2nd Academy Awards

The 2nd Academy Awards were presented on April 3, 1930 at an awards banquet in the Cocoanut Grove of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and broadcast live on the radio. The awards were for films released between August 1, 1928 and July 31, 1929.

As the ceremony was being held more than eight months after the end of the eligibility period, it was decided that the 3rd Academy Awards would be held in November 1930, so as to bring the awards ceremony closer to the relevant time period. As a result 1930 was the only year in which two awards ceremonies were held in the same calendar year.

The second ceremony included a number of changes over the first. Most importantly, it was the first presentation where the winners were not announced in advance. Additionally the number of categories was reduced from twelve to seven.

The 2nd Academy Awards is unique in being the only occasion where there were no official nominees. Subsequent research by AMPAS has resulted in a list of unofficial or de facto nominees, based on records of which films were evaluated by the judges.

The Divine Lady is the only film to ever win best director without a picture nomination, excluding the first year where there was an award for comic director.

This is the only year where no movie won more than 1 Oscar.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[1]

Multiple nominations and awards

The following 9 films received multiple nominations.

• 5 nominations: The Patriot and In Old Arizona
• 3 nominations: The Broadway Melody, Alibi, and The Divine Lady
• 2 nominations: Madame X, The Valiant, Our Dancing Daughters, and Street Angel

See also

• Academy Awards
• List of Academy Awards ceremonies
• Academy Honorary Award
• 1928 in film
• 1929 in film
• Governors Awards

References

External links

• FilmSite.org writeup of 1928/29 Academy Awards
• Academy Awards Database

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