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  • The ideal acceptance speech: short and sweet.

    (Amazing how Ms. Welch looks here, I did not recognize her until she opened her mouth to speak)

  • well both movies were great I love Diana but Liza was perfect as Sally Bowles and she won the award on her own merit.

  • Cicely Tyson was relieved that she did not lose the award to Diana Ross.

  • I feel like Liza won this award after her mother lost it in A Star is Born...In Fact, I often feel like Liza's career has always been doing the things that her mother never got to do and livin life in the place over the rainbow that her mother never got to see

  • Yes...Diana Ross deserved the award over Liza. Just no justice...

  • Did Joel Grey get up to go to the bathroom or something? He was sitting right in front of her, then. . .

    She looks like a baby!

  • Lucille 2!

  • I would like to thank Halston ...

  • Lucille 2.

  • Should have gone to Diana Ross. When I watched Cabaret I was blown away by the fact that Liza and Joel won. I thought NEITHER of their performances were special at all

  • @KrueMann1992 Really. Seriously. You can´t be serious.

  • Meh, Cabaret was good, but she should've one for The Sterile Cuckoo. She was too good in that movie.

  • All the nominees looked so mean back then

  • Talent like Ms. Minnelli's comes around once in a lifetime. Well-earned.

  • For the ones who don't understand Raquel's remark at 0:50 'I hope they haven't got a cause' This is a reference to Marlon Brando having rejected his Oscar previously that evening. You can see this video among the suggestions.

  • aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw <3

  • Totally deserved <3 This woman... OMG this woman <3

  • were Lady Sings The Blues released the next year (1973) , Diana Ross would have gotten the OSCAR for SURE!!

  • @morik1 I have been saying this for years. 1973 was a much weaker year in the Best Actress category, and if only the film had been released then, Diana Ross would have easily won.

  • @SecondActsRescue

    I AGREE!

  • THIS WAS PURE HOLLYWOOD NEPOTISM. DIANA ROSS WAS A SHOE-IN.SHE WAS AMAZING IN "LADY SINGS THE BLUES".THIS WAS DIANA ROSS' AWARD FOR SURE. THEY MIGHT AS WELL HAVE SAID THE AWARD GO TO.....JUDY GARLANDS DAUGHTER!

  • S  T O N E D

  • LOL Black people didnt win Oscars back then. LOL

  • @BigTimeShowdown actually not true. Sydney Poitier won a few year years before... and Hattie McDaniel won decades before...

  • so.. SOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ugly

  • Diana Ross = Beyoncé

    Liza Minnelli = Lady Gaga.

    Who wins = Lady Gaga

  • I would do anything just so I can be a teenager in the 70's

  • Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar in 1940 for Gone With The Wind so to say the Acandemy wasn't ready to give a black woman an Oscar is patent rubbish. Liza Minelli was brilliant in Cabaret, the fact that the film and role are still remembered by many, many people is testament to the validity of her win.

  • Haha look at Gene Hackman! Nice hair man

  • Looks to me like Liza might have been drunk... Her eyes can't stay open

  • Why is Maggie Smith like NEVER present ? It's the third time I have seen a video in which she has been nominated but she is never there. I guess it all were Oscars.. would be interesting to know!

  • Raquel Welch is so hot!

  • somebody give Liv Ullman a cookie!

  • How forward was Raquel Welch's dress for 1972? I mean vavavoom.

  • Shit, you couldn't have cut the tension in there if there were a knife.

  • Cicely Tyson wasn't happy to loose....

  • @tousamis Well she looked like she had a few drinks or something. Diana Ross looked like she wanted to murder someone.

  • Liza is so wonderful.

  • She thoroughly deserved it, one of my favourite performances ever.

    Liv Ullman looks a bit grumpy!

  • Tough year. Minelli deserves this - but anyone could have taken it in that bunch.

  • @teamiker I think it's Desi Arnaz Jr.

