How Ryan Murphy recreated the 1948 Oscars for Hollywood
"It was one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history when Loretta Young won," Murphy notes. "So I liked that we had an even bigger upset." The characters make history left and right, all the while breaking barriers by proudly walking the red carpet openly in interracial and gay relationships — something that would have been career suicide in 1948.
Still, despite his rewriting of Oscar history, Murphy is nothing but a stickler for details when it comes to production design. The ceremony took place at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, and though they shot on location, theteam had to work some real magic to convert the structure to what it looked like back then.In 1948, the Oscars were not televised, so the team had to rely on a mix of photographs and archival recordings of a live radio broadcast to get everything just right.
In addition to the technical precision required, the episode also brought an enormous emotional component, giving these marginalized characters their happy endings. "It is sort of the American Dream to win that," Murphy details. "The Academy Awards have historically proved to be things that break down barriers in this country.
Bringing this moment to life hit the entire team in a way Murphy said he wasn't accustomed to seeing on set. "The crew went bananas," he says. "They were crying; they were cheering. Particularly the Rock [Hudson], Anna May Wong, and Hattie McDaniel stuff because those were real people who had been denied the ability to be the best of themselves. The tears that those actors were shedding [were real].
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