like to say for the record that i am in favor of using more american indians and other minorities in motion pictures. i am against polluting the oceans of the world. i am for every nationality having its homeland and i m for saving the whales. the host job is to be really funny in the beginning and hope something happens that you can capitalize on. you have to be on your feet. you have to know what you re doing. you sister to be able to move stuff. you have to be very fluid. you have to be able to deal with live television. and it s not easy. this giant of the film business is with us tonight. he s 100 years old. please, give a warm welcome to mr. hal roach. [ applause ] i introduced him. he was supposed to get up and wave. instead, he started talking. and there was no mike. and from the stage it was [ inaudible ]
she did not think she was going to win, so while the ceremony was going on she was boarding a train to go back to new york. she did win, and they had to send somebody to get her off the train. she showed up all fluttery and accepted her oscar and went back to the train which had been held for her. it happened one night ended up winning oscars in all the top categories. best picture, best screenplay, best director, best actress. and clark gable for best actor. i do want to take this opportunity of expressing my thanks and sincere gratitude to mr. frank kappa, director of it happened one night and miss claudette colbert who was gracious enough to co-star with me in that same picture. thank you. for years, the academy gave newspapers the names of oscar winners early.
what is happening? i want to thank jason wrightman who i consider a member of my family. i m in awe of his talent as a filmmaker. most of all i want to thank my family for loving me exactly the way i am. [ applause ] and then i m proud to receive this objet d art on behalf of mr. pearlman, who writes, he cannot be here for a variety of reasons, all of them spicy. [ laughter ] he s dumbfounded, absolutely flummoxed. he never expected any recognition for writing around the world in 80 days. [ laughter ] and in fact, only did so on the express understanding that the film would never be shown. [ laughter ]
this is my lovely daughter angelina. actors? i don t know yet. you have to ask them. what do you think, ang? not really. my first academy award. i haven t won anything. do you know something i don t? brilliant. mr. clooney. i win an oscar it s mr. clooney. the vision i had of what hollywood was like before i came to hollywood. it s very intimidating. it s always like, oh, my god, i m a part of this! it s a room full of excitement. it s a room full of sweat. everybody s really eager. 9, 8, 7, 6. it s a huge deal. no matter how cool everybody says they are, it s the oscars for crying out loud. 2, 1 ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our host, her majesty whoopi goldberg. good evening, loyal subjects.
movies go when they die. in 1953, nbc offered $100,000 for broadcast rights, and the academy never looked back. i want to say that tonight you regular television watchers will see movie stars you ve never seen before. it s the one place you can see people like clark gable and doris day and gregory peck and rita hayworth on television. will you read the nominees, mr. newman? with pleasure, mrs. newman. for the best achievement in costume design and color production. for the best achievement in art direction. those nominated for the best achievement in film editing are and now for the black and white cinematography some of the reasons you love the movies you love are because of those people that you don t know that have photographed it or those people that have done the art direction or the costume designs. or all those other technical things, sound. if you didn t have those things,