1929-30 (3rd Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1929-30. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film or person in the list to display more information about that film or person. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
Outstanding Production
All Quiet on the Western Front, Universal.
The Big House, Cosmopolitan; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Disraeli, Warner Bros.The Divorcee, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The Love Parade, Paramount Famous Lasky.Best Actor
Maurice Chevalier in The Big Pond, Paramount Publix, and in The Love Parade, Paramount Famous Lasky.Ronald Colman in Bulldog Drummond, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists, and in Condemned, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.NOTE: Although the final awards ballot listed both Disraeli and The Green Goddess in Arliss’s nomination, the award was announced for only the Disraeli performance. It has never been established as to why this was, but it possibly could have been because the original report from the Acting Branch Board of Judges only listed the Disraeli performance in the results of the nominations voting, or it could have been because on some of the final ballots, the voters had indicated the Disraeli performance over the other.
Best Actress
NOTE: Although the final awards ballot listed both The Divorcee and Their Own Desire in Shearer’s nomination, the award was announced for only the The Divorcee performance. It has never been established as to why this was, but it possibly could have been because the original report from the Acting Branch Board of Judges only listed the The Divorcee performance in the results of the nominations voting, or it could have been because on some of the final ballots, the voters had indicated the The Divorcee performance over the other.
Directing
Art Direction
NOTE: In the category of Art Direction, only the titles of the nominated films and their companies were announced; no individual names were listed. When the winners were revealed, only the names of the winning achievements were announced. The names of those credited with the other nominated achievements are included here for completeness.
Cinematography
NOTE: In the category of Cinematography, only the titles of the nominated films and their companies were announced; no individual names were listed. When the winners were revealed, only the names of the winning achievements were announced. The names of those credited with the other nominated achievements are included here for completeness.
Sound Recording
The Big House, Cosmopolitan; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.The Case of Sergeant Grischa, RKO Radio. (RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Tribby, Sound Director)The Love Parade, Paramount Famous Lasky. (Paramount Famous Lasky Studio Sound Department, Franklin Hansen, Sound Director)Raffles, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. (United Artists Studio Sound Department, Oscar Lagerstrom, Sound Director)Song of the Flame, First National. (First National Studio Sound Department, George Groves, Sound Director)NOTE: Sound Recording was a new category in 1929-30.
In this category, only the titles of the nominated films and their companies were listed. When the winners were revealed, only the names of the individuals involved with the winning achievements were announced. The names of those credited with the other nominated achievements are included here for completeness.
Writing
NOTE: In the category of Writing, only the titles of the nominated films and their companies were announced; no individual names were listed. When the winners were revealed, only the names of the winning achievements were announced. The names of those credited with the other nominated achievements are included here for completeness.