Classic Film Guide

1928-1929

1928-1929 Academy Awards (Oscar winners and nominees)

(winners listed first, in bold print)

Best Picture

The Broadway Melody (1929)

Alibi (1929)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)

In Old Arizona (1928)

The Patriot (1928)

 

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Warner Baxter, In Old Arizona (1928)

Chester Morris, Alibi (1929)

Lewis Stone, The Patriot (1928)

George Bancroft, Thunderbolt (1929)

Paul Muni, The Valiant (1929)

 

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Mary Pickford, Coquette (1929)

Betty Compson, The Barker (1928)

Bessie Love, The Broadway Melody (1929)

Corinne Griffith, The Divine Lady (1929)

Jeanne Eagels, The Letter (1929)

Ruth Chatterton, Madame X (1929)

 

Best Director

Frank Lloyd, The Divine Lady (1929)

Harry Beaumont, The Broadway Melody (1929)

Frank Lloyd, Drag (1929)

Irving Cummings, In Old Arizona (1928)

Lionel Barrymore, Madame X (1929)

Ernst Lubitsch, The Patriot (1928)

Frank Lloyd, Weary River (1929)

 

Best Writing, Achievement

Hanns Kräly, The Patriot (1928)

Elliott Clawson, The Cop (1928)

Tom Barry, In Old Arizona (1928)

Hanns Kräly, The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)

Elliott Clawson, The Leatherneck (1929)

Josephine Lovett, Our Dancing Daughters (1928)

Elliott Clawson, Sal of Singapore (1928)

Elliott Clawson, Skyscraper (1928)

Tom Barry, The Valiant (1929)

Bess Meredyth, A Woman of Affairs (1928)

Bess Meredyth, Wonder of Women (1929)

 

Best Cinematography

Clyde De VinnaWhite Shadows in the South Seas (1928)

Ernest Palmer, 4 Devils (1928)

John Seitz, The Divine Lady (1929)

Arthur Edeson, In Old Arizona (1928)

George Barnes, Our Dancing Daughters (1928)

Ernest Palmer, Street Angel (1928)

 

Best Art Direction

Cedric Gibbons, The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)

William Cameron Menzies, Alibi (1929)

William Cameron Menzies, The Awakening (1928)

Mitchell Leisen, Dynamite (1929)

Hans Dreier, The Patriot (1928)

Harry Oliver, Street Angel (1928)

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