  • well i am a liza and a diana fan i love them both. i have seen both movies and thought they were both great. Liza won and she was wonderful as sally diana was great as billy holiday who i also love, they should have given them both an oscar as they did when kate and barbra tied in 1968 or 1969.

  • wow..she sounds so much like judt garland, the laughter too.

  • *-*

  • who's that man at 1:28?

  • Let's face it! Hollywood just wasn't ready in the early 70's to give the Oscar to a black woman. Until Lady sings the blues blacks were only portraying slaves or servants but never a glamorous Lady like Miss Ross portrayed Billie Holiday. She didn't look or sound like Billie but at least she did some damn good acting. Don't forget Diana Ross is a singer and this wasit was Diana's first film. Liza also did a great job but I do get the feeling she only won because her mom never got to win one!

  • @Patrickibens Minelli was great in this, and the idea that the Oscars would never award a black woman is clearly just not true. Why do people always have to come up with hateful comments about why their favorite lost instead of just being glad for the winner. I bet Ross wasn't as bitter about this as these fans.

  • 1488

  • sss

  • Well....That was straight forward.

  • Even after all the years, and watching these films over again-and-again--I still believe that Diana Ross should have won this one. it was Ross who remained most in the character. I think that Liza simply made her portrayal out of herself. She stayed in that character in real life, too. This is a criticism that the academy has held against others. It was a different time, and America was not ready for the controversy; however, it was credible for the Academy to give a nod to all the women.

  • @stacystewartsmithart

    WOW,excellent observation I couldnt have said it bettter.

  • @stacystewartsmithart But you should always put yourself into your character. Your character is nothing but script unless you're there too.

  • @stacystewartsmithart i'm sorry. do you know ANYTHING, at all, about billie holiday? at all? i honestly do not understand how anyone can honestly, objectively even, argue that diana ross was billie holiday.

  • @TheJspyder136 Yeah. There was an incident with Marlon Brando. He won, refused to show and sent an Apache woman in in traditional garb to read his letter protesting the anti-Native racism in Hollywood. It's a good point, but it's a bad place to do it. I also heard the woman was actually an actress and not even Apache. So that was a pretty terrible move lol

  • Liza 300% deserved this. Anyone who thinks that Diana Ross (or anyone else) should have won over Liza should check themselves out. And no, I'm not a fan of Liza in general.

  • 0:49 two black women nominated (who didnt win) and Rachel Welch says "hope they dont got a Cause"......Am I the only one who senses the Ratial tension in the comment....bet you a thousand bucks from that moment on miss Welch's career dindt actually benefit from that.

  • @contact1araya she was referring to the marlon brando/sacheen littlefeather incident that had occurred just minutes before on that very night. so, yes, you are indeed the only one.

  • @contact1araya Well, two black women nominated.. That's a disproportionate number of black people for one getting nominated. It says of the best actresses, two of four happened to be black and the other two white. That says nothing. There was a 50/50 chance of a black woman winning. So, just by the numbers, zero evidence of racism.

    If you googled the 45th Academy Awards, you'd know about the incident with Marlon Brando's win. Also, your jump to "racism" is stupid and says a lot about you.

  • "hope they haven't got a cause" dig at marlon brando im assuming

  • I loved her in "Arthur"!!

  • Liza is not Jewish--not that it matters. It is unfortunate that some people use this platform to spew their misguided anger. Liza is a great artist and gave great iconic performance. The other performers gave great performances as well. This is how the oscars are---perhaps unfair, but this is how it is....

  • Wonderful woman 

  • she was so pretty!! I cant believe how young cicely tyson was, she is one bad chick too!

  • Absolutely adore Liza Minnelli but have always wished her late, great mother Judy

    Garland had won Best Actress for "A Star Is Born" in 1955, or even supporting

    actress in "Judgement at Nuremberg" in 1961. Nobody ever worked harder for her

    fans than Judy Garland.

  • Watching that made me so happy for her.

  • Liza Minnelli must be one of the ugliest actresses of alltime. What a fucking pig!!!!

