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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.Best Film (1927-28)
Winner: Wings
7th Heaven
The Circus
Unique/Artistic: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
The Crowd - DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMerna KennedyAl Ernest GarciaThe Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.Best Director
Comedy: Charlie Chaplin – The Circus
Ted Wilde – Speedy
Lewis Milestone – Two Arabian Knights
Drama: King Vidor – The Crowd
Frank Borzage – 7th Heaven
William A. Wellman – Wings
Sound: Wings - 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.Best Actor
Winner: Emil Jannings – The Last Command / The Way of All Flesh
Charlie Chaplin – The Circus
Lon Chaney – Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Cinematography: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans – Charles Rosher and Karl Struss
The Last Command
Sadie Thompson
Wings - DirectorSam TaylorStarsMary PickfordCharles 'Buddy' RogersSunshine HartA department store's stock girl falls in love with a co-worker, the son of the store's manager; the feeling is mutual though he is engaged to a debutante and focusing on becoming successful without the influence of his father.Best Actress
Winner: Mary Pickford – My Best Girl
Janet Gaynor – 7th Heaven
Gloria Swanson – Sadie Thompson
Production: The Dove / Tempest – William Cameron Menzies
7th Heaven
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans - DirectorFrank BorzageStarsJanet GaynorCharles FarrellBen BardA street cleaner saves a young woman's life, and the pair slowly fall in love until war intervenes.Best Screenplay
Story: Underworld – Ben Hecht
The Circus
The Last Command
Adapted: 7th Heaven – Benjamin Glazer
The Jazz Singer
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg - DirectorErnst LubitschStarsEmil JanningsLewis StoneFlorence VidorPaul I, the Emperor of All Russia, becomes the target of a deadly conspiracy.Best Film (1928-29)
Winner: The Patriot
Alibi
The Broadway Melody
In Old Arizona
Street Angel - 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.Best Director
Winner: Frank Borzage – Street Angel
Harry Beaumont – The Broadway Melody
Irving Cummings – In Old Arizona
Lionel Barrymore – Madame X
Ernst Lubitsch – The Patriot - 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.Best Actor
Winner: Warner Baxter – In Old Arizona
George Bancroft – Thunderbolt
Chester Morris – Alibi
Paul Muni – The Valiant
Lewis Stone – The Patriot
Cinematography: White Shadows in the South Seas – Clyde De Vinna
The Divine Lady
In Old Arizona
Our Dancing Daughters
Street Angel - 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.Best Actress
Winner: Janet Gaynor – Street Angel
Ruth Chatterton – Madame X
Jeanne Eagels – The Letter
Lillian Gish – The Wind
Corinne Griffith – The Divine Lady
Bessie Love – The Broadway Melody
Production: The Bridge of San Luis Rey – Cedric Gibbons
Alibi
Dynamite
The Patriot
Street Angel - 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.Best Screenplay
Winner: The Patriot – Hanns Kraly
The Cop
In Old Arizona
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Leatherneck
Our Dancing Daughters
Sal of Singapore
Street Angel
The Valiant
A Woman of Affairs - 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.Best Film (1929-30)
Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Big House
Disraeli
The Divorcee
The Love Parade - DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldLupino LaneThe queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.Best Director
Winner: Lewis Milestone – All Quiet on the Western Front
Clarence Brown – Anna Christie
Robert Leonard – The Divorcee
King Vidor – Hallelujah
Ernst Lubitsch – The Love Parade
Sound: The Big House
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
The Love Parade
Raffles
Song of the Flame - 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.Best Actor
Winner: George Arliss – Disraeli
Wallace Beery – The Big House
Maurice Chevalier – The Love Parade
Ronald Colman – Bulldog Drummond
Lawrence Tibbett – The Rogue Song
Cinematography: With Byrd at the South Pole – Joseph T. Rucker and Willard Van der Veer
All Quiet on the Western Front
Anna Christie
Hell's Angels
The Love Parade - 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.Best Actress
Winner: Norma Shearer – The Divorcee
Ruth Chatterton – Sarah and Son
Greta Garbo – Anna Christie
Helen Morgan – Applause
Gloria Swanson – The Trespasser
Production: King of Jazz – Herman Rosse
Bulldog Drummond
The Love Parade
Sally
The Vagabond King - 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.Best Screenplay
Winner: The Big House – Frances Marion
All Quiet on the Western Front
Disraeli
The Divorcee
Street of Chance - DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence LeeWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.Best Film (1930-31)
Winner: City Lights
Cimarron
The Front Page
Skippy
Trader Horn - 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.Best Director
Winner: Norman Taurog – Skippy
Wesley Ruggles – Cimarron
Charlie Chaplin – City Lights
Lewis Milestone – The Front Page
Josef von Sternberg – Morocco
Sound: The Dawn Patrol
Cimarron
The Criminal Code
The Public Enemy
Trader Horn - 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.Best Actor
Winners: Lionel Barrymore – A Free Soul
Jackie Cooper – Skippy
Richard Dix – Cimarron
Fredric March – The Royal Family of Broadway
Adolphe Menjou – The Front Page
Cinematography: Tabu: A Story of the South Seas – Floyd Crosby
Cimarron
Morocco
The Right to Love
Svengali - 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.Best Actress
Winner: Marie Dressler – Min and Bill
Marlene Dietrich – Morocco
Irene Dunne – Cimarron
Ann Harding – Holiday
Norma Shearer – A Free Soul
Production: Cimarron – Max Rée
Just Imagine
Morocco
Svengali
Whoopee! - DirectorWesley RugglesStarsRichard DixIrene DunneEstelle TaylorA newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.Best Screenplay
Story: City Lights – Charlie Chaplin
The Dawn Patrol
The Doorway to Hell
Laughter
The Public Enemy
Adapted: Cimarron – Howard Estabrook
The Criminal Code
Holiday
Little Caesar
Skippy - DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsGreta GarboJohn BarrymoreJoan CrawfordA group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.Best Film (1931-32)
Winner: Grand Hotel
Arrowsmith
Bad Girl
The Champ
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Five Star Final
Shanghai Express
The Smiling Lieutenant - DirectorFrank BorzageStarsJames DunnSally EilersMinna GombellA man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.Best Director
Winner: Frank Borzage – Bad Girl
King Vidor – The Champ
Josef von Sternberg – Shanghai Express
Sound: The Smiling Lieutenant
Scarface
Tarzan the Ape Man - DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsFredric MarchMiriam HopkinsRose HobartDr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.Best Actor
Winner: (Tie)
Wallace Beery – The Champ
Fredric March – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Alfred Lunt – The Guardsman
Cinematography: Shanghai Express – Lee Garmes and James Wong Howe
Arrowsmith
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - DirectorEdgar SelwynStarsHelen HayesLewis StoneNeil HamiltonOut of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.Best Actress
Winner: Helen Hayes – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Marie Dressler – Emma
Lynn Fontanne – The Guardsman
Production: Transatlantic – Gordon Wiles
A Nous la Liberte
Arrowsmith - DirectorKing VidorStarsWallace BeeryJackie CooperIrene RichAn alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.Best Screenplay
Story: The Champ – Frances Marion
Lady and Gent
The Star Witness
What Price Hollywood?
Adapted: Bad Girl – Edwin J. Burke
Arrowsmith
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde