The Opening of the Academy Awards in 1968

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

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  • @d.martin6847
    @d.martin6847 6 лет назад +125

    In 1963 my mother and I were just passing by on a bus and asked what all the spotlights were for and found out it was the awards. We got off the bus walked over and sat in the stands that you see next to the red carpet at the beginning of the video. No tickets. No super security. Gregory Peck and John Wayne walked right past us. Different times.

    • @colonelnguyenvietbac1260
      @colonelnguyenvietbac1260 5 лет назад +3

      wow, that's nearly 60 years ago

    • @42kellys
      @42kellys 2 года назад +5

      Yeah, and what Gregory Peck was hoping that dignity and understanding will come, never happened.

    • @andrewhughes9278
      @andrewhughes9278 Год назад +2

      B
      Different times and better times

    • @fluffy1931
      @fluffy1931 Год назад +2

      @@andrewhughes9278 Vietnam War & Tet Offensive enter the chat along with Charlie Manson family for sh*ts & giggles.

    • @dianagal
      @dianagal Год назад

      You are soooooo lucky!!!!❤❤

  • @BohemianAndy
    @BohemianAndy 11 лет назад +136

    Gregory Peck was such a masculine and great gentleman... I'm a 26 year old man, and I admire his tact, oratory skills and calm demeanor.

    • @hmsdefiant
      @hmsdefiant 4 года назад +1

      Your comment has aged well... 😁

    • @simonrussell6884
      @simonrussell6884 3 года назад

      Correction ....your 33

    • @hmsdefiant
      @hmsdefiant 3 года назад

      @@simonrussell6884 correction YOU'RE 33...

    • @simonrussell6884
      @simonrussell6884 3 года назад

      @@hmsdefiant .....teacher are we?

    • @hmsdefiant
      @hmsdefiant 3 года назад

      @@simonrussell6884 I've taught someone here, at least. My last comment was censored. Consider yourself lucky...

  • @pobocze
    @pobocze 10 лет назад +181

    Gregory Peck - a great actor and a man with class.

    • @kayper54
      @kayper54 6 лет назад +4

      pobocze IKR? He IS Atticus Finch.

    • @hmsdefiant
      @hmsdefiant 4 года назад +2

      Yes.
      The Omen. An incredible believeable performance. Seriously talented...

    • @hmsdefiant
      @hmsdefiant 4 года назад +1

      @jett woodward Be grateful she wasn't your nanny.
      Forgot about her. Brilliant character.
      Must watch it again. You too 🥺

  • @kezadrone
    @kezadrone 11 лет назад +108

    Gregory Peck, a class act.

  • @daphnetheophanous4679
    @daphnetheophanous4679 5 лет назад +42

    Gregory was such a looker and a true gent.

  • @emmalancaster2013
    @emmalancaster2013 Год назад +20

    Gregory Peck was such a stunner, and a very, very good actor. He just seemed so decent in most of his films - though he could surprise you occasionally by playing a scary bad guy. Also a big civil rights supporter. His daughter is a fine filmmaker herself. I really miss Mr. Peck - such a lovely American!

  • @shimmeringfairydust3275
    @shimmeringfairydust3275 10 лет назад +53

    Wow, this was the real deal! Empty seats & fashion not a big deal. Gregory Peck a STUNNER!

  • @69nisi
    @69nisi 9 лет назад +64

    Gregory Peck.....what a Gentleman he was!

  • @leonraymond6284
    @leonraymond6284 11 лет назад +45

    ...and that was the year Gregory Peck won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award!!! God bless those times, the legends and the movies......

  • @melmel1518
    @melmel1518 11 лет назад +109

    Gregory Peck was awesome. Glad they honored Dr. King!

    • @jakelinemunoz5794
      @jakelinemunoz5794 6 лет назад +1

      ñññ

    • @jakelinemunoz5794
      @jakelinemunoz5794 6 лет назад +1

      m9

    • @tonym994
      @tonym994 6 лет назад +5

      GROGORY PECK the man who played Lincoln , and who once said (paraphrasing)of 'Pulp Fiction' "a case exists for it being excessive, but it's impressive filmaking".

