In 1944, It Was a Much Simpler Golden Globes Ceremony

Pablo, Pilar and Father Guido Sarducci.

Imagine how long the acceptance speeches could be at this Sunday’s 74th Annual Golden Globes if just six total categories were presented. A pipe dream, to be sure. But one that if you pipe your way back to the annals of January 1944 and the very first Golden Globes ceremony, becomes a magical reality.

Furthermore, two of the six awards presented were for characters with no last names. Just Pablo and Pilar, a streamlined Supporting duo essayed by Akim Takiroff and Katina Paxinou respectively in a 1943 adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bells Toll.

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