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Inside the Oscars’ Glitziest Parties

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Hollywood’s most famous faces—including Jack Nicholson, Michael Jackson, Natalie Wood, Meryl Streep, and Madonna—bask in the glamour of the Oscars in these remarkable vintage photos.

William Boot

Published Feb. 27 2016 12:01AM EST

galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-13_fjtwyo — Max Miller/Fotos International/Getty Images

galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-01_rxzkpv — Actress Elizabeth Taylor beams at a presentation party with her newly won Best Actress Oscar, won for her role in Butterfield 8 in April 1961.
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galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-02_kaa6xo — Rita Moreno makes a phone call after winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the film West Side Story at the 39th Academy Awards in April 1962.
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galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-03_iqrmtb — California governor Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, smile as they arrive at the Academy Awards in April 1967.
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galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-04_qa9aqm — Sammy Davis Jr. and Lola Falana attend an Oscars afterparty in April 1970 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-13_xkzr6a — Jack Nicholson, Sally Kellerman and Michelle Phillips make an entrance at the Oscars in 1972.
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galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-05_twtq0x — Johnny and Joanna Carson walk into a 1981 Oscars party hosted by Irving "Swifty" Lazar.
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galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-06_yg1wgc — Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood sashay into Lazar's party in 1981.
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galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-07_gf8agp — Actresses Sally Field, Meryl Streep and Jessica Lange sit around a table together at an Oscars afterparty at Spago's in March 1986.
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galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-08_kh4cal — Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr. host an Oscars party in 1989.
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galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-09_o3zit7 — Bruce Willis and Demi Moore arrive at a 1989 Oscars party at Spago's.
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galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-10_toz1xt — Morgan Freeman and wife Myrna Colley-Lee do a little dance at the Governor's Ball afterparty in March 1990.
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galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-11_r4r6tc — Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis walk hand-in-hand into the 1991 Vanity Fair Post Oscar party.
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galleries/2016/02/27/inside-the-oscars-glitziest-parties/160226-oscars-party-gal-12_ke5n4i — Michael Jackson and Madonna beam their way into another of "Swifty" Lazar's famed parties, after the 63rd Annual Academy Awards.
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