The Opening of the Academy Awards: 1978 Oscars
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- Debbie Reynolds, Howard W. Koch and host Bob Hope open the 50th Academy Awards. Featuring John Travolta, Mickey Rooney, Sophia Loren, Mia Farrow, Edith Head, Cicely Tyson, Kirk Douglas, Barbara Stanwyck, Diane Keaton, Marcello Mastroianni, Sylvester Stallone, Cliff Robertson, Cloris Leachman, Patty Duke Astin, Louise Fletcher, Joel Grey, Anne Baxter, Frank Capra, Ernest Borgnine, Donna Reed, George Chakiris, Rita Moreno, Burl Ives, Gale Sondergaard, Irwin Allen, Red Buttons, Eva Marie Saint, Marvin Hamlisch, Tony Bill, Dorothy Malone, John Green, Haskell Wexler, Teresa Wright, Edward Anhalt, George Kennedy, Edmond O'Brien, Conrad Hall, Beatrice Straight, Henry Mancini, George Cukor, Claire Trevor, John G. Avildsen, John Williams, Joan Fontaine, Jack Albertson, Bette Davis, Gregory Peck, Walter Matthau, Jane Fonda, Charlton Heston, Richard Dreyfuss, Pat Boone, Greer Garson, Michael Caine, Vanessa Redgrave, Shirley MacLaine, Farrah Fawcett, Quinn Cummings and more.
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Just to see Edith Head in the background like that brings a sentimental touch to this entire number. She was the very epitome of Hollywood. May she rest in peace.
yes, all her costumes were a work of art.
I love how all these 70's Oscar presentations open with old school Hollywood glitz and glamour routines. They are so classy and truly timeless!
Dated and tacky
Barbra Seville how
@@barbraseville8984 Just wait until you are dated and tacky.
The lie that Marcia Lucas saved Star Wars would make Goebbels proud.
Timeless? Sounds white to me.
When Hollywood was still golden. I miss those days.
Debbie Reynolds was 46 when she did the opening she was in great shape
I love Bette Davis's glasses and hairstyle here. She looks amazing. You can tell how petite she was standing beside Gregory Peck. Barbara Stanwyck looks stunning in the audience.
This is certainly before she had the stroke as I recall.
I was going to say, I noticed those too! ......I had a pair a few years ago that had " sparkles " on the frame too! But, I had them quite awhile and needed new ones and couldn't find any like that! They are all so plain and all look alike now!! They either don't have any or make any ' fancy ' ones anymore!!!
At least not where I live!! Boo!!!
I knew her. She was tiny.
Absolutely amazing! They don't make Oscar Awards.... like this anymore! ❤
Old people say this every ten years! They’re always ten years older! My parents said it, my grandparents said it……
or Actors.
@@catofthecastle1681 Well, the Oscars have really gone downhill these last 5 years, haven't they?
Agree
The last time the Oscar’s was this good was back in2013 w Seth macfarland hosted
They should recreate this for the Oscars 2017
A perfect tribute to Debbie Reynolds.
Nimra Naeem Taj They must Remember both ... certainly hope it happens.
I fully agree with your statement.
no one has enough talent to do this now
Crybaby's Carnival Neil bought in the lowest ratings in 15 years.he won't be back nor will Millions of viewers
Although this year's Oscar telecast will be dedicated to the memories of both Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher (a.k.a. Princess Leia), their spirit, just like the "Mother Earth and Father Time" song from Charlotte's Web, will always be part of life's eternal rhyme!
Would love to see the entire show. This took me back to a wonderful time of my life. The 70's were soooo much fun.
I’m so glad the 70s are over. The world has come so much farther.
@@fd9987 Farther to what?
@@strothermartin5368 Awareness, inclusion, and activism, to start.
@@fd9987 😂😂😂😂😂
@@ed_leonardi 💩💩💩💩💩
What a showman Debbie was! A true entertainer, the likes of which are no longer...RIP, Debbie! You were one of a kind!...A devoted fan.