  • @bigttim1 | she is jewish, that is why you think she is ugly.. it's the same with rowan atkinson and amy winehouse, do you hate them too? i hate them..

  • @dljc1979 Liza Minnelli is not Jewish.

  • @Starkardur well, her mother was indeed Jewish. Judy Garland. Liza's dad was Italian. :)

  • why does everyone look shiny lmfao?

  • @klumh It's the 70's. lol.

  • 'I hope they havn't got a cause'...ROFL!!!! love it

  • Wish they would do the Oscar like this again. I love how tense everything is. Not the foregone conclusions we have now.

  • requel is so fierce

  • she' kinda creepy

  • Diana should've won it.

  • Diana was robbed.

  • She is sooooooooooooo ugly

  • I think actresses were so much more competitive in these days, this vid says it all.

    Look at their reactions!

  • I bet Gene Hackman is standing there with a hard on to Raquel Welsh. What a babe and what a pair of tits.

  • I know the nominees are feeling a tremendous amount of pressure at the moment the award is being presented, but geez...What a happy, excited-looking group of women! (sarcasm)

  • I think Liza looked a little buzzed...

  • Liza was very good at playing liza. cabaret was great but cisely and diana acted the shit out of liza.

  • @wonderboyjoy spare me. liza just being liza? liza was more sally bowles than diana ross will ever be billie holiday.

  • i adore LiZa!!

  • i loved liza in arrested development. just sayin'

  • DAMN,Raquel Welch was exotic back then!!!and they say Angelina Jolie & Beyonce are so fucking "it"......BULLSHIT!

  • Recently watching Cabaret, Minnelli is SO utterly likable, that I can understand why she took home Best Actress. She is so GOOD!

  • THE BEST 

  • balls to you 

  • wow how much the oscars has changed there was no clapping during the introductions also there were only four female nominees instead of five of them i like looking at the actors/actresses when they were younger and how they look now it is very interesting to do to remember this is where they came from which made them the person they are today

  • @mrpsycholeojoey87 Actually there were five nominees. Maggie Smith wasn't there.

  • She sounds so much like her mother.

  • She did deserved this award. She looks so much like her mother.

  • What a ugly lady she was/still is

  • An Oscar too soon. The Academy couldn't resist, after having shafted Judy, but it should have. Liza might have made better career choices if she had lost. Movie-wise, she is a one-hit wonder, which is too bad because she had talent--acting talent.

  • Oh yes! Liza totally deserved it. What a marvel. I just watched Cabaret and I adored it.

  • Some thoughts....wow, ALL those women (sans Ross, maybe) fully deserved this, too...they were all GREAT in their parts. And the irony of giving it to Minnelli is that it started a spiral of trying-to-top-herself (which she never achieved) and which resulted in massive downfalls of Addiction (not unlike her mother). Yes, she was great in "Cabaret" and deserved such recognition as this, but what a price to pay for a gold statue.

  • I think Diana Ross almost lit somebody on fire.

  • I love her voice!

  • Liza is so sweet :) <3

    And yeah, Liza on Glee would be awesome! ;D

  • I love how Liza presented Hackman's Oscar and he presented hers.

  • @lilwelshladee I have. I saw all the flims all outstanding in differant ways. All the ladies have great talent but only one could win. Liza deserved her award. But it dosent mean the others are talentless. I couldnt pick a BEST when it comes to all those awesome talented women. 

  • I love her laugh at 1:21, I think she's cute :)

  • @ofalltheranters Well spotted. Yes, I do too. Quite childlike, very appealing.

  • I'd forgotten Liza went out with Desi Arnaz Jr. I think this was another year of tied winners; Diana Ross was brilliant too. This award should go to both of them.

  • Why is it that guy next to Liza looks somewhat familiar?

  • LOL!...Diana is SUCH a diva, dressed in all black with the mink to boot. Love her! Looking like Cruella DeVilla...lol

  • could any of them smile at least

  • I just realized when Raquel Welch said "I hope they don't have a cause" she was suffering to that night Marlon Brando refused his award and had a native american speak on his behalf. I love Raquel but man how rude can you get?

