Who won what in 1929 for Oscar?

Answer 1

• 1920 - no award
• 1921 - no award
• 1922 - no award
• 1923 - no award
• 1924 - no award
• 1925 - no award
• 1926 - no award
• 1927 - no award
• 1928 - Wings
• 1929 - The Broadway Melody

Answer 2

Best Actor

• Robert Donat, who won for Goodbye, Mr Chips,
• Clark Gable,
• Laurence Olivier,
• Mickey Rooney, and
• James Stewart.

Best ActressBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress

Answer 3

The 1st Academy Awards were presented on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Tickets cost $5 and only 270 people attended the event. The ceremony lasted only 15 minutes.

• Outstanding Picture, Production - Wings
• Unique and Artistic Production - Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
• Best Director, Comedy Picture - Two Arabian Knights - Lewis Milestone
• Best Director, Dramatic Picture - Seventh Heaven - Frank Borzage
• Best Actor - Emil Jannings - The Last Command as August Schiller and The Way of All Flesh as General Dolgorucki
• Best Actress - Janet Gaynor - Seventh Heaven as Diane, Street Angel as Angela and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as The Wife
• Best Writing, Original Story - Underworld - Ben Hecht
• Best Writing, Adapted Story - Seventh Heaven - Benjamin Glazer
• Best Cinematography - Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans - Charles Rosher and Karl Struss
• Best Art Direction - The Dove and Tempest - William Cameron Menzies
• Best Engineering Effects - Wings - Roy Pomeroy
• Best Writing, Title Writing - (No specific film) - Joseph Farnham

Honorary Awards

• Charles Chaplin "For versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus".
• Warner Brothers Production "For producing The Jazz Singer, the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry".

Answer 4

The following is a list of Oscars given during the 2nd Annual Academy Awards in 1929.

Outstanding Picture

- The Racket

- Seventh Heaven

- Wings

Best Actor

- Emil Jannings in The Last Command and Way of All Flesh

- Richard Barthelmess in Noose

- Richard Barthelmess in Patent Leather Kid

Best Actress

- Gloria Swanson in Sadie Thompson

- Janet Gaynor in Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise

- Louise Dresser in A Ship Comes In

Directing

- King Vidor for The Crowd

- Frank Borzage for Seventh Heaven

- Herbert Brenon for Sorrell and Son

Writing

- Lajos Bir for The Last Command

- Ben Hecht for Underworld

- Anthony Coldeway for Glorious Betsy

- Alfred A. Cohn for The Jazz Singer

Cinematography

- George Barnes (I) for The Devil Dancer, The Magic Flame, and Sadie Thompson

Art Direction

- William Cameron Menzies for The Dove

- Harry Oliver for Seventh Heaven

- Rochus Gliese for Sunrise

- William Cameron Menzies for Tempest