The Golden Globe Awards are awards presented for excellence in both international film and television. It is an annual award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work. The ceremony is normally held every January, and has been a major part of the film industry's awards season, which culminates each year in the Academy Awards.
The 1st
Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best achievements in 1943 filmmaking, were
held late on January 20, 1944, at the 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles,
California.
A group of
Los Angeles-based foreign journalists came up with the idea for the Golden
Globes to help the distribution of cinema to non-U.S. markets. They initially
created the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association in 1943. By then, the
Academy Awards were well-established and the organization realized what a good
idea it would be to have a similar award ceremony, to honor film contributions
from American and foreign cinema.
The first Golden Globe awards in January 1944 were held at the 20th Century-Fox studios and only gave out scrolls in place of awards. The idea for the current statuette a golden globe surrounded by a film strip — came the following year from the president of the organization, Marina Cisternas. Six years later, the group split into two, only to reunite five years later, becoming the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Award ceremonies continued to be held in various venues across the U.S., with new award categories added.
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The first
awards presentation for distinguished achievements in the film industry granted
by Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association – the precursor of today’s
Hollywood Foreign Press Association – took place in early 1944 with an informal
ceremony at 20th Century Fox.
Jennifer Jones was awarded Best Actress honors
for The Song of Bernadette, which also won for Best Film, while Paul Lukas took
home Best Actor laurels for Watch on the Rhine. Awards were presented in the form
of scrolls.
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| Jennifer Jones |
Best Actor
in a Leading Role: Paul Lukas
Best Actress
in a Leading Role: Jennifer Jones
Best
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Akim Tamiroff
Best
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Katina
Paxinou
Best
Director-Motion Picture: Henry King
Best Picture: The Song of Bernadette