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The first Oscars ceremony lasted about 15 minutes

It was held on 16 May 1929 and the winners were announced months before

The first Academy Awards ceremony was held on 16 May 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, with around 270 guests. The winners had been announced three months earlier, which made the presentation itself brief. Wings won the award for outstanding picture.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: It was held on 16 May 1929 and the winners were announced months before. The figure is taken from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.