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Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth is generally considered to be the worst film to win Best Picture. It is believed that the film beat the picture most critics was the best film of the year- High Noon- because of the "Red Scare" that infected the United States at the time.
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Gene Kelly only won a single Oscar- and it was an honorary one. Sadly it was destroyed after a fire swept through Mr. Kelly's house. He was presented with a replacement statuette by the Academy at the 1984 Oscar ceremony.
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