TheMartinick I strongly believe the best entertainers are those who are the biggest fans .Those who Love the Movies ; who Love the true meaning of Hollywood & all the Magic & meaning it brings to our lives.
What was great about Debbie Reynolds was her obvious love of what she was doing - whether acting - dancing or singing - she truly loved and mastered her craft.
TheMartinick Neal Patrick Harris is in that “triple threat” tradition
Woooowwww !!!!! Debbie Reynolds, Gregory Peck, Betty Davies, Bob Hope, Sophia Loren, Shirley Mc Laine, John Travolta... in the same place at the same time. It will never happen again. Thank you for sharing the gem like this...
Witold W. Banasik Bette Davis.
They post every year
Shirley next to Richard Burton>>>
No because they're all dead
@@Frankincensedjb123 No stupid!! John Travolta is still alive!!
I cannot believe the quantity and quality of sheer talent on these shows back then. So many amazing legends on the stage. Wow!
Pure HOLLYWOOD HISTORY. DEBBIE was in Top form. Still find it hard to believe she & Carrie are gone.So many Stars here are in HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN.
Shirley MacLaine glancing at Richard Burton after Bob Hope's Elizabeth Taylor joke. THAT was Hollywood!
Debbie was such a passionate entertainer. So good at what she did. It would be easy to believe she orchestrated this entire performance on her own down to the smallest detail. She embraced her role of celebrity as a service to the people, and just having fun. God Bless!
Yes her daughter could have learnt a lot from her mother about being famous and doing good things for others with that fame ...if she had listened!!!.♥️🇺🇸
@@caravanstuff2827 Debbie was a bit of a lush. Nowhere near the life that Carrie lived, but she definitely didn’t have it easy. But Carrie did a LOT of good.
Miss her. ❤
Wow, this opening ceremony is so comprehensive, entertaining and humble. What happened since then? Award ceremonies of our current era, seem to be built on popular jokes and bombastic, unattainable glamour. This ceremony is so grass roots, but filled with real talent....oh and Betty Davis' spectacles are AWESOME!
She will be so missed!! It did not surprise me at all that she passed the day after her precious daughter left this Earth RIP Mother & Daughter. Thanks for all the memories!!
Kathy Mello It was the first thing I thought when Carrie died, other than my heartfelt sadness of losing Carrie.
Carrie Fisher will always be remembered for Star Wars whilst Debbie Reynolds will always be remembered for Singing in the Rain, Charlotte's Web and the Halloweentown films!
They were both marvelous. I believe Debbie was tired. When Carrie passed mum soon followed.
Love that Bob Hope line, "This is the Real "STAR WARS."
Carrie was a great actress and singer, but Debbie was an amazing TRIPLE THREAT!
This was back when these Oscar Awards actually meant something!
Much more than just a tag line to push a movie today.
These days they couldn't pay me to go.
@@gregj831 why are they still on?
Wonderful opening. Typically awesome performance by Debbie Reynolds. So nice to see childhood favorites like George Chakiris and Patty Duke and legends like Joan Fontaine.
CandyKane1 Greer Garson, Bette Davis, Edith Head, Stanwyck, Capra, Rooney, the list is amazing. Truly Beyond Magical !
CandyKane1 Please someone mention Bette Davis for godssake lol. she has to be at the top of the pantheon, and she looked quite fabulous-- love the glasses!!
How fitting to show the unsung praises of Debbie Reynolds in the opening number. No one knows what an all-around entertainer she was. To most slackers all they know is she was Princess Leia's mother. This opening number is what they should bring back to the Oscars. Entertainment is what Hollywood should be about, not stupid jokes by Jimmy Fallon or Kimmel or who's in the latest carpool with James Corden. Bring some class back to the Oscars and Hollywood.
I feel like they made some minor attempts when Hugh Jackman did musical numbers, but it's far from this quality. Not to mention that was several Oscars ago.
