And the Oscar goes to . . .

Special Award. To Warner Bros. for producing The Jazz Singer, the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry. [Statuette]

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Fox Film Corporation, Fred Jackman and Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., and Sidney Sanders of RKO Studios, Inc. for their development and effective use of the translucent cellulose screen in composite photography.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Nathan Levinson, Director of Sound Recording for Warner Bros.-First National Studio, for the method of intercutting variable density and variable area sound tracks to secure an increase in the effective volume range of sound recorded for motion pictures.