Academy Award Winners and Nominees
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- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsClara BowCharles 'Buddy' RogersRichard ArlenTwo young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.1929 WINNER - OUTSTANDING PICTURE
BEST ENGINEERING EFFECTS - DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsThomas MeighanLouis WolheimMarie PrevostAn honest police captain vows to bring down a powerful bootlegger who is protected by corrupt politicians and judges.1929 NOMINEE - OUTSTANDING PICTURE
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsJanet GaynorCharles FarrellBen BardA street cleaner saves a young woman's life, and the pair slowly fall in love until war intervenes.1929 WINNER - BEST DIRECTING (DRAMATIC PICTURE)
BEST ACTRESS (JANET GAYNOR)
BEST WRITING (ADAPTATION)
ALSO NOMINATED - OUTSTANDING PICTURE
BEST ART DIRECTION - DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGeorge O'BrienJanet GaynorMargaret LivingstonA sophisticated city woman seduces a farmer and convinces him to murder his wife and join her in the city, but he ends up rekindling his romance with his wife when he changes his mind at the last moment.1929 WINNER - BEST UNIQUE AND ARTISTIC PICTURE
BEST ACTRESS (JANET GAYNOR)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ALSO NOMINATED - BEST ART DIRECTION - DirectorMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsKruChantuiNahA snapshot of life in the jungles of Northern Siam.1929 NOMINEE - BEST UNIQUE AND ARTISTIC PICTURE
- DirectorKing VidorStarsEleanor BoardmanJames MurrayBert RoachThe life of a man and woman together in a large, impersonal metropolis through their hopes, struggles, and downfalls.1929 NOMINEE - BEST UNIQUE AND ARTISTIC PICTURE
BEST DIRECTING (DRAMATIC PICTURE) - DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsWilliam BoydMary AstorLouis WolheimTwo American soldiers are captured by the Germans on the Western Front during World War One and escape a POW camp only to stumble into further life-threatening adventures when they come across an Arabian king's daughter while on the lam.1929 WINNER - BEST DIRECTING (COMEDY PICTURE)
- DirectorTed WildeStarsHarold LloydAnn ChristyBert WoodruffHarold "Speedy" Swift, a fan of Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, saves from extinction the city's last horse-drawn trolley, operated by his girlfriend's grandfather.1929 NOMINEE - BEST DIRECTING (COMEDY PICTURE)
- DirectorHerbert BrenonStarsH.B. WarnerAnna Q. NilssonMickey McBanDecorated war hero Stephen Sorrell has raised his son Kit alone after his wife deserted them in the boy's infancy. He loses a promising job offer and is forced to take work as a menial. Both his dignity and his health are damaged as he suffers under the exhausting labor and harsh treatment he receives as a hotel porter, but he thrives in the knowledge that his son will benefit from his labors. Sorrell has allowed the boy to believe that his mother is dead, but when she shows up wanting to re-enter the young man's life, Sorrell must make hard decisions.1929 NOMINEE - BEST DIRECTING (DRAMATIC PICTURE)
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsEmil JanningsEvelyn BrentWilliam PowellA former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.1929 WINNER - BEST ACTOR (EMIL JANNINGS)
ALSO NOMINATED - BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL STORY) - DirectorVictor FlemingStarsEmil JanningsBelle BennettPhyllis HaverA happy bank clerk loses his identity after a robbery and is then presumed dead.1929 WINNER - BEST ACTOR (EMIL JANNINGS)
- DirectorJohn Francis DillonStarsRichard BarthelmessMontagu LoveRobert Emmett O'ConnorA crook blackmails a governor because he knows of the governor's wife's dark past.1929 NOMINEE - BEST ACTOR (RICHARD BARTHELMESS)
- DirectorAlfred SantellStarsRichard BarthelmessMolly O'DayLawford DavidsonA boxer has difficulty balancing his sport with a budding romance; both are further jeopardized when the United States enters the first World War.1929 NOMINEE - BEST ACTOR (RICHARD BARTHELMESS)
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsJanet GaynorCharles FarrellNatalie KingstonA woman on the run from the law finds her past catching up to her just as she is on the verge of true happiness.1929 WINNER - BEST ACTRESS (JANET GAYNOR)
1930 NOMINEE - BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DirectorWilliam K. HowardStarsRudolph SchildkrautLouise DresserMilton HolmesAn immigrant family experiences life in the United States.1929 NOMINEE - BEST ACTRESS (LOUISE DRESSER)
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsLionel BarrymoreBlanche FridericiCharles LaneA prostitute seeking a fresh start becomes the obsession of a religious extremist.1929 NOMINEE - BEST ACTRESS (GLORIA SWANSON)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DirectorJosef von SternbergArthur RossonStarsGeorge BancroftClive BrookEvelyn BrentBoisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.1929 WINNER - BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL STORY)
