The Opening of the Academy Awards in 1976
Ray Bolger performs the opening at the 48th Academy Awards®, held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Monday, March 29, 1976. Hosted by Walter Matthau, introduced by Academy President Walter Mirisch, and featuring appearances by Elizabeth Taylor, Art Carney, Jennifer O’Neill, Margeaux Hemingway, George Burns, Carol Kane, O.J. Simpson, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Audrey Hepburn, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Michael Douglas, Brenda Vaccaro, Robert Shaw,
