . You may not have been t, but now you can own something that was. You are bidding on an extremely rare, original program given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to invited attendees of the 16th Annual Academy Awards Ceremonies. This is a NO RESERVE auction - the last bidder will own this rare, vintage Hollywood program. Programs from the mid 1940's and before are almost impossible to find because so much paper was recycled during the war years. Fortunately, this "Casablanca beauty" survived. I rate the condition as "fine (cover)-very fine (inside)". It's not perfect (what is after 63 years) but as you'll see from the pictures it's intact and remarkably well preserved. The cover has some toning along the top and spline. The bottom of the cover has a some edge wear and a small piece of tape on the left. T is also a small piece of tape on the inside, upper right corner of the back cover. The back cover has a small piece of missing paper as well, in the lower right corner just under "The read more
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