    • @tonym994
      @tonym994 6 лет назад +4

      and BONNIE & CLYDE rung in the type of violence making 'Pulp Fiction' eventually sucessful.

    • @emmalancaster2013
      @emmalancaster2013 Год назад +2

      Didn’t they postpone these awards a day or so bcz of Dr. King’s assassination? 8:24

  • @scottbrandts610
    @scottbrandts610 5 лет назад +42

    Only six days after Martin Luther King, Jr., was taken from the world.
    A very apt and moving salute to one of the most phenomenal human beings to have ever graced this world, and bless us all with his wisdom and understanding of the human condition.

  • @LadyAmerican
    @LadyAmerican 11 лет назад +45

    Very nice that Mr. Peck pay tribute to Dr. King!!!! Such a classy and respectful man!!!!

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay 5 лет назад +1

      m'mmm pity King was a moral hypocrit though. It was said, that he spent a lot of time with prostitutes, maybe the FBI said it.

  • @bethzacharski2636
    @bethzacharski2636 3 года назад +11

    Wow, you would never hear any of these words today. Such a class and charismatic man and actor … Gregory Peck! Loved his movie “To Kill A Mockingbird”. These artists had hearts. We don’t see this at all anymore. It is only people that try to drive us a part with hatred. There is no humor anymore that really makes us belly laugh. The people today are not artists they are cruel and hateful. Loved watching this … missed these days.

    • @emmalancaster2013
      @emmalancaster2013 Год назад +1

      Disagree in part. “Moonlight” is one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. No white people - but no racism either. “12 Tears a Slave” was a redemptive film, and it showed that white people helped some slaves. I have seen several rather ‘clean” films like “Napoleon Dynamite” that have made me howl with laughter. But yeah, there’s too much unnecessary violence, profanity and sex in most of today’s films. A shame.

    • @fluffy1931
      @fluffy1931 Год назад

      you are insane if you don't recognize that this happened During the Vietnam War & multiple political murders MLK & RFK along with anti war movement rolling across the nation. Hollywood was cheerleading pro war completely out of touch with current affairs.

  • @VelvetCyberpunk
    @VelvetCyberpunk 5 лет назад +15

    My father was born in 1928 just like the academy awards. I was born in 1968 so this video is especially meaningful for me.

  • @ChickenGeorgeClooney
    @ChickenGeorgeClooney 11 лет назад +24

    Gregory Peck is amazing

  • @jennys7532
    @jennys7532 7 лет назад +20

    I love Gregory Peck

  • @light-yi2me
    @light-yi2me 6 лет назад +24

    Gregory Peck ❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🕊🕊🕊

  • @solocyclist3993
    @solocyclist3993 4 года назад +10

    Great actor & orator ! Gregory Peck RIP.

  • @xaruiz
    @xaruiz 11 лет назад +17

    Golly, things sure have changed. I can't deal with how this era of actors just drip with class.

  • @engelbertestrada
    @engelbertestrada 11 лет назад +37

    Thank you Atticus

  • @deepikabanerjee1557
    @deepikabanerjee1557 7 лет назад +18

    His voice 😍

  • @jenniechen24
    @jenniechen24 6 лет назад +14

    Mr Peck was amazing!

  • @jeffersonborges9932
    @jeffersonborges9932 11 лет назад +30

    02:08 I love how the orchestra plays the theme of ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' when Gregory enters on the stage. And that year was the year of ''The Graduate''! 13:04 I love Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman in this movie!

    • @cturtleSSI
      @cturtleSSI 2 года назад +1

      I recognized that theme too with just a few notes. Iconic!

    • @Kinopanorama1
      @Kinopanorama1 Год назад +2

      Elmer Bernstein conducted the Academy Orchestra that year. You can tell that it's him because he conducts with his left-hand.

    • @cturtleSSI
      @cturtleSSI Год назад +1

      @@Kinopanorama1 Smart!

  • @JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet
    @JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet 2 года назад +5

    Bob Hope's monolog is great!!

  • @liberal4liberty
    @liberal4liberty 3 года назад +5

    Gregory Peck. What a class act he was.

