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Oscar 1928-29: Analysis of Nominees and Winners

The awards for 1928-29 were presented on April 30, 1930

Complete List of Nominees in All Categories

Best Picture

Broadway Melody (MGM)
Alibi (UA)
Hollywood Revue (MGM)
In Old Arizona (Fox)
The Patriot (Paramount)

Best Actor

Warner Baxter, In Old Arizona
George Bancroft, Thunderbolt
Chester Morris, Alibi
Paul Muni, The Valiant
Lewis Stone, The Patriot

Best Actress

Mary Pickford, Coquette
Ruth Chatterton, Madame X
Betty Compson, The Barker
Jeanne Eagles, The Letter
Corinne Griffith, The Divine Lady
Bessie Love, Broadway Melody

Best Director

Frank Lloyd, The Divine Lady
Lionel Barrymore, Madame X
Harry Beaumont, Broadway Melody
Irving Cummings, In Old Arizona
Ernst Lubitsch, The Patriot

Writing:

Hans Kraly, The Patriot
Tom Barry, In Old Arizona
Elliott Clawson, The Cop, The Leatherneck, Sal of Singapore, Skyscraper
Hans Kraly, The Last of Mrs. Cheney
Josephine Lovett, Our Dancing Daughters
Bess Meredyth, A Woman of Affairs

Cinematography

Clyde de Vinna, White Shadows in the South Seas
George Barnes, Our Dancing Daughters
Arthur Edeson, In Old Arizona
Ernest Palmer, Four Devils, Street Angel
John Seitz, The Divine Lady

Interior Decoration

Cedric Gibbons, The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Hans Dreier, The Patriot
Mitchell Leisen, Dynamite
William Cameron Menzies, Alibi and The Awakening
Harry Oliver, Street Angel

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