1928-29 (2nd Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1928-29 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 1928-29 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: August 1, 1928 to July 31, 1929 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1928-29 Ceremony
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Thursday, April 3, 1930 8:00 PM The Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1928-29 Winners
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Best Picture: The Broadway Melody Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Warner Baxter as The Cisco Kid in the film In Old Arizona |
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Best Actress: Mary Pickford as Norma Besant in the film Coquette |