You can say that, again, shihlin1!!!!
Oh Debbie, Debbie, Debbie. So alive, so full of energy and talent. They dont make'em like that any more. My love to you and Carrie.
This is amazing. This feels like you are actually in 1978. I love old things like this.
Bob Hope was absolutely the BEST HOST EVERRRR! And PLEASE SOMEONE, POST THIS ENTIRE SHOW!
Dear Debbie Reynolds. Highly underrated actress, singer & dancer. I never missed a movie or a TV guest spot. I grew up with you. RIP, & Carrie also.
I remember so many of these stars and now, most are gone. Life is so short.
Too short!
Debbie Reynolds deserves a great deal of credit for her opening production number; she was 45 here and she is pulling out all of the stops- doing Singin In The Rain choreography, Saturday Night fever dancing, etc. with proficiency. It's wonderful to see Capra, Cukor, Reed, Borgnine, Robertson, Mancini, Hamlisch and so many others no longer with us. Bravo1
Also crazy to see Rita Moreno coming down those stairs knowing she had a major comedic movie release this year, in her 90’s!
The Oscars were still a must see event back then. Now it's must avoid event
Nothing good lasts forever! The glory years of Hollywood are over, never to return.
Well. All the attendees look bored. Bob Hope's laughs come from a laughing track, and everyone is reading from autocue. So no, the same old same old.
@@AndreUtrecht The movies and the stars were way better then.
It's totally horrible, now!
"Look how far we've come" she sings in the opening number. In 2020 it should be look how far we've gone back.
I am a bit too young to remember this but I grew up on classic films. I always think of these people as the real stars who had gravitas. Very few of today's actors have "it". Rip to Debbie, Carrie and all of the amazing talent that was lost this year.
The supremely gifted Debbie Reynolds! How we shall miss this hugely underrated performer!
She has never been under-rated.
I believe Debbie Reynolds and Doris Day were THE most talented women ever to grace the Hollywood stage! Who else can say they can sing, dance, act - drama and comedy, as well as those two. Wow. Debbie is 46 here.
She looked 54.
The woman looked gorgeous right up to her passing... same couldn't be said for her daughter!!.♥️🇺🇸
Um...and Judy Garland?!
Carry Fisher had just starred in Star Wars when her mom, Debbie Renolds starred in this award show.
Real star power -- everywhere you look. You have to be a certain age to really appreciate this.
Noe Berengena not really. I'm young and I appreciate it... i find your comment ignorant
+Aero -- I find your comment presumptuous. You are the exception to the general rule, so actually you should consider yourself precocious. You are not a teenager, are you?
Most of these stars were in their heyday when my parents were youngsters -- their generation had a real identification and reverence for this galaxy of incredible talent.
Not really. Great performances are timeless...I could list many of them, no matter what decade they come from.
+Teresa -- It is fantastic that you have high standards and that you keep alive the memory of great artists of the past. TCM plays an important role in making that possible for more people. Based on what I see all around, however, I think you are an exceptional (an exception to the general rule) and a knowledgeable viewer. I wish there were more.
Noe Berengena I have to freeze-frame just to see how many Stars I've missed. You're right , Literally everywhere you turn. It's Pure MAGIC.
Debbie always comes through.
I loved Debbie renyolds!! so talented and always so beautiful.. even to the end.. may she and Carrie rest in peace❤❤❤
Gosh, I sure do miss the old Hollywood. It was such a magical time. Those were the days where one actually looked forward to the Oscars. It was always the event of the year. When one actually knew all the nominees and couldn't decide who to root for. It's sad it's no longer like that. So very, very sad. 😔
they really should put out a dvd collection of all the Oscar opening's! would be so cool to watch
Yes that would be a dream I grew up watching every year with my mom and I still even though they suck now lol
@@Royal-Dork73 What a difference!! Especially the last one, with that creep " Eminem " or M & M , OR WHATEVER that weirdo's name is! With that crap rap junk he was spewing! Man...what a difference is right!