  • @darkladylp
    @darkladylp 11 лет назад +10

    I love this!!! Keep putting up more openings!!

  • @senorkaboom
    @senorkaboom 9 лет назад +46

    Class, dignity, decorum, respect. Far cry from the Academy Awards of today.

    • @brentpop12
      @brentpop12 9 лет назад +2

      True starting at the 90's and back the academy awards were poppin I still watch the show but it's not like these days

    • @lotusbuds2000
      @lotusbuds2000 9 лет назад +4

      +senorkaboom Amen to that...today there is mostly garbage

    • @richardbullis6263
      @richardbullis6263 5 лет назад +2

      I stop watching after the 2000. The best years are between 1960-1980. Afterwards it became nonsense and boring.

  • @42kellys
    @42kellys 2 года назад +5

    Without any swearwords Bob Hope was pretty sarcastic, frank and entertaining. He was roasting the Oscars and the actors the films and everything and he did it well.

    • @emmalancaster2013
      @emmalancaster2013 Год назад +1

      Does he say “Dustin Hupman” instead of “Hoffman?”

  • @captainnixe8726
    @captainnixe8726 5 лет назад +7

    Peck was a good actor and an even better man,

  • @jealousofmypuddin
    @jealousofmypuddin 11 лет назад +10

    Elmer Bernstein's the conductor! So many great works, "To Kill A Mockingbird", "The Magnificent Seven", "Hawaii", and one of my favorites "Far From Heaven".

    • @toscodav
      @toscodav 6 лет назад +2

      He also did the music for "Animal House". Go figure

    • @scottvasquez1401
      @scottvasquez1401 5 лет назад +1

      The Black Cauldron is one of my favorites.

    • @postmodernrecycler
      @postmodernrecycler 3 года назад

      And 'The Grifters'. To me, his most evolved work.

    • @cturtleSSI
      @cturtleSSI 2 года назад

      Well no wonder he knew to play the Mockingbird theme when Greg Peck appeared!

  • @martymartin6191
    @martymartin6191 2 года назад +2

    love the comments of Charlton heston a few years before the film Earthquake!!!

  • @animolins5921
    @animolins5921 5 лет назад +9

    I'm here for Anne Bancroft❣ i really need more videos of Annie in Oscars 1968!

  • @MrImiller07
    @MrImiller07 11 лет назад +20

    If memory serves, this was the year in which Norman Jewison's film, "In The Heat Of The Night" won Best Picture over Nichols' "The Graduate" and Penn's "Bonnie And Clyde" and Rod Steiger won Best Actor for the aforesaid film, which he had deserved for The Pawnbroker three years earlier. This was also Sidney Poitier's most successful year as an actor, with commercial and critical successes in "Heat Of The Night"., "To Sir With Love", and "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner".

    • @emmalancaster2013
      @emmalancaster2013 Год назад +1

      Mr. Poitier was such a beautiful, elegant man of rare talent. Such a class act!

    • @daysofneptune7542
      @daysofneptune7542 Год назад +2

      Sidney should’ve gotten a nomination for Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.

    • @emmalancaster2013
      @emmalancaster2013 Год назад +1

      @@daysofneptune7542 agree

  • @willmack5909
    @willmack5909 2 года назад +5

    So sad how Hollywood and this awards program has devolved. Totally sad and painful and pitiful what our world has become. I mourn every day.

  • @claudiocorleone7856
    @claudiocorleone7856 Год назад

    Stars stars stars! Bob Hope had impeccable timing with his jokes and makes fun of himself and others without upsetting anyone.

  • @Orangeflava
    @Orangeflava 11 лет назад +6

    This is awesome!! Upload more openings!!

  • @buddy51
    @buddy51 10 лет назад +21

    Imagine making a joke about how hard the delay was on the NOMINEES just a few days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.! Still, this was a transitional year for American films, what with Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate among the nominees.

    • @dbaser687
      @dbaser687 6 лет назад +7

      Bob Hope was a racist and not funny!

