1930

The 2nd Academy Awards | 1930
Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel
Thursday, April 3, 1930
Honoring movies released from August 1, 1928 - July 31, 1929.
Highlights
Memorable Moments

Nominees

Actor

Winner

Warner Baxter

In Old Arizona

Nominees

George Bancroft

Thunderbolt

Chester Morris

Alibi

Paul Muni

The Valiant

Lewis Stone

The Patriot

Actress

Winner

Mary Pickford

Coquette

Nominees

Ruth Chatterton

Madame X

Betty Compson

The Barker

Jeanne Eagels

The Letter

Corinne Griffith

The Divine Lady

Bessie Love

The Broadway Melody

Art Direction

Winner

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Cedric Gibbons

Nominees

The Patriot

Hans Dreier

Dynamite

Mitchell Leisen

Alibi

William Cameron Menzies

The Awakening

William Cameron Menzies

Street Angel

Harry Oliver

Cinematography

Winner

White Shadows in the South Seas

Clyde De Vinna

Nominees

Our Dancing Daughters

George Barnes

In Old Arizona

Arthur Edeson

Four Devils

Ernest Palmer

Street Angel

Ernest Palmer

The Divine Lady

John Seitz

Directing

Winner

The Divine Lady

Frank Lloyd

Nominees

Madame X

Lionel Barrymore

The Broadway Melody

Harry Beaumont

In Old Arizona

Irving Cummings

Drag

Frank Lloyd

Weary River

Frank Lloyd

The Patriot

Ernst Lubitsch

Outstanding Picture

Winner

The Broadway Melody

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Nominees

Alibi

Feature Productions

In Old Arizona

Fox

Hollywood Revue

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Patriot

Paramount Famous Lasky

Writing

Winner

The Patriot

Hans Kraly

Nominees

The Valiant

Tom Barry

In Old Arizona

Tom Barry

The Leatherneck

Elliott Clawson

Sal of Singapore

Elliott Clawson

Skyscraper

Elliott Clawson

The Cop

Elliott Clawson

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

Hans Kraly

Our Dancing Daughters

Josephine Lovett

Wonder of Women

Bess Meredyth

A Woman of Affairs

Bess Meredyth
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The Barker
1 Nomination
Actress - Betty Compson in "The Barker"
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1 Win, 1 Nomination
* Art Direction - Cedric Gibbons
The Broadway Melody
3 Nominations, 1 Win
Actress - Bessie Love in "The Broadway Melody"
Directing - Harry Beaumont
* Outstanding Picture - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer