| 2nd Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | April 3, 1930 | |||
| Site | The Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles, California |
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| Host | William C. DeMille | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | The Broadway Melody | |||
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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.
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Awards
Outstanding Picture
De facto nominations
Best Director
De facto nominations
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- Lionel Barrymore - Madame X
- Harry Beaumont - The Broadway Melody
- Irving Cummings - In Old Arizona
- Frank Lloyd - Drag and Weary River
- Ernst Lubitsch - The Patriot
Best Actor
De facto nominations
Best Actress
De facto nominations
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- Ruth Chatterton - Madame X
- Betty Compson - The Barker
- Jeanne Eagels - The Letter (this was a posthumous nomination, the only such nomination in the history of this award)
- Corinne Griffith - The Divine Lady
- Bessie Love - The Broadway Melody
Best Writing
De facto nominations
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- Tom Barry - In Old Arizona and The Valiant
- Elliot Clawson - The Cop, The Leatherneck, Sal of Singapore, and Skyscraper
- Hanns Kräly - The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
- Josephine Lovett - Our Dancing Daughters
- Bess Meredyth - A Woman of Affairs and Wonder of Women
Best Cinematography
- Clyde de Vinna - White Shadows in the South Seas
De facto nominations
Best Art Direction
De facto nominations
References
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