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsDolores CostelloConrad NagelJohn MiljanThe real-life courtship, marriage, and forced breakup of Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, and his rich wife from the American south, Elizabeth Patterson. Napoleon did not approve of the union and fixes him up with another girl.1929 NOMINEE - BEST WRITING (ADAPTATION)
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsAl JolsonMay McAvoyWarner OlandThe son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.1929 WINNER - HONORARY AWARD - WARNER BROTHERS FOR PRODUCING
ALSO NOMINATED - BEST WRITING (ADAPTATION) - DirectorRoland WestStarsNorma TalmadgeNoah BeeryGilbert RolandA despot falls for a dancing girl. After she rejects him, he has her other beau framed for murder.1929 WINNER - BEST ART DIRECTION
- DirectorSam TaylorLewis MilestoneViktor TourjanskyStarsJohn BarrymoreCamilla HornLouis WolheimIn Czarist Russia, a peasant officer, resented by the aristocrats, falls in love with a princess.1929 WINNER - BEST ART DIRECTION
- DirectorFred NibloStarsGilda GrayClive BrookAnna May WongAn English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native girl with whom he has become fascinated.1929 NOMINEE - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- DirectorHenry KingStarsRonald ColmanVilma BánkyAgostino BorgatoA love triangle involving two members of a travelling circus and an aristocrat has serious consequences for all three individuals.1929 NOMINEE - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- DirectorAlexander KordaStarsMaría CordaLewis StoneRicardo CortezQueen Helen of Troy, in response to her husband Menelaus' lack of interest in her, elopes with Paris to Sparta. Menelaus, egged on by his henchman, starts a war with Paris, finally effecting the return of Helen. The time-honored custom demands that he have the pleasure of killing her, but her seductive loveliness restrains him.1929 NOMINEE - BEST WRITING (TITLE WRITING)
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMerna KennedyAl Ernest GarciaThe Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.1929 WINNER - HONORARY AWARD - CHARLIE CHAPLIN FOR ACTING, WRITING, DIRECTING & PRODUCING
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsBessie LoveAnita PageCharles KingA pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.1930 WINNER - OUTSTANDING PICTURE
ALSO NOMINATED - BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTRESS (BESSIE LOVE) - DirectorRoland WestStarsChester MorrisHarry StubbsMae BuschChick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the intermission to commit the crime, then used her to support his alibi. The detective squad employs its most sophisticated and barbaric techniques, including planting an undercover agent in the gang, to bring him to justice.1930 NOMINEE - OUTSTANDING PICTURE
BEST ACTOR (CHESTER MORRIS)
BEST ART DIRECTION - DirectorCharles ReisnerChristy CabanneNorman HoustonStarsConrad NagelJack BennyJohn GilbertAn all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.1930 NOMINEE - OUTSTANDING PICTURE
- DirectorIrving CummingsRaoul WalshStarsEdmund LoweWarner BaxterDorothy BurgessA charming, happy-go-lucky bandit in old Arizona plays cat-and-mouse with the sheriff trying to catch him while he romances a local beauty.1930 WINNER - BEST ACTOR (WARNER BAXTER)
ALSO NOMINATED - OUTSTANDING PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST WRITING
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DirectorErnst LubitschStarsEmil JanningsLewis StoneFlorence VidorPaul I, the Emperor of All Russia, becomes the target of a deadly conspiracy.1930 WINNER - BEST WRITING
ALSO NOMINATED - OUTSTANDING PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR (LEWIS STONE)
BEST ART DIRECTION - DirectorFrank LloydStarsCorinne GriffithVictor VarconiH.B. WarnerThe story of the romance between Emma, Lady Hamilton, and British war hero Admiral Horatio Nelson.1930 WINNER - BEST DIRECTOR
ALSO NOMINATED - BEST ACTRESS (CORINNE GRIFFITH)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DirectorFrank LloydStarsRichard BarthelmessLucien LittlefieldKathrin Clare WardA writer is torn between his wife, and a more sophisticated woman that he lusts after.1930 NOMINEE - BEST DIRECTOR
- DirectorLionel BarrymoreStarsLewis StoneRuth ChattertonRaymond HackettA young lawyer unknowingly defends his mother who abandoned him when he was three.1930 NOMINEE - BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTRESS (RUTH CHATTERTON) - DirectorFrank LloydStarsRichard BarthelmessBetty CompsonWilliam HoldenA gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations abound.1930 NOMINEE - BEST DIRECTOR
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsGeorge BancroftFay WrayRichard ArlenA criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTOR (GEORGE BANCROFT)
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardStarsPaul MuniMarguerite ChurchillJohnny Mack BrownAfter killing an unknown man for an unknown reason, a mysterious drifter turns himself to the law under a false name, intending to protect his own family's honor. But when the news of his conviction breaks, the drifter's sister considers the possibility that the man is her long-lost brother.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTOR (PAUL MUNI)
