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Oscars 1930/1: Winners and Nominees of the 2nd Academy Awards

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These movies have won or been nominated for the Oscars 1930/1 on 04/03/1930.

The 2nd Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) on April 3, 1930, at an awards banquet in the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, honored the best films released between August 1, 1928, and July 31, 1929. This was the first Academy Awards ceremony broadcast on radio, by local station KNX, Los Angeles. The second ceremony included a number of changes from the first: most importantly, it was the first presentation for which the winners were not announced in advance, and the number of award categories was reduced from twelve to seven. It is unique in being the only occasion where there were no official nominees; subsequent research by AMPAS resulted in a list of unofficial or de facto nominees, based on records of which films were evaluated by the judges. Chester Morris was the first nominee for Best Actor born in the 20th century. Mary Pickford, a founding member of AMPAS and married to its first president, lobbied to be considered for the Best Actress award, inviting the judges over for tea at her home, while other actresses being considered for the same award were not made aware of their status. Jeanne Eagels became the first and, to date, only actress to be posthumously nominated for Best Actress, for The Letter.... ()

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The Broadway Melody(1929)

NR
| 1h 40min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.6/5 (with 53 votes)

The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognises that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.

Directed by Harry Beaumont - With Anita Page, Charles King, Bessie Love, Edward Dillon, Carla Laemmle, Jed Prouty, ...
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A Woman of Affairs(1928)

NR
| 1h 31min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 6 votes)

Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Neville have long been smitten with each other, but her father disapproves of the relationship, resulting in her eventual marriage to David. It's not long after their wedding, however, that tragedy strikes, sending Diana on a downward spiral. When Neville reappears in her life, will he be able to save her from her own misery?

Directed by Clarence Brown - With Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lewis Stone, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Johnny Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, ...

In Old Arizona(1928)

NR
| 1h 35min | Action, Western
2.6/5 (with 10 votes)

Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot on Tonia, the woman he loves, not realizing that she is being unfaithful to him in his absence. Soon, with her oblivious paramour off plying his trade, Tonia falls in with Dunn, drawn by the allure of a substantial reward for the Kid's capture -- dead or alive. Together, they concoct a plan to ambush and do away with the Cisco Kid once and for all.

Directed by Raoul Walsh, Irving Cummings - With Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Burgess, J. Farrell MacDonald, George Arliss, Frank Campeau, ...
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Our Dancing Daughters(1928)

1h 24min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

A flapper sets her hat for a man with a hard-drinking wife.

Directed by Harry Beaumont - With Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Nils Asther, Dorothy Sebastian, Anita Page, Dorothy Cumming, ...
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The Hollywood Revue of 1929(1929)

1h 56min | Comedy, Music
2.8/5 (with 9 votes)

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

Directed by Charles Reisner - With Joan Crawford, Buster Keaton, Jack Benny, Marion Davies, Marie Dressler, Anita Page, ...

The Divine Lady(1929)

1h 39min | Drama, History, Romance / Love, War
2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.

Directed by Frank Lloyd - With Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, H. B. Warner, Ian Keith, Marie Dressler, William Conklin, ...

The Patriot(1928)

1h 53min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

In 18th-Century Russia, the Czar, Paul, is surrounded by murderous plots and trusts only Count Pahlen. Pahlen wishes to protect his friend, the mad king, but because of the horror of the king's acts, he feels that he must remove him from the throne.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch - With Emil Jannings, Florence Vidor, Lewis Stone, Neil Hamilton, Harry Cording, Tullio Carminati, ...

Street Angel(1928)

NR
| 1h 42min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 21 votes)

A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.

Directed by Frank Borzage - With Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Alberto Rabagliati, Henry Armetta, Natalie Kingston, Guido Trento, ...
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Alibi(1929)

NR
| 1h 31min | Action, Crime, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 7 votes)

Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the intermission to commit the crime, then used her to support his alibi. The detective squad employs its most sophisticated and barbaric techniques, including planting an undercover agent in the gang, to bring him to justice.

Directed by Roland West - With Mae Busch, Chester Morris, Regis Toomey

The Leatherneck(1929)

NR
| 1h 5min | War, Drama
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

A film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans befriend a simple minded German and win him over into becoming an American. All three are still peacetime officers in the US Marines when an unscrupulous character steals Boyd's girl and his two buddies go off to rescue her. When they don't come back, Boyd goes after them to rescue all. This is all done in flashback from a court martial trial for desertion.

Directed by Howard Higgin - With William Boyd, Robert Armstrong, Alan Hale, Fred Kohler, Jack Richardson, Joseph W. Girard, ...

The Letter(1929)

NR
| 1h 5min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.

Directed by Jean de Limur - With Jeanne Eagels, O.P. Heggie, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall, Irene Browne

The Bridge of San Luis Rey(1929)

1h 27min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

This first cinematic version of the classic book is a part-talkie, although the only surviving print is silent (housed in the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY). It is a straight-forward telling of the intermingled lives of a group of strangers doomed to die in a collapsing bridge accident. The Art Direction, paltry and unremarkable, surprisingly won an Oscar over the far more remarkable work nominated in THE IRON MASK. The special effect scene of the lovers plummeting with the bridge into the chasm is unforgettable and remarkably done.

Directed by Charles Brabin - With Lili Damita, Duncan Renaldo, Raquel Torres, Ernest Torrence, Don Alvarado, Henry B. Walthall, ...
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Coquette(1929)

NR
| 1h 16min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 9 votes)

A Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.

Directed by Sam Taylor, H. Bruce Humberstone - With Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore, Henry Kolker, George Irving, John St. Polis, ...

Madame X(1929)

NR
| 1h 35min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.

Directed by Lionel Barrymore - With Ruth Chatterton, Lewis Stone, Holmes Herbert, Ullrich Haupt, Sr., Sidney Toler, Henry Armetta, ...

Thunderbolt(1929)

NR
| 1h 25min | Crime, Drama
2.8/5 (with 9 votes)

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.

Directed by Josef von Sternberg - With George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Tully Marshall, Eugenie Besserer, George Irving, ...

Weary River(1929)

NR
| 1h 26min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations abound.

Directed by Frank Lloyd - With Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, William Holden, Richard Cramer, George E. Stone, Randolph Scott, ...

White Shadows in the South Seas(1928)

1h 28min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.

Directed by W. S. Van Dyke, Robert J. Flaherty - With Monte Blue, Raquel Torres, Robert Anderson, Robert Anderson
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Skyscraper(1928)

NR
| 1h 8min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Blondy and Swede are gruff best friends who build skyscrapers. Blondy gets sweet on a girl he saves from a falling beam, Sally, but when he is injured in an accident and temporarily crippled, he rejects her. Swede tries every desperate measure to get Blondy to fight back, to try to walk, even masquerading as stealing Sally away from him.

Directed by Howard Higgin - With William Boyd, Alan Hale, Alberta Vaughn, Paul Weigel, Wesley Barry

The Valiant(1929)

1h 6min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.

Directed by William K. Howard - With Paul Muni, Johnny Mack Brown, Marguerite Churchill, Henry Kolker, DeWitt Clarke Jennings, Edith Yorke, ...

Dynamite(1929)

2h 9min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financial settlement. But Cynthia's wealth is in jeopardy because her trust fund will expire if she is not married by a certain date. To satisfy that condition, Cynthia arranges to marry Hagon Derk, who is condemned to die for a crime he didn't commit. She pays him so he can provide for his little sister. But at the last minute, Derk is freed when the true criminal is discovered. Expecting to be a rich widow, Cynthia finds herself married to a man she doesn't know and doesn't want to.

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Mitchell Leisen - With Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford, Julia Faye, Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, ...

The Cop(1928)

NR
| 1h 17min | Drama

Pete Smith, a lift bridge operator in a harbor, feels lonely in his cabin, his only visitor being a policeman on patrol, Sgt. Coughlin. One night, after hearing shots, Smith gives shelter to a wounded man, whom he hides from Coughlin. Before leaving, the man, Marcas, promises to return the favor and the coat he borrows from him. Later, Smith enters the police, and his chief, Mather, suspects he is protecting Marcas, who