1929-30 (3rd Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1929-30 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 1929-30 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: August 1, 1929 to July 31, 1930 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1929-30 Ceremony
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Wednesday, November 5, 1930 8:00 PM Fiesta Room 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 1929-30 Winners
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Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front Universal Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: George Arliss as The Raja in the film The Green Goddess and as Benjamin Disraeli in the film Disraeli (Note: Arliss was announced winner for only the Disraeli performance.) |
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Best Actress: Norma Shearer as Lucia ‘Lally’ Marlett in the film Their Own Desire and as Jerry Martin in the film The Divorcee (Note: Shearer was announced winner for only the The Divorcee performance.) |