1927-28 (1st Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1927-28 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
Click on an image on the left to display a larger version of it, or click on the text descriptions in the middle to display the report or content indicated. You can also click on a year in the column on the right to display the Academy Award Overview for that year.
The 1927-28 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: August 1, 1927 to July 31, 1928 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1927-28 Ceremony
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Thursday, May 16, 1929 8:00 PM Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1927-28 Winners
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Best Picture: Wings Paramount Famous Lasky Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Emil Jannings as General Dolgorucki / Grand Duke Sergius Alexander in the film The Last Command and as August Schilling in the film The Way of All Flesh |
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Best Actress: Janet Gaynor as Diane in the film 7th Heaven as Angela in the film Street Angel and as The Wife in the film Sunrise |