"Wings" (1927/1928).
No. The first Best Picture winner is Wings.
It was the first film, and the only silent film ever, to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Yes, it was the first color film to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
"The Silence of the Lambs."
The first Oscars were only handed out in 1927.
"Rocky" (1976). It won the OSCAR for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing.
There is not an Academy Award for Best Musical. The first musical to win the Academy Award for Best Picture was The Broadway Melody in 1929. It was also the first sound film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
None, the first Academy Awards was held in 1928.
The Silence of the Lambs
'Wings' won the very first Best Picture Oscar and is the only silent film to have done so.
"The Sting."
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