I count six spotlights crisscrossing Hollywood Blvd outside the Pantages Theatre (then still the “RKO Pantages”) the night that the 28th Academy Awards were held on March 21, 1956 to honor the films of 1955. This was the year that “Marty” picked up Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Screenplay. In the background, we can see the neon sign for Hody’s on the northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine. I wonder if they did a roaring trade that night after all the celebrities had gone in and the movie fans packing the Hollywood Blvd sidewalk had dispersed.

This is how the Pantages looked in February 2022.