  • @thesapphireempress9635
    @thesapphireempress9635 9 лет назад +41

    There was no one better than Gregory Peck to do the opening for the Oscars that year. The original date for the ceremony was changed because, due to Dr. King's assassination, a number of performers said that they would not be able to attend, as they would be going to his funeral. And I feel that Bob Hope's joke about the delay was completely tasteless and out of line. I've never understood his appeal, and not just because of this.

    • @senorkaboom
      @senorkaboom 9 лет назад +7

      I do not see what was tasteless about it. All he said was it was delayed, but did not mention why. I think it would have been tasteless to make jokes had he mentioned King's name, but Hope didn't.

    • @Coowallsky
      @Coowallsky 9 лет назад +5

      +senorkaboom Don't feed the trolls.

  • @rlnyny
    @rlnyny 11 лет назад +6

    STARS!

  • @MegaNenetta
    @MegaNenetta 4 года назад +3

    L'uomo più bello del pianeta.

  • @MrCristoforoantonio
    @MrCristoforoantonio 11 лет назад +2

    exactly!!
    That would be so exciting!!!

  • @oliviajohnjohnolivia8142
    @oliviajohnjohnolivia8142 Год назад +1

    That is when everyone had talent in music,acting,comedy,sports,writing,directing and eating Swansen frozen dinners.

  • @NickDGass
    @NickDGass 11 лет назад +8

    This was the last show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The Oscars moved to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the next two decades.

  • @hasmikkhatchatourians6071
    @hasmikkhatchatourians6071 5 лет назад +5

    God gave him everything.

  • @trevormcmanis
    @trevormcmanis 6 лет назад +27

    Hollywood was so much more classy and elegant back in the day.

    • @ALOISC1
      @ALOISC1 5 лет назад +3

      They were more discreet.

    • @richardbullis6263
      @richardbullis6263 5 лет назад +4

      No it was not. They were doing all kinds things on the down low. Very racist to the core. Go figure

  • @adriennekovic6827
    @adriennekovic6827 Год назад +3

    Gregory Peck so handsome

  • @大宮里美-u4z
    @大宮里美-u4z Месяц назад +1

    グレゴリーペック氏最高🎉

  • @ellaisa7698
    @ellaisa7698 3 года назад

    Incredible! Very interesting. Gregory is wonderful. Great to see tAudrey there too!

  • @WellingtonSilvaFilho123
    @WellingtonSilvaFilho123 7 лет назад +8

    If I'm able to suggest you something, I'd like to request that you upload the concerts of the Best Song Oscars' nominees. The shows are always highlights. In special, I'd like so much to watch "The Look of Love" sung by Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66 at the 40th Academy Awards in 1968.

  • @mrfloyd93
    @mrfloyd93 11 лет назад +4

    More Opennings Please!!!!

  • @petulia67
    @petulia67 11 лет назад +8

    RFK would be gone within two months as well.. thank you for posting this.

  • @perpieta
    @perpieta Год назад +1

    12:04 three beauties: Julie Christie, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway.

  • @danalong1237
    @danalong1237 7 лет назад +5

    "The ABC Wednesday Night Movie will not be seen tonight but will return next week so that we can bring you the following ABC Special Presentation: The 40th Annual Academy Awards!"

  • @flenif2247
    @flenif2247 10 лет назад +20

    Gregory PEck...*swoon*

  • @malinibhattacharya9226
    @malinibhattacharya9226 5 лет назад +3

    He was a real strong MAN.

  • @FilmDisney
    @FilmDisney 11 лет назад +4

    Please post entire ceremonies!

  • @JerseySurvivor
    @JerseySurvivor 11 лет назад +3

    Re: standing ovations. Today people stand for ANYTHING. Even at Broadway shows! Back then it really had to be something REALLY special.