It has certainly lost it's way and there's no more hope, so the past I is are all we have !!!
I used to look forward to the Oscar's. Not anymore. Haven't watched it in 5 years.
Wow! Congrats!!!
Debbie Reynolds...a national treasure!
Can we please have all the Oscars shows in full so we can enjoy them all again please please ....
Darren T Totally agree !
OK NOW BOB..u not so funny.
Darren I also agree with you! I love the old Oscar shows!
I've been saying that for years!!
Never did like Bob Hope after he constantly criticised everything British which was ironic as he was born in England. A nasty character.
Gregory Peck was truly a statuesque of a man.......presence, voice and visual tone
Edith Head!!
Alex Moser U know Carrie's house once belonged to Edith Head, & Bette Davis lived there as well.
Probably the best opening of an Oscars ceremony I've ever seen!!!! Gosh I love old Hollywood 😍🥰💖❤️
I don’t know what I love more: her speaking voice, her singing prowess, or the specks of Carrie I hear every once in a while.
Oh, sorry I forgot one: how i wish she she could jump back into my childhood and bring me another Halloweentown. It’s all love. As a boy born in 1991, this is so great to be able to see. Thank god for recordings like these, the industry she made her name from.
Holy moly, the quick tempo of those honorees being ushered down the stairs was a bit frightening. That could've ended up in a geriatric heap.
Looks like they were doing pretty well.
What a great time it was back then..long live the 70's
We LOVE you Debbie!
And WE love you, Carrie!
All the ladies were fully and beautifully clothed! They showed talent and dignity. Now they show skin.
All satanic now.
Love that they actually never forgotten about Rudolph Valentino. He was dead for two years then when the Oscars started♥️
The attendees dressed beautifully. People were glad to be there. Bob Hope's jokes were G-rated. Wonderful films nominated that the public had actually seen. Dance routines that were glamorous and didn't make you cringe. And yes, the winners made front page headlines the next day. Now the headline is that each year sets a record for a smaller and smaller audience.
Oh I remember this ceremony! Debbie was wonserful, but Gregory Peck. YOWZA!!!
This is EPIC!
It's what we need!
Bring back the Old Academy!
Initially, Debbie Reynolds did a spectacular job in the opening number; she looked great and sang and danced a difficult routine flawlessly. The highlight of the introduction of past Oscar winners was Bette Davis, who was still articulate and also looked well. I just watched Davis in her last major film, Lindsey Anderson's The Whales Of August, and she was debilitated by a stroke and partially paralyzed . This was filmed after Davis had received her AFI life achievement award and she was considerably better.
8:45 Fascinating to see the legendary costume designer and style icon Edith Head, to the left of the speaker. She doesn't disappoint here - incredibly stylish, aged 81 years! I noticed she's wearing her trademark 'theatre tokens' necklace, which was made up of a wide gold chain decorated with genuine old ivory discs engraved with the London Theatres they once allowed admittance to. Edith gifted this unusual necklace to Dame Elizabeth Taylor, who had always admired it. It was among the jewellery auctioned off for Aids charities after Liz died - it had a reserve of £1,500 but sold for over £200,000!
Edith Head must have been the biggest Oscar winner on stage, taking home a staggering 8 Oscars (from 35 nominations), for her costumes on legendary movies including 'Samson and Delilah', 'All About Eve', 'A Place in the Sun', 'Roman Holiday' and 'The Sting'.
She designed for stars including Cary Grant, Gloria Swanson, Grace Kelly, Fred Astaire, John Wayne, Doris Day, Tippi Hedren and Debbie Reynolds.
Edith Head was so in demand that she crossed over into TV, designing Endora's outfits for 'Bewitched', and guest starring as herself in a 1973 episode of 'Columbo', with actress Anne Baxter, in which her 8 Oscars were visible in the background of one scene.
