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  22nd Awards: March 23, 1950
Thursday, 8:00 p.m.
RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
MC - Paul Douglas
General Director - Johnny Green
Musical Director - Robert Emmett Dolan
  23rd Awards: March 29, 1951
Thursday, 8:00 p.m.
RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
MC - Fred Astaire
General Director - Richard Breen
Musical Director - Alfred Newman
  24th Awards: March 20, 1952
Thursday, 8:00 p.m.
RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
MC - Danny Kaye
General Director - Arthur Freed
Musical Director - Johnny Green
Script - Sylvia Fine, Richard Breen
  25th Awards: March 19, 1953
Thursday, 7:30 p.m. (first telecast)
RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
MC - Bob Hope
Produced and Directed by - Johnny Green
Musical Director - Adolph Deutsch
Script - Richard L. Breen
NBC - TV Director - William A. Bennington
NBC International Theatre, New York City
MC - Conrad Nagel
Presentations - Fredric March
  26th Awards: March 25, 1954
Thursday, 8:00 p.m.
RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
MC - Donald O'Connor
General Director - Mitchell Leisen
Musical Director - Andre Previn
Script - Hal Kanter
NBC - TV Director - Willliam A. Bennington
NBC Center Theatre, New York City
MC - Fredric March
Presentations - Jean Hersholt
NBC - TV Director - Gray Lockwood
  27th Awards: March 30, 1955
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
MC - Bob Hope
Producer and General Director - Jean Negulesco
Musical Director - David Rose
Script - Richard L. Breen, Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose
NBC - TV Director - William A. Bennington
NBC Century Theatre, New York City
MC - Thelma Ritter
Presentations - Conrad Nagel
NBC - TV Director - Gray Lockwood
  28th Awards: March 21, 1956
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
MC - Jerry Lewis
Producer - Robert Emmett Dolan
Director - George Seaton
Musical Director - Andre Previn
Script - Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose, Richard L. Breen
NBC - TV Director - William A. Bennington
NBC Century Theatre, New York City
Representing the Academy - Claudette Colbert, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
NBC - TV Director - Richard Schneider
  29th Awards: March 27, 1957
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
MC - Jerry Lewis
General Director - Valentine Davies
Musical Director - Johnny Green
Script - Arthur Phillips, Harry Crane, Hal Kanter
NBC - TV Director - William A. Bennington
NBC Century Theatre, New York City
MC - Celeste Holm
Producer - Robert Emmett Dolan
NBC - TV Director - Max Miller
  30th Awards: March 26, 1958
RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
MCs - Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Rosalind Russell, James Stewart and Donald Duck (on film)
Producer - Jerry Wald
Musical Director - Alfred Newman
Script - Richard Breen, Melvin Frank, John Michael Hayes, Hal Kanter, Norman Panama, Jack Rose, Mel Shavelson
NBC - TV Producer - Director - Alan Handley
  31st Awards: April 6, 1959
Monday, 7:30 p.m.
RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
MCs - Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, David Niven, Sir Laurence Olivier, Tony Randall, Mort Sahl
General Chairman - Valentine Davies
Producer - Jerry Wald
Musical Director - Lionel Newman
Script - Richard Breen, Harry Crane, I.A.L Diamond, Hal Kanter,
Mort Lachman, Arthur Phillips, Jack Rose, Mel Shavelson
NBC - TV Producer - Director - Alan Handley

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