<P> The 1st Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 1927 and 1928 and took place on May 16 , 1929 at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles , California . AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks hosted the show . Tickets cost $5 ( which would be $71 in 2017 considering inflation ) , 270 people attended the event and the presentation ceremony lasted 15 minutes . Awards were created by Louis B. Mayer , founder of Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation ( at present merged into Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer ) . It is the only Academy Awards ceremony not to be broadcast either on radio or television . The radio broadcast was introduced the following year in 1930 . </P>
<P> The 1st Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 1927 and 1928 and took place on May 16 , 1929 at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles , California . AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks hosted the show . Tickets cost $5 ( which would be $71 in 2017 considering inflation ) , 270 people attended the event and the presentation ceremony lasted 15 minutes . Awards were created by Louis B. Mayer , founder of Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation ( at present merged into Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer ) . It is the only Academy Awards ceremony not to be broadcast either on radio or television . The radio broadcast was introduced the following year in 1930 . </P>
when did the first oscar ceremony take place
when did the first oscar ceremony take place
May 16 , 1929
May 16 , 1929