BEST WRITING - DirectorSam TaylorStarsMary PickfordJohnny Mack BrownMatt MooreA flirtatious Southern belle is compromised with one of her suitors.1930 WINNER - BEST ACTRESS (MARY PICKFORD)
- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsMilton SillsDorothy MackaillBetty CompsonA carnival barker wants his son to become a lawyer, but his son gets side-tracked into joining the carnival too.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTRESS (BETTY COMPSON)
- DirectorJean de LimurStarsJeanne EagelsReginald OwenHerbert MarshallJeanne Eagels plays the bored and restless Leslie Crosbie who turns to another man, Geoffrey Hammond (Herbert Marshall) for attention when neglected by her husband Robert (Reginald Owen). Robert decides to go out for the evening to pick up a new rifle. Leslie's calm vanishes as she awaits an answer to a letter she has written Hammond. He has found a new love - a beautiful unscrupulous native woman Li Ti (Lady Tsei Mei) and has discarded Leslie.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTRESS (JEANNE EAGLES)
- DirectorDonald CrispStarsWilliam BoydAlan HaleJacqueline LoganPete Smith, a lift bridge operator in a harbor, feels lonely in his cabin, his only visitor being a policeman on patrol, Sgt. Coughlin. One night, after hearing shots, Smith gives shelter to a wounded man, whom he hides from Coughlin. Before leaving, the man, Marcas, promises to return the favor and the coat he borrows from him. Later, Smith enters the police, and his chief, Mather, suspects he is protecting Marcas, who is actually a gangster. Marcas sends a girl, Mary Monks, to deliver a luxurious coat with a fur collar to Smith. Pete and Mary get along well, and for his sake, she betrays Marcas, who is eventually shot to death by the cops, after having stopped his mob from killing Smith. Mary goes away alone into the night, and when Mather finds out that Pete is protecting her, he drops away the evidence of her presence on the spot.1930 NOMINEE - BEST WRITING
- DirectorSidney FranklinStarsNorma ShearerBasil RathboneGeorge BarraudAt an elegant gathering of English nobility, young widow Fay Cheyney wins with her beauty, musicality and clever repartee. Cheyney, however, is not who she claims to be.1930 NOMINEE - BEST WRITING
- DirectorHoward HigginStarsWilliam BoydAlan HaleRobert ArmstrongA film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans (William Boyd and Robert Armstrong) befriend a simple minded German (Alan Hale) and win him over into becoming an American. All three are still peacetime service members in the US Marines when an unscrupulous character steals Boyd's girl and his two buddies go off to rescue her. When they don't come back, Boyd goes after them to rescue all. This is all done in flashback from a court martial trial for desertion.1930 NOMINEE - BEST WRITING
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsJoan CrawfordJohnny Mack BrownNils AstherA flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.1930 NOMINEE - BEST WRITING
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DirectorHoward HigginStarsPhyllis HaverAlan HaleFred KohlerSailors find a baby in a rowboat and head to shore to find a woman who knows how to care for it.1930 NOMINEE - BEST WRITING
- DirectorHoward HigginStarsWilliam BoydAlan HaleSue CarolA man pretends to be interested in his fellow steel worker's sweetheart, in order to help the man recover his spirit and come out of depression.1930 NOMINEE - BEST WRITING
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsGreta GarboJohn GilbertLewis StoneWhen two childhood sweethearts are kept from marrying, misery ensues.1930 NOMINEE - BEST WRITING
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsLewis StoneLeila HyamsPeggy WoodA German pianist is going to break up with his unfaithful wife, when he receives the message that his favourite stepchild has died.1930 NOMINEE - BEST WRITING
- DirectorCharles BrabinStarsLili DamitaErnest TorrenceRaquel TorresA rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.1930 WINNER - BEST ART DIRECTION
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsVilma BánkyWalter ByronLouis WolheimIn Alsace just before the World War, beautiful, virtuous peasant Marie Ducrot, who falls in love with Count Karl von Hagen--a lieutenant in the German Army--is seen visiting Karl in his quarters, and an angry mob of townspeople hurl stones and curses at her. Marie, mistakenly reported dead, becomes a novice in a religious order. War breaks out, and von Hagen is injured in fighting near Marie's convent; he is cared for by Marie and persuades her to return to Germany with him. Le Bête, a French Army sergeant of their acquaintance, helps them to reach the German lines and safety. Le Bête is killed by a sniper's bullet, and Marie and Karl prepare for a brighter future.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ART DIRECTION
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsConrad NagelKay JohnsonCharles BickfordWealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financial settlement. But Cynthia's wealth is in jeopardy because her trust fund will expire if she is not married by a certain date. To satisfy that condition, Cynthia arranges to marry Hagon Derk, who is condemned to die for a crime he didn't commit. She pays him so he can provide for his little sister. But at the last minute, Derk is freed when the true criminal is discovered. Expecting to be a rich widow, Cynthia finds herself married to a man she doesn't know--and doesn't want to know.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ART DIRECTION
