EMOTIONAL MOMENTS.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski Nov. 10, 1931: The academy paid tribute to inventor Thomas Alva Edison, who died the month before. March 5, 1936: D.W. Griffith received a special statuette honoring his career achievement as a producer and director and received the first standing ovation in Academy Awards history as he walked to the podium. ``We had many worries in those days, small worries,'' he said. ``Now you people have your worries, and they are big ones. They have grown with the business, and no matter what its problems, it's the greatest business in the world.'' The Hollywood Reporter said his speech brought tears to the eyes of the throng. April 17, 1961: Elizabeth Taylor Noun 1. Elizabeth Taylor - United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932) Taylor won the best-actress award for ``Butterfield 8,'' a role and a film she despised but was contractually obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. to make. She attended the ceremony just weeks after having been described as gravely ill with pneumonia, and her Dior gown revealed her new tracheotomy tracheotomy (trākēŏt`əmē), surgical incision into the trachea, or windpipe. The operation is performed when the windpipe has become blocked, e.g., by the presence of some foreign object or by swelling of the larynx. scar at her throat. Her win was met with loud applause and, after her heartfelt acceptance speech, she headed for a ladies' room backstage and fainted. April 10, 1972: Having ended his decades-long exile in Europe, 82- year-old Charlie Chaplin accepted his second honorary Oscar (he never won an award in a competitive category). The tribute came at the end of the ceremony with a film montage and Chaplin revealed to the audience after the screen rose. The ovation lasted several minutes, and when Chaplin finally could speak, he said, ``Words are so futile, so feeble.'' Jack Lemmon Noun 1. Jack Lemmon - United States film actor (1925-2001) John Uhler, Lemmon brought out the Little Tramp's trademark hat and cane, and Chaplin accepted them and put the hat on, drawing another ovation. April 9, 1979: John Wayne, stricken with cancer, appeared at his final Academy Awards to hand out the best-picture statuette. ``That's about the only medicine a fella'd ever really need,'' he said of the standing ovation. ``Believe me when I tell you that I'm mighty pleased that I can amble amble a slower, non-racing version of pace gait in horses. broken amble has many characteristics of the amble but there are four beats to the gait with each foot contacting the ground independently. Called also single-foot. down here tonight.'' March 25, 1985: Sally Field Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award winning American actress. She is also a three-time Emmy Award-winning and two-time Golden Globe Award winner who became a household name at age 20 as Sister Bertrille in the 1960s sitcom , winning her second best-actress Oscar, this for ``Places in the Heart,'' gave one of the awards' most memorable - and most misquoted - speeches: ``I haven't had an orthodox career, and I wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me - right now, you like me!'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Charlie Chaplin April 10, 1972 (2) Eddie Fisher Eddie Fisher may refer to:
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