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| | Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Academy Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | The 25th Academy Awards, the first televised one, honoring the best movies of 1952, was held on March 19, 1953, from the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif and the NBC International Theatre, New York, N.Y. Best Motion Picture The Greatest Show on Earth |
 | | Two weeks later the Academy announced that it had made a deal with NBC/RCA for exclusive TV and radio rights. |
 | | When Shirley Booth accepted the award for best actress she was so excited that she tripped on the stairs on the way up to accept the award during the live show. |
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