{"id":8362,"date":"2015-09-23T07:23:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T14:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martinturnbull.com\/?p=8362"},"modified":"2024-06-19T20:27:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T03:27:34","slug":"the-academy-awards-ceremony-in-the-biltmore-bowl-downtown-los-angeles-march-4th-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2015\/09\/23\/the-academy-awards-ceremony-in-the-biltmore-bowl-downtown-los-angeles-march-4th-1937\/","title":{"rendered":"The Academy Awards ceremony in the Biltmore Bowl, downtown Los Angeles, March 4th, 1937"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spot-the-famous-faces-of-1937-at-the-Biltmore-Hotel-also-hosted-the-Academy-Awards.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8361\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2015\/09\/23\/the-academy-awards-ceremony-in-the-biltmore-bowl-downtown-los-angeles-march-4th-1937\/spot-the-famous-faces-of-1937-at-the-biltmore-hotel-also-hosted-the-academy-awards\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spot-the-famous-faces-of-1937-at-the-Biltmore-Hotel-also-hosted-the-Academy-Awards.jpg?fit=984%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"984,464\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Academy Awards ceremony in the Biltmore Bowl, downtown Los Angeles, March 4th, 1937\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spot-the-famous-faces-of-1937-at-the-Biltmore-Hotel-also-hosted-the-Academy-Awards.jpg?fit=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spot-the-famous-faces-of-1937-at-the-Biltmore-Hotel-also-hosted-the-Academy-Awards.jpg?fit=640%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8361 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spot-the-famous-faces-of-1937-at-the-Biltmore-Hotel-also-hosted-the-Academy-Awards.jpg?resize=640%2C302\" alt=\"The Academy Awards ceremony in the Biltmore Bowl, downtown Los Angeles, March 4th, 1937 \" width=\"640\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spot-the-famous-faces-of-1937-at-the-Biltmore-Hotel-also-hosted-the-Academy-Awards.jpg?w=984&amp;ssl=1 984w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Spot-the-famous-faces-of-1937-at-the-Biltmore-Hotel-also-hosted-the-Academy-Awards.jpg?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>This is the 1937 equivalent of the Oscar Selfie! This is a group shot of the Academy Awards held on March 4th, 1937 Academy Awards in the Biltmore Bowl at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A. (the year \u201cThe Great Ziegfeld\u201d won best picture for MGM.) Even though the Biltmore Bowl was a cavernous auditorium, the awards ceremony seems more intimate. Plus they\u2019re having dinner, so everyone was probably a bit more drunk than they are nowadays. (PS &#8211; I can see Cecil B. DeMille and Henry Fonda in foreground.<\/p>\n<p>These table tents aren&#8217;t from that night, but they&#8217;re interesting ephemera, nonetheless:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28240\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2015\/09\/23\/the-academy-awards-ceremony-in-the-biltmore-bowl-downtown-los-angeles-march-4th-1937\/table-tent-for-the-biltmore-bowl-featuring-ted-straeter-and-amanda-lane\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl-featuring-Ted-Straeter-and-Amanda-Lane.jpg?fit=999%2C873&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"999,873\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1699859533&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Table tent for The Biltmore Bowl featuring Ted Straeter and Amanda Lane\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl-featuring-Ted-Straeter-and-Amanda-Lane.jpg?fit=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl-featuring-Ted-Straeter-and-Amanda-Lane.jpg?fit=640%2C559&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28240\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl-featuring-Ted-Straeter-and-Amanda-Lane.jpg?resize=640%2C559&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Table tent for The Biltmore Bowl featuring Ted Straeter and Amanda Lane\" width=\"640\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl-featuring-Ted-Straeter-and-Amanda-Lane.jpg?w=999&amp;ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl-featuring-Ted-Straeter-and-Amanda-Lane.jpg?resize=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl-featuring-Ted-Straeter-and-Amanda-Lane.jpg?resize=768%2C671&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28241\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2015\/09\/23\/the-academy-awards-ceremony-in-the-biltmore-bowl-downtown-los-angeles-march-4th-1937\/table-tent-for-the-biltmore-bowl\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl.jpg?fit=999%2C934&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"999,934\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Table tent for The Biltmore Bowl\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl.jpg?fit=300%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl.jpg?fit=640%2C598&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28241\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl.jpg?resize=640%2C598&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Table tent for The Biltmore Bowl\" width=\"640\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl.jpg?w=999&amp;ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl.jpg?resize=300%2C280&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Table-tent-for-The-Biltmore-Bowl.jpg?resize=768%2C718&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have a date on this Biltmore Bowl menu, but it gives us an idea of a typical menu:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2015\/09\/23\/the-academy-awards-ceremony-in-the-biltmore-bowl-downtown-los-angeles-march-4th-1937\/biltmore-bowl-menu\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Biltmore-Bowl-menu.jpg?fit=1111%2C1481&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1111,1481\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Biltmore Bowl menu\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Biltmore-Bowl-menu.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Biltmore-Bowl-menu.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Biltmore-Bowl-menu.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Biltmore Bowl menu\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Biltmore-Bowl-menu.jpg?w=1111&amp;ssl=1 1111w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Biltmore-Bowl-menu.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Biltmore-Bowl-menu.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the 1937 equivalent of the Oscar Selfie! This is a group shot of the Academy Awards held on March 4th, 1937 Academy Awards in the Biltmore Bowl at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A. (the year \u201cThe Great &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2015\/09\/23\/the-academy-awards-ceremony-in-the-biltmore-bowl-downtown-los-angeles-march-4th-1937\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[59,73,10,33,20,18,36,39],"class_list":["post-8362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-academy-awards","tag-biltmore-hotel","tag-downtown-los-angeles","tag-hotels","tag-los-angeles","tag-movie-stars","tag-movie-studios","tag-nightclubs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5XK3w-2aS","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8362"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29595,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8362\/revisions\/29595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}