 This was the show in which Marlon Brando (qv) who had won Best  Actor for _Godfather, The (1972)_ (qv) sent Sacheen Littlefeather,  an apache woman in his place in order to tell the academy that he  was refusing the award because of the way that American Indians were  being treated in films and on television. Because of this the  academy put a strict policy into place, stating that absentee  winners were not allowed to send a proxy to accept their awards.