  • @biotchgodless Wow, I didnt know that. That is very rude of her to say something like that.

  • i want that lady in the the pink dress body!!

  • @bluefromanairplane it was the 1973 award. The lady is 70yo today. Do you still want her ? XD

  • dian ross applauded but you can see she was very dissapointed she didnt win, she is used to winning and breaking down barriers all the time. she would have been the first black woman to win best actress

  • from cabaret to single ladies. gee wiz

  • Methinks Liza should guest star on Glee...

  • @CuzImmaFrEaK D: That show is going down fast.

  • THIS MUST BE SO HARD FOR THE OSCARS TO CHOSE THE WINNERS. I MEAN LIZA WAS AWESOME IN CABARET BUT THE OTHER LADIES WERE ALSO GREAT IN THEIR PERFORMANCES. I JUST WONDER HOW THEY CHOOSE EVERY YEAR SPECIALLY IN THE CATEGORIES OF BEST & SUPPORTING ROLES & BEST PICTURE.

  • what's 'little ricky' doin' with liza?

  • @VTMCompany They were dating! I know that somehow still doesn't answer the question though.. haha

  • Gene Hackman, Woooof!!!!

  • As much as I love Judy, this was LIZA's win .... nobody else's -- so there was no reason to thank her mother. She thanked the people who helped her win the award. And she deserved it.

  • Judy would've been SO proud :) :) :) :)

  • @TheGebs24 Yeah, but personally, I think the Academy should give Judy, posthumously, a lifetime achievement award. They robbed her of the Academy Award for A Star Is Born and although they gave her a special award as a child it wasn't the same thing as Best Actress.

  • @shadowkitty56 Absolutely . . . .. Judy should be awarded . . .How cool to see Liza seated next to her 'Pop'

  • i really dont care for liza minelli she seem soo annoying..

  • @sagittariusbaby0750 look at these other comments and then ask yourself "do i speak to hear my own voice, and if so why?" thats great that you "dont care" for Liza...hey there is some traffic running bye outside, maybe you ought to go play in it! you seem soo annoying..

  • @sagittariusbaby0750 u seem so annoying

  • If someone asked me to pick one Oscar night to watch, I'd definitely pick the 45th. Liza, Joel Grey, "Marlon Brando", Liv Ullmann looking lovely...

  • Charlie Chaplin won an oscar on the same program, and he got 5 minutes of sustained applause...probably more and he deserved it.

    Yeah, people talk about PDA with stars today, but Liza and her bf Desi Arnaz Jr were unstoppable in public. The magazines then were just all kissing between them.

  • Raquel is even so fake and wooden when reading a cue card.

  • Why didn't she thank her mother? Where's her mother's due? I love Liza, don't get me wrong, but that was not expected...

  • @spiderwebs7215 why should she thank her mother ? judy had nothing to do with this ! liza inherited the voice thats true, but cabaret was lizas win - not judys, judy had enough spotlight in 20 years !!!!

  • @spiderwebs7215 because she and her mother never had a good relationship it was always a competition between them judy was jelaous of liza and her voice and liza wanted to breake away from her mother for a long time...

  • @spiderwebs7215 Judy had died 2 years b4 she won...I think she still should have thanked her though!!

  • @spiderwebs7215 I think she was so emotional. You could see it in her eyes. One mention of her mother may have been too much for her I guess

  • There is nothing more I could ask than having her win an oscar for this.

  • Raquel is soooooo HOT!,,,,

  • Diana Ross's face looks like she's thinking "Remember to smile, you knew they would give it to a white bitch, just keep smiling.." It was a hard call though to be honest, I know Liza did great and Diana gave a career-defining performance, so it was 50/50. However, that bitch Liza doesn't even thank her monther; what an ungrateful cunt!