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeRobert J. FlahertyStarsMonte BlueRaquel TorresRobert AndersonAn alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.1930 WINNER - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsJanet GaynorMary DuncanCharles MortonFour orphans, raised by an aging clown, becomes a high wire act in a circus.1930 NOMINEE - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLew AyresLouis WolheimJohn WrayA German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.1930 WINNER - OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
BEST DIRECTING
ALSO NOMINATED - BEST WRITING
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DirectorGeorge W. HillWard WingStarsChester MorrisWallace BeeryLewis StoneA convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.1930 WINNER - BEST WRITING
BEST SOUND RECORDING
ALSO NOMINATED - OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
BEST ACTOR (WALLACE BEERY) - DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsGeorge ArlissDoris LloydDavid TorrencePrime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.1930 WINNER - BEST ACTOR (GEORGE ARLISS)
ALSO NOMINATED - OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
BEST WRITING - DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsNorma ShearerRobert MontgomeryChester MorrisWhen a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.1930 WINNER - BEST ACTRESS (NORMA SHEARER)
ALSO NOMINATED - OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
BEST DIRECTING
BEST WRITING - DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldLupino LaneThe queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.1930 NOMINEE - OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
BEST DIRECTING
BEST ACTOR (MAURICE CHEVALIER)
BEST SOUND RECORDING
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DirectorClarence BrownStarsGreta GarboCharles BickfordGeorge F. MarionA young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.1930 NOMINEE - BEST DIRECTING
BEST ACTRESS (GRETA GARBO)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DirectorKing VidorStarsDaniel L. HaynesNina Mae McKinneyWilliam FountaineA sharecropper decides to become a preacher after falling for a vamp from the city.1930 NOMINEE - BEST DIRECTING
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsGreta GarboLewis StoneGavin GordonYoung Harry is in love and wants to marry an actress, much to the displeasure of his family. Harry thinks that Bishop Armstrong knows nothing about love, so Armstrong tells him the story of Rita and himself. Rita was an opera star singing in New York, who was at a party given by Cornelius. Armstrong was a 28-year-old rector. He fell for Rita when he saw her and after six weeks he wanted to marry her. Naive as he was, he thought that all of Rita's "relationships" were in the distant past, but Rita lives for the moment and knows that she can never marry Armstrong.1930 NOMINEE - BEST DIRECTING
BEST ACTRESS (GRETA GARBO) - DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsGeorge ArlissRalph ForbesH.B. WarnerAn airplane carrying three Brits--Major Crespin, his wife Lucille, and Dr. Trahern--crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner because the British are about to execute his three half-brothers in neighboring India. His subjects believe that their Green Goddess has given them the lives of the three Brits as payment for the lives of the Rajah's brothers. They will execute them when the brothers are executed. Trahern and the Crespins must figure a way to use the Rajah's radio to call India for help.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTOR (GEORGE ARLISS)
- DirectorHobart HenleyStarsMaurice ChevalierClaudette ColbertFrank LyonA tour guide in Venice romances a visiting American tourist whose father owns a chewing-gum factory back in the U.S. She sets out to convince her skeptical father to bring the tour guide to America and give him a job in the plant.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTOR (MAURICE CHEVALIER)
- DirectorF. Richard JonesStarsRonald ColmanClaud AllisterLawrence GrantA bored WWI veteran helps out a young woman whose uncle is being held hostage by embezzlers.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTOR (RONALD COLMAN)
BEST ART DIRECTION - DirectorWesley RugglesStarsRonald ColmanAnn HardingLouis WolheimSuave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTOR (RONALD COLMAN)
- DirectorLionel BarrymoreHal RoachStarsLawrence TibbettCatherine Dale OwenNance O'NeilIn tsarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a stormy one.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTOR (LAWRENCE TIBBETT)
- DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsNancy CarrollPhillips HolmesJames KirkwoodA savvy city girl is hired to sugar an earnest farm boy into a business deal, but loses her heart.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTRESS (NANCY CARROLL)