Edith Head worked right up to her death. Her last movie work was the 1982 black and white comedy 'Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid', for which she designed Steve Martin's costumes. Edith Head wrote two style books in the late sixties that are still in print - I must buy them! An incredible woman.
In the Arrivals, I love the edits between the current Stars & historical footage of past Stars . You can't stop watching for fear you'll miss something.
Bob Hope was 75 years old, 25 years older than the Academy Awards, when he hosted the 50th ceremony. Unfortunately, this Oscar presentation would be Hope's 27th and final time hosting before his death 25 years later at the age of 100.
He may have died at 100 but he died onstage that night at the Oscars.
Debbie was a true hard working star she was a strong woman a devoted mum she was so devoted when carry died Debbie died to be with her daughter you can't get more devoted as a mum than that rip Debbie xxxx
Loved Bob Hope saying welcome to the real Star Wars.........wow what a opening. Great performance Debbie!!!!
Strangely poignant now, with Carrie (Princess Leia) and her mom Debbie Reynolds passing only a day apart.
Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck, Burt Lancaster, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Roger Mitchum they don't make em like that anymore! And these actors were all before my time! Thanks TCM I have gone down memory lane! The beautiful actress as well!
wow bob hope didn't even bother to thank Debbie Reynolds for busting her ass in that opening number.That lady never got any credit for anything and had more talent in her bones than some of those stuffy stars they showed.
Yes, It so upsets me that she was up there working her butt off while she should have been an academy award winner herself. She really never got the credit, but God bless her, she loved what she did and it showed in her performance, all of her performances were like that. I loved her so much. Still shedding tears over all that happened with her and Carrie.
Melissa Skillens Well, Mr. Howard W. Koch, president of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences thanked her briefly. She did not get a proper thank you, however.
Teresa Gib
Melissa Skillens
Melissa.. you are sooo right! She should have been given a oscar for Molly Brown .. i have not watched the oscars since .. also the Kennedy center should have honored her .. i tried by emailing them over and over .. they ignored it and now its too late .. what a talent Debbie Reynolds was and she gave so much ..
Debbie is such a joy! A true showwoman
It’s a shame they rushed all those icons on stage so fast. Each group was only on camera a fraction of a second. I was looking at the names but didn’t have a chance to see their faces. 😢It was fun to recognize everyone in the audience ❤Debbie was an awesome entertainer! Gregory Peck was still tall, dark and handsome!🥰Bob Hope was always loved because of his movies and the dedication he gave to our soldiers at the USO shows. His writers should be fired for the material they gave him for this Oscar show
Fun fact was how this was the year Star Wars swept the Oscars. I read somewhere that Carrie with her Oscar date was running late for the show, and her mom Debbie was already performing this opening when they arrived. Carrie did not want to go but went anyway to support George Lucas behind the scenes.
RIP Debbie Reynolds
Perfection and pure delight. Miss Debbie Reynolds
THIS IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF. DREAM...
I had such a crush on Debbie Reynolds after seeing singing in the rain the first time as a kid in the 80s. Lucky enough to see Singing in the Rain in the 2000s.
What a class act.
RICHARD BURTON LOOKED WONDERFUL THERE. HEALTHY!
this is probably the end of the era when the awards were actually, decent viewing
Yes, I’m sure Quinn Cummings got that mudslide joke.
What a show! True actors and actresses. Better Davis was 70 at that time. She looked amazing!
The curious mix of 20s nostalgia and 70s camp is such a Carter era / Reagan era staple. Honestly, the perfect intersection of greatest generation and baby boomer proclivities. I was born in 86 so I just barely remember this time but it looked like a lot of fun!
18:23 richard dreyfuss looks so cute when he was young.
The Oscars are over. We will never see these magnificent actors and shows again. What a shame. Back when we had movies and actors who were Oscar worthy. There aren’t any movies or actors today who deserve an Oscar just shut it down
Amazing show. Thank you for uploading this.
