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1930

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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
Best Directing
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The Divine Lady

Frank Lloyd

Best Actor
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In Old Arizona

Warner Baxter

Art Direction
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Cedric Gibbons

Memorable Moments
Mary Pickford
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Best Actress winner for Coquette, with Hans Kraly, William C. De Mille and Warner Baxter

Clyde De Vinna
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Cinematography winner for White Shadows in the South Seas

Hans Kraly
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Writing winner for The Patriot, with presenter William C. DeMille

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Warner Baxter
In Old Arizona
Nominees
George Bancroft
Thunderbolt
Nominees
Chester Morris
Alibi
Nominees
Paul Muni
The Valiant
Nominees
Lewis Stone
The Patriot
Actress
Winner
Mary Pickford
Coquette
Nominees
Ruth Chatterton
Madame X
Nominees
Betty Compson
The Barker
Nominees
Jeanne Eagels
The Letter
Nominees
Corinne Griffith
The Divine Lady
Nominees
Bessie Love
The Broadway Melody
Art Direction
Winner
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Cedric Gibbons
Nominees
The Patriot
Hans Dreier
Nominees
Dynamite
Mitchell Leisen
Nominees
Alibi
William Cameron Menzies
Nominees
The Awakening
William Cameron Menzies
Nominees
Street Angel
Harry Oliver
Cinematography
Winner
White Shadows in the South Seas
Clyde De Vinna
Nominees
Our Dancing Daughters
George Barnes
Nominees
In Old Arizona
Arthur Edeson
Nominees
Four Devils
Ernest Palmer
Nominees
Street Angel
Ernest Palmer
Nominees
The Divine Lady
John Seitz
Directing
Winner
The Divine Lady
Frank Lloyd
Nominees
Madame X
Lionel Barrymore
Nominees
The Broadway Melody
Harry Beaumont
Nominees
In Old Arizona
Irving Cummings
Nominees
Drag
Frank Lloyd
Nominees
Weary River
Frank Lloyd
Nominees
The Patriot
Ernst Lubitsch
Outstanding Picture
Winner
The Broadway Melody
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Alibi
Feature Productions
Nominees
In Old Arizona
Fox
Nominees
Hollywood Revue
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
The Patriot
Paramount Famous Lasky
Writing
Winner
The Patriot
Hans Kraly
Nominees
The Valiant
Tom Barry
Nominees
In Old Arizona
Tom Barry
Nominees
The Leatherneck
Elliott Clawson
Nominees
Sal of Singapore
Elliott Clawson
Nominees
Skyscraper
Elliott Clawson
Nominees
The Cop
Elliott Clawson
Nominees
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Hans Kraly
Nominees
Our Dancing Daughters
Josephine Lovett
Nominees
Wonder of Women
Bess Meredyth
Nominees
A Woman of Affairs
Bess Meredyth

A

Alibi
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor - Chester Morris
  • Art Direction - William Cameron Menzies
  • Outstanding Picture - Feature Productions
The Awakening
1 NOMINATION
  • Art Direction - William Cameron Menzies

B

The Barker
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Betty Compson
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Art Direction - Cedric Gibbons
The Broadway Melody
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Outstanding Picture - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Actress - Bessie Love
  • Directing - Harry Beaumont

C

The Cop
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing - Elliott Clawson
Coquette
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Actress - Mary Pickford

D

The Divine Lady
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Directing - Frank Lloyd
  • Actress - Corinne Griffith
  • Cinematography - John Seitz
Drag
1 NOMINATION
  • Directing - Frank Lloyd
Dynamite
1 NOMINATION
  • Art Direction - Mitchell Leisen

F

Four Devils
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography - Ernest Palmer

H

Hollywood Revue
1 NOMINATION
  • Outstanding Picture - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

L

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing - Hans Kraly
The Leatherneck
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing - Elliott Clawson
The Letter
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Jeanne Eagels

M

Madame X
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Ruth Chatterton
  • Directing - Lionel Barrymore

O

In Old Arizona
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actor - Warner Baxter
  • Cinematography - Arthur Edeson
  • Directing - Irving Cummings
  • Outstanding Picture - Fox
  • Writing - Tom Barry
Our Dancing Daughters
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography - George Barnes
  • Writing - Josephine Lovett

P

The Patriot
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Writing - Hans Kraly
  • Actor - Lewis Stone
  • Art Direction - Hans Dreier
  • Directing - Ernst Lubitsch
  • Outstanding Picture - Paramount Famous Lasky

S

Sal of Singapore
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing - Elliott Clawson
Skyscraper
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing - Elliott Clawson
Street Angel
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction - Harry Oliver
  • Cinematography - Ernest Palmer

T

Thunderbolt
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor - George Bancroft

V

The Valiant
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor - Paul Muni
  • Writing - Tom Barry

W

Weary River
1 NOMINATION
  • Directing - Frank Lloyd
White Shadows in the South Seas
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Cinematography - Clyde De Vinna
A Woman of Affairs
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing - Bess Meredyth
Wonder of Women
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing - Bess Meredyth
No Films Found