- DirectorDorothy ArznerStarsRuth ChattertonFredric MarchFuller Mellish Jr.After years of abusing his wife, a ne'er-do-well husband disappears with their son--and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wife, now a world-famous opera singer, finally has enough time and money to begin a search for him.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTRESS (RUTH CHATTERTON)
- DirectorE. Mason HopperStarsNorma ShearerBelle BennettLewis StoneLally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays Polo. After 23 years of marriage, he decides to divorce his wife, and marry Mrs. Chevers. This sours Lally on all men, while on vacation she meets Jack, who succeeds in stealing her heart. The trouble begins when Lally discovers that Jack is the son of Beth Chevers, her father's illicit lover.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTRESS (NORMA SHEARER)
- DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsGloria SwansonRobert AmesPurnell PrattThe trial and tribulations of a strong-willed woman who elopes and gives birth out of wedlock without telling her ex-husband.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ACTRESS (GLORIA SWANSON)
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsWilliam PowellJean ArthurKay FrancisA big-time, but honest gambler has to prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps, and taking up gambling.1930 NOMINEE - BEST WRITING
- DirectorHerbert BrenonStarsChester MorrisBetty CompsonAlec B. FrancisSergeant Gischa Patrotkin (Chester Morris), a simple-minded Russian soldier, escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp. He hides out for awhile with a peasant girl named Babka (Betty Compson), but finally his longing for his homeland overcomes him. Wearing the identity of a dead Russian spy he is soon recaptured by the Germans and sentenced to death. The German ruthlessness and disdain for justice is driven home when proof of his innocence of being the spy is brushed aside.1930 NOMINEE - BEST SOUND RECORDING
- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsRonald ColmanKay FrancisDavid TorrenceA distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from that life, but an old friend comes to him with a predicament that entails him committing one last job.1930 NOMINEE - BEST SOUND RECORDING
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsAlexander GrayBernice ClaireNoah BeeryThis was a screen version of the 1925 operetta by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Herbert Stohart, and George Gershwin. The story of the movie is about a peasant who is known as "The Flame" who leads a revolution in Russia. This peasant who is in love with a Russian prince saves his life by agreeing to sacrifice her virginity to an evil fellow-conspirator. This was an all Technicolor musical which was had a sequence in Vitascope (a Warner Brother's wide screen process).1930 NOMINEE - BEST SOUND RECORDING
- DirectorJohn Murray AndersonWalter LantzStarsPaul WhitemanJohn BolesLaura La PlanteAmerican Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his Jazz orchestra.1930 WINNER - BEST ART DIRECTION
- DirectorJohn Francis DillonStarsMarilyn MillerAlexander GrayJoe E. BrownSally was an orphan who got her name from the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing and has been practicing since. Working as a waitress, she goes from job to job until she finds a job that also allows her to dance. At the restaurant, she meets Blair, and they both fall for each other, but Blair is engaged to Marcia. Sally is hired to impersonate a famous Russian dancer named Noskerova, but at that engagement, she is found to be a phony and that Blair is engaged. Undaunted, she proceeds with her life and has her show on Broadway, but she still thinks of Blair.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ART DIRECTION
- DirectorLudwig BergerErnst LubitschStarsDennis KingJeanette MacDonaldO.P. HeggieThe story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him, is offered a temporary reprieve. His hanging will be postponed for 24 hours, and in that time he must defeat the invading Burgundians and win the love of the beautiful Katherine.1930 NOMINEE - BEST ART DIRECTION
- StarsRichard E. ByrdClair D. AlexanderBernt BalchenAccount of Admiral Byrd's 1928 expedition to the South Pole. Academy award winning cinematography.1930 WINNER - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- DirectorHoward HughesEdmund GouldingJames WhaleStarsBen LyonJames HallJean HarlowBrothers Monte and Ray leave Oxford to join the Royal Flying Corps. Ray loves Helen; Helen enjoys an affair with Monte; before they leave on their mission over Germany they find her in still another man's arms.1930 NOMINEE - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsRichard DixIrene DunneEstelle TaylorA newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.1931 WINNER - OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
BEST ADAPTATION
BEST ART DIRECTION
ALSO NOMINATED - BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR (RICHARD DIX)
