I wasn't surprised when I found only two short clips of the 25th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony held February 12, 1968. According to wikipedia.com, NBC imposed a ban on the telecast because the public had been misled on how the winners were chosen. The advertisers of the broadcast determined the Golden Globe winners. Then the Hollywood Foreign Press Association would pressure nominees to attend the ceremony, and threatened to give the award "won by a non-attendee to a losing nominee who was at the ceremony".
The ban lasted until 1974. NBC began broadcasting the ceremonies again, but ended its contract with the HFPA in 1982.
Anywho, the biggest winner of the night was The Graduate which one five out of the seven Golden Globes it was nominated for. It won Best Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical, Best Actress for Anne Bancroft (yea!!), Best Director for Mike Nichols, New Star of the Year-Male for Dustin Hoffman, and New Star of the Year-Female for Katharine Ross.
Hoffman had been nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical but lost to Richard Harris in Camelot. The Graduate had been nominated for Best Screenplay.
Bonnie and Clyde was nominated for seven awards but walked away without any. Bummer.
Carol Burnett won her first Golden Globe for her work on The Carol Burnett Show.
I could only find two short clips of the ceremony, and both featured Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate who had been nominated for her performance in Valley of the Dolls.
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