Golden Globe Awards:80 Years in 80 Days

When The Song of Bernadette romped off with three major awards at the first-ever Golden Globe Awards in 1944, the winners received simple certificates, not trophies. Still, by way of its pioneering triumphs, the biographical drama etched its place in history.

In 1943, the year the Golden Globe Awards were conceived, the globe was anything but golden. In fact, the world was on fire.