BEST ACTRESS (IRENE DUNNE)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DirectorFrank LloydStarsAnn HardingClive BrookConrad NagelThe refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again.1931 NOMINEE - OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsAdolphe MenjouPat O'BrienMary BrianA crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.1931 NOMINEE - OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR (ADOLPHE MENJOU) - DirectorNorman TaurogStarsJackie CooperRobert CooganMitzi GreenSkippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.1931 WINNER - BEST DIRECTOR
ALSO NOMINATED - OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
BEST ACTOR (JACKIE COOPER)
BEST ADAPTATION - DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsHarry CareyEdwina BoothDuncan RenaldoTwo white traders in the darkest Africa of the 1870s find a missionary's daughter, who was captured as a child by a savage tribe and now worshiped as a goddess.1931 NOMINEE - OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsNorma ShearerLeslie HowardLionel BarrymoreAn alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.1931 WINNER - BEST ACTOR (LIONEL BARRYMORE)
ALSO NOMINATED - BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTRESS (NORMA SHEARER) - DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsGary CooperMarlene DietrichAdolphe MenjouA cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.1931 NOMINEE - BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTRESS (MARLENE DIETRICH)
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DirectorGeorge CukorCyril GardnerStarsIna ClaireFredric MarchMary BrianJulie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her daughter Gwen must decide between going on stage, or settling down in a conventional marriage. Julie is just thinking that it would be nice to retire and get married, when who should turn up but her old beau, Gilmore Marshal, the platinum magnate from South America.1931 NOMINEE - BEST ACTOR (FREDRIC MARCH)
- DirectorGeorge W. HillStarsMarie DresslerWallace BeeryDorothy JordanMin, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.1931 WINNER - BEST ACTRESS (MARIE DRESSLER)
- DirectorEdward H. GriffithStarsAnn HardingMary AstorRobert AmesHoliday is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young man who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.1931 NOMINEE - BEST ACTRESS (ANNE HARDING)
BEST ADAPTATION - DirectorHoward HawksStarsRichard BarthelmessDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Neil HamiltonWorld War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but Courtney is soon promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.1931 WINNER - BEST ORIGINAL STORY
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsLew AyresJames CagneyDorothy MathewsDespite his efforts to go straight, a young gangster keeps falling back into crime.1931 NOMINEE - BEST ORIGINAL STORY
- DirectorHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsNancy CarrollFredric MarchFrank MorganA former chorus girl weds a millionaire after the composer she loves leaves. Meanwhile, she strings along an artist in love with her. When the composer returns, she struggles with her needs for security vs love. High jinks and drama ensue.1931 NOMINEE - BEST ORIGINAL STORY
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJames CagneyJean HarlowEdward WoodsAn Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.1931 NOMINEE - BEST ORIGINAL STORY
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsEdward G. RobinsonJames CagneyEvalyn KnappA Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.1931 NOMINEE - BEST ORIGINAL STORY
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsWalter HustonPhillips HolmesConstance CummingsAfter a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.1931 NOMINEE - BEST ADAPTATION
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsEdward G. RobinsonDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Glenda FarrellA small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.1931 NOMINEE - BEST ADAPTATION
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsEl BrendelMaureen O'SullivanJohn GarrickNew York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O". He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't "distinguished" enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.1931 NOMINEE - BEST ART DIRECTION
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsJohn BarrymoreMarian MarshDonald CrispThrough hypnotism and telepathic mind control, a sinister music maestro controls the singing voice, but not the heart, of the woman he loves.1931 NOMINEE - BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DirectorThornton FreelandStarsEddie CantorEthel ShuttaPaul GregoryWestern sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.1931 NOMINEE - BEST ART DIRECTION
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsAnne ChevalierMatahiHituOn the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief declares the girl a sacred virgin.1931 WINNER - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsRuth ChattertonPaul LukasDavid MannersA woman becomes estranged from her daughter when the girl learns that she is illegitimate.1931 NOMINEE - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY