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1969-04-14, WABC, 105 min.
- Martha Raye
- Frank Sinatra
- Bob Hope
- Jane Fonda
- Tony Curtis
- Diahann Carroll
- Burt Lancaster
- John Woolf
- Anthony Harvey
- Natalie Wood
- Hank Sims
- Ingrid Bergman
- Gregory Peck
- Marni Nixon
- Don Rickles
- Mel Brooks
- Aretha Franklin
- Walter Matthau
- Rosalind Russell
- Barbra Streisand
- Sidney Poitier
- Jack Albertson
- Boris Levin
- Abbey Lincoln
- Jose Feliciano
- Ruth Gordon
- Henry Mancini
- Onna White
- Carol Reed
- Jean Hersholt
The best performances & achievements from 1968 are honored as the 41st Academy Awards are telecast from the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion. Gregory Peck introduces the "Friends of Oscar," presenters who serve as hosts. They include Ingrid Bergman, Sidney Poitier, Jane Fonda, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Wood, Walter Matthau, Diahann Carroll, Tony Curtis, Rosalind Russell, and Burt Lancaster. Frank Sinatra sings an opening number from the motion picture "Star!" Jack Albertson accepts a best supporting actor award, the first of many awards given this evening. Other award winners and performers include Boris Levin, Abbey Lincoln, Jose Feliciano, Ruth Gordon, Marni Nixon, Henri Mancini, Don Rickles, Mel Brooks, Onna White, Aretha Franklin, Carol Reed, Bob Hope, Martha Raye (the first woman recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award), Anthony Harvey, Barbra Streisand, and John Woolf. Hank Sims introduces and closes the program.
1975-01-02, NPR, 156 min.
- Jack Benny
- Phil Harris
- Jerry Haendiges
- Barbara Stanwyck
- Michael Curtiz
- Paulette Goddard
- Basil Rathbone
- Jeanne Craine
- Claudette Colbert
- Don Wilson
- James Hilton
- Jinx Falkenburg
- Truman Bradley
- Jean Hersholt
- Mary Livingston
- Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
- Dennis Day
Jerry Haendiges hosts this tribute 7 days after Jack Benny's death. There is a brief biography of Benny's career and complete radio broadcasts from the 1940's, including two Jack Benny programs with Mary Livingston, Don Wilson, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Dennis Day and Phil Harris. From 1945 we hear a complete program of Screen Guild Theater with Benny, Jean Hersholt, Barbara Stanwyck, Basil Rathbone, and Michael Curtiz. Announcer Truman Bradley is also heard. Mail Call from Armed Forces Radio presents a program with Benny, Claudette Colbert, Jinx Falkenburg, Paulette Goddard and Jeanne Crain. And from Hallmark Playhouse James Hilton introduces "My Financial Career" starring Jack Benny, which is heard in its entirety.