  • @angelareminiscenza6233
    @angelareminiscenza6233 Год назад +1

    This is what you call the Acadamy Awards!!!!❤❤❤

  • @db-yj9xo
    @db-yj9xo Год назад

    Would never tell Gregory Peck to "stay classy". He would never for one minute depart from that grand status. You made motion pictures true to their art form

  • @animolins5921
    @animolins5921 5 лет назад +4

    My beautiful anne bancroft ❤

    • @RyanPeoples-j8r
      @RyanPeoples-j8r 8 месяцев назад +1

      She was absolutely Stunning that night!
      Anne will go down as one of the most underrated actresses of all-time. She absolutely nailed down Mrs Robinson s
      character to perfection! Her work in the Miracle Worker was astonishing.
      I do believe she was a very beautiful woman who did things her way and was able to show her versatility in the roles she performed.
      Thank You God for Anna Maria Louisa Italiano ❤

  • @Journeyman-Fixit
    @Journeyman-Fixit Год назад

    OMG what a great time!

  • @dineochaka309
    @dineochaka309 Год назад

    Beautiful thanks

  • @JerseySurvivor
    @JerseySurvivor 11 лет назад +1

    Is the one in black feathers, Edy Williams??

  • @annamaj2943
    @annamaj2943 3 месяца назад +1

    Gregory❤❤❤❤

  • @cetacious
    @cetacious 5 лет назад +1

    4:25 Glen Berggren, the , those -wait, who?
    xD Love to this cameraman!

  • @Wendlinger
    @Wendlinger 11 лет назад +1

    GREAT!!

  • @mickeytor
    @mickeytor 11 лет назад +4

    Notice from the bumper at the beginning - "The Wednesday night movie won't be seen tonight." This year that the show was pre-empted by a few days because of MLK's assasination. The Oscars were traditionally Monday (I believe).

  • @denny906
    @denny906 9 лет назад +5

    What year did the Academy Awards start taking place at the beautiful Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles?

  • @newtnevesyt4641
    @newtnevesyt4641 9 лет назад +19

    The 1968 Oscars was postponed two days because of the assassination of MLK.

  • @marcackerman492
    @marcackerman492 Год назад +1

    How times have changed--and not for the better. This dignified, elegant ceremony has turned into a circus.

  • @PatriciaSilva-oj3hf
    @PatriciaSilva-oj3hf 11 месяцев назад +1

    This is how a true classy academy awards should be and not the train wreck it has become with the politics and drama.

  • @elvispresley718
    @elvispresley718 11 лет назад +30

    No Kardashians thank god

    • @ALF782
      @ALF782 4 года назад

      @jett woodward They are over madeup,nipped and tucked wanna bes. I see better looking natueal talent down at the local beach in Sydney every day of the week.

    • @ALF782
      @ALF782 4 года назад

      @jett woodward Go to Lakemba in Sydney and you can see plenty of Doppelganger Habib Karjenners with their inflated lips and dripping with jewellery .

    • @ALF782
      @ALF782 4 года назад

      @jett woodward Look at Miranda Kerr and Elle McPherson they are much better.

    • @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624
      @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624 4 года назад +1

      The Kardashians was not even in the Academy Awards since they were born in the past! I think, they were kids and watch the Academy Awards on TV when they are young.

    • @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624
      @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624 4 года назад +1

      @jett woodward oh. Thanks for the heads up. 😮😀👍🏿

  • @percyweasley9301
    @percyweasley9301 2 месяца назад

    This is classy 😳😳

  • @dawn0426
    @dawn0426 9 лет назад +2

    can someone please upload the whole ceremony???pls pls!

  • @toscodav
    @toscodav 6 лет назад +1

    Elmer Bernstein. did the soundtrack for Animal house

  • @mariedewitt5033
    @mariedewitt5033 2 года назад

    A class act.

  • @nymet2454
    @nymet2454 9 лет назад +5

    Magnificent Raquel Welch is right!

  • @Exotic3000
    @Exotic3000 Год назад +1

    OMG ❤! That was awesome!

  • @danielmcdonald3527
    @danielmcdonald3527 5 лет назад +3

    Dustin Huffman?

  • @carmencampitelli6745
    @carmencampitelli6745 4 года назад +1

    Gregory Peck: Unico.

  • @danielchais4603
    @danielchais4603 8 лет назад +4

    A number of bald spot heads and no cell phones
    Such simpler times

  • @cormacdoheny470
    @cormacdoheny470 8 лет назад +1

    It sounds like people are booing Doctor Dolittle (1967) at the beginning of this video when everyone is asked which best picture they're voting for.