  • @hebleedsglitter DIANA ROSS's FACE was priceless it made me laugh the hardest

  • @hebleedsglitter Some people like to keep their speeches short & sweet. And I am sure her mom knows that she is thankful- Liza didn't blubber on about "I am so lucky...so thankful..." which can get annoying. Short & Sweet was a perfect.

  • @hebleedsglitter Please do not use that nasty word. Very disrespectful.

    Remember, it was the first collar you wore.

  • Liza, your mama would be so proud!

  • Liza was terrific in Cabaret.

  • Aww, Liza was too cute! She deserved it.

  • a friend of mine was a super Liza fan and we met her at the artists entrance to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion when she was in concert there in the 70's. Even though I am not one of her biggest fans, I must say she was gracious, kind and as warm and sincere as she comes across on stage and in interviews. She seemed more interested in our lives than we were in hers. A beautiful lady.

  • Beautiful.

  • ******** LONA

  • lady and sounder , no way she's not that good racism at its best!

  • racist at its best!

  • You would think one of them could of cracked a smile when their name was read out ????

  • the best of the performances in the of best films of the year! well deserved.

  • Is it just me or did anyone else notice Cicely Tyson turn to the gentleman sitting next to her and say "Liza Minnelli" just after Gene Hackman said "And the winner is..."??? It's almost as if she knew that she wasn't going to win! I love Liza, she is phenominal!!! But I truly wish Diana had won this award!!!!! Some say that they gave it to Liza because her mother never recieved an Oscar while she was living. Regardless of whether or not this is true, I just wish Diana had won!!!!!!

  • Such a shame her mother (Judy Garland) wasn't alive to see her daughter winning it. Especially since she (many would argue unjustly) lost it to Grace Kelly in 1955.

  • liza in Cabaret is iconic....this role is famous in the world...she DESERVED oscar

  • @lilwelshladee I have seen cabaret and in my opinion sounder and lady sings the blues are beyond excellent, but i understand why others think cabaret was the rightful winner. in the game of award giving someone will lose

  • Anoyone else think that Lady GaGa looks a bit like Liza Minelli. I do.

  • cabaret one of the greastest of all time 

  • @lilwelshladee i know right caberet is the best and when liza sings mein herr and maybe some day...u know she was born to do this

  • holy crap raquel welch was FINE! still is btw

  • 19 people missed the like button....or they don't own a dictionary cuz cleaerly they need to look up the definition of TALENT!!!!

  • 19 people missed the like button....or they have no idea what talent is......if u email me your adress i will be happy to send u a dictionary for christmas!!

  • "hope they haven't got a cause" was Raquel Welch's reaction to the Marlon Brando's boycott of the Oscars and his sending of Sacheen Littlefeather to explain why he would not show up to collect his Best Actor award for The Godfather.

  • Judy Garland had much more talent

  • she should've said, "it's for you, mom!"

  • @leideneric I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Judy Garland BUT she wasnt in the flim LIZA was. Liza won the award. Liza didnt mention her dad either but it dosent mean she dosent dearly love him. Liza isnt Judy and the other way around, I adore them both for differant reasons. This was Liza s nite, I think her mom would understand that simple truth.

  • classic movie. muscials rule !!!!!

  • cabaret not enduring !!!! are you a fool??? lol

  • only 4 nominations

  • @stan39520 There were 5. Maggie Smith was absent

  • She was great in cabaret and very good looking ;)

  • "Sounder" and "Lady Sings the Blues" are more enduring films than “Cabaret”, but Liza is also great in addition to Ross and one of my all time favorites, Tyson. Can you image such a great line up of films today? It just wouldn't happen in a single year!

  • "Hope they all have a cause" -Ah, the 60s

  • @miguelucho20008 She said, "Hope they *haven't* got a cause" The 70s!

  • @miguelucho20008 She said 'Hope they haven't got a cause'........she's referring to Marlon Brando not accepting his Oscar to publicize his pet cause of Native Indian rights (There'll be a clip of his 'declining speech' on here somewhere)

  • @miguelucho20008 I don't get it ....