Photos: A look back at the Oscars
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CHICAGO, UNITED STATES: Nunzio Giganti uses a compressed air sprayer to dry an Oscar statuette after pulling it from a gold-plating solution at R.S. Owens in Chicago, Illinois, 02 February. The statuettes are cast, polished and plated with copper, nickel, silver and then gold in preparation for the upcoming Academy Awards to be presented in Los Angeles 21 March. AFP PHOTO/John ZICH (Photo credit should read JOHN ZICH/AFP/Getty Images)