Frankie Tortonesi
When people had style and a sense of humour and knew how to conduct themselves in public. No politics, no misconduct and just good all-round entertainment by the old masters.
Debbie Reynolds was everything! The world is less with her absence. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Debbie Reynolds was so great.
But the near absence of Black actors and participants on stage is so glaring from our 2021 perspective.
WATCH THIS VIDEO if you have never seen Debbie Reynolds perform live. She had a regular show in Las Vegas as her bread-and-butter income, and you can get a sense of truly what a consummate performer she was. They called her a "triple threat" because she was Multi talented, being able to dance, sing and act. A real trooper and definitely unsinkable! Rest in peace mother and daughter, Debbie and Carrie.
1978 was the year I graduated from high school; I saw Star Wars at the drive-in theater in the San Fernando Valley, LOL. there were so many good movies that year!!
Patrick Oh I graduated in '79! Those were the days. We grew up with some great entertainment- from movies to music!
Patrick Oh Please go on-line, utube ; You can watch some of her live performances, many more will more than likely start showing up. She & CARRIE would have had a Great time hosting the entire OSCARS. I know they've appeared on the shows together .
MEMORY LANE: A very sentimental walk, indeed....
Bob deserved a standing ovation, let's not deny that......
Who has the magnetic, ultra allure of Miss Debbie Reynolds today?? No one, as of yet! I love the Oscars of the 1970s, with it's freewheeling crazy ways, real volatile politics, bold choices for Best Pictures and the decadent fashions!
A milestone of the Academy and an especially memorable telecast. Nice to finally see all the previous winners in a format we can stop and review. Thanks, as always, to the Admins for posting this. Would still dearly love to see Julie Andrews introduced to present the Best Picture award to IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
Debbie Reynolds singing "Look how far we've come."....look how far we've gone back .. in 2020.....VERY sad!
Debbie Reynolds!
Time when Hollywood had class, glamour and talent...I would definitely go back in time!
i gotta say, i wasn't prepared for debbie reynolds.
did you cry?
For those of us over a "Certain AGE," WE remember these days
How wonderful the talent and the writing were. No vulgarity or smut! Stars were STARS, not just celebrities. We felt like we were watching an Awards Show, not something on BET. To see a talent like DEBBIE REYNOLDS do everything she did is amazing ! No wonder she was one of the biggest stars ever ! We can see why the ratings are so low today. No one cares anymore to watch shows like this. No one was better as Host than Bob Hope. I long for those days and for the kind of CLASS "A" STARS we once had. Today, every Award Show has been turned into a SMUT SHOW and Civil Rights # for whatever mess ! I LOVE HOLLYWOOD AND THE AWARDS, and I'm not even interested any longer. What a shame. Thankfully, we have a video like this to remind us of how REALLY GREAT IT ONCE WAS !
I preferred Billy Crystal to Bob Hope. I do love the old glamor of the show and women not being half undressed like today. The Oscars were the perfect place to bring up Civil Rights, and I'm glad so many actors in those years did.
Respect to these great artists of film. Thank you!
BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL, GREAT!!!!
The year I was born. Interesting!
wow!! you will never get two bigger power house actors than that on one stage , at once
I want Bette's glasses! 🤓
Definitely my “ good old days”. Gone forever.
A marvellous musical with the great Debbie Reynolds! What a wonderful artists we could see in these old ceremonies !
Enjoyed this a lot, thanks for uploading it for us, have a great weekend, Sonique
Debbie Reynolds was and always will be Hollywood royalty.
I saw this very show when it originally aired and I'm excited about it now as I was then, love it 😍
Debbie Reynolds!!
Gregory Peck and Bette Davis look and sound great; this ceremony was filmed shortly after she was awarded the AFI life achievement award and he had a recent success with The Omen. It seems that all of the heart has gone out of the Awards.