Looking Back at Some of the Most Iconic Photos From the Oscars

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February 27, 2023 1:00 pm

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1969: Makeup artist John Chambers with Walter Matthau and monkey
> Movie that won best picture in 1969: Midnight Cowboy

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1973: Activist Sacheen Littlefeather refuses Marlon Brando’s Oscar
> Movie that won best picture in 1973: The Sting

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1973: Oscar presenters and winners at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
> Movie that won best picture in 1973: The Sting

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1978: C-3PO with Oscar
> Movie that won best picture in 1978: The Deer Hunter

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1978: Winners and performers on stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
> Movie that won best picture in 1978: The Deer Hunter

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