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25Th Academy AwardsThe 25th Academy Awards, the first televised one, honoring the best movies of 1952, was held on March 19, 1953, from the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif and the NBC International Theatre, New York, N.Y. Best Motion Picture The Greatest Show on Earth Best Actor Gary Cooper, High Noon Best Actress Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba By 1953 almost half - 45 percent of all households had televisions sets which was up from 10 percent 3 years earlier. Hollywood saw Television as the enemy which would keep people home, no longer buying tickets at the Movie Theater Box Offices and would have nothing to do with it. But with the cost of the show now reaching $100,000 the four major studios announced that they would not cover the cost of the event as they normally did. Two weeks later the Academy announced that it had made a deal with NBC/RCA for exclusive TV and radio rights. When Shirley Booth accepted the award for best actress she was so excited that she tripped on the stairs on the way up to accept the award during the live show. The show was broadcast from 10:30 PM to 12:00 Midnight switching back and forth from the Host Bob Hope on the west coast to Conrad Nagel on the east coast. The late start was made to accomodate those nominees who were performing that night on the Broadway Stage. Networks The show was broadcast on the following network:
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