  • @must-be-abdul
    @must-be-abdul 11 лет назад +1

    PLEASE PLEASE UPLOAD the arrivals of the 1989 Oscars. I wanna see Cher walking down the carpet in all her glory!

  • @leonraymond6284
    @leonraymond6284 11 лет назад +3

    I just realized a few things:
    1) Oscars' shows were beautiful, even the background of the stage.
    2) Bob Hope seemed to be the top choice for host.
    3) There weren't really any standing ovation, why? Everyone were equally brilliant and deserving.

  • @jomama5186
    @jomama5186 Год назад

    The year my hubby was born! Wow!

  • @robertrosejr1
    @robertrosejr1 Год назад +1

    Classy times unlike 2023

  • @FlavioGirl
    @FlavioGirl 9 лет назад +1

    do you have the whole version of any oscar shows?

  • @williamdunphy352
    @williamdunphy352 5 лет назад +1

    Hank Simms is the announcer.

  • @Brandespada
    @Brandespada 2 года назад

    Gregory Peck welcomes Bob Hope to the stage. Little did they know that both would die one month apart in 2003.

  • @timarmas8497
    @timarmas8497 Год назад +1

    When Hollywood had class!

  • @kevinstallman519
    @kevinstallman519 4 года назад

    Who is the actress at the beginning in the black feather dress?

  • @JerseySurvivor
    @JerseySurvivor 11 лет назад +1

    Ps. How about Elmer Bernstein's win this year and Barbra Streisand's first Oscar appearance presenting Best Song?

  • @44032
    @44032 2 года назад +1

    I am now 4 years older than Bob was then. Sigh....

  • @clarissenowrouzi5749
    @clarissenowrouzi5749 5 лет назад +1

    I don't understand why Bob Hope is talking about Earthquake and Charlton Heston while in fact the movie came out only 6 years later .

    • @ReWriteMan62
      @ReWriteMan62 3 года назад +1

      There had been a small earthquake in the Los Angeles area.
      Bob Hope’’s comment about Charlton Heston is a nod to Heston’s portrayal of Moses in “Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments.” (1956).

  • @Kinopanorama1
    @Kinopanorama1 Год назад

    Ah, the good ol' days, when there was a touch or class, not to mention dignity, as epitomised by the elegant Mr Peck.

  • @kascnef
    @kascnef 10 лет назад +1

    When did they move the oscars to sundays

    • @kascnef
      @kascnef 8 лет назад +2

      ***** why

    • @scottvasquez1401
      @scottvasquez1401 5 лет назад +1

      In 1999. Originally it was played on Mondays to not interfere with the weekend movie box office, but they moved it to Sunday because they felt more people will be at home and Sunday nights were ratings gold.

    • @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624
      @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624 4 года назад +1

      1999, Sunday at the Oscars was good. Because of it, AFV would moved to Monday nights on ABC in 1999 just for February or in March. The Wonderful World of Disney will be back with new movies on Sunday nights after Sunday at the Oscars was done. Miss Whoopi Goldberg (The View) would host because her hosting success in the 1994 Oscars and the 1996 Oscars was good because of a female who won her Academy Award then a female would host the Oscars of the new millenium before 2000 because for her, she is the most female comedic entertainer of all time without performing all the songs about the Oscars. Miss Goldberg keeps the Oscars monologue so simple, so funny, and so peaceful that every human needs a great laugh.

  • @JerseySurvivor
    @JerseySurvivor 11 лет назад +1

    Is the one w

  • @EHH246
    @EHH246 3 года назад +2

    7:33 Bob, a influential civil rights figure was assassinated a few days ago! Now is not the time to make jokes about delays!

  • @gonstotwriter
    @gonstotwriter 11 лет назад +3

    This was a frightening and fascinating time in US history; Vietnam was happening and the draft, a year away, was on everyone's mind.

  • @jjsims
    @jjsims 11 лет назад +2

    Bob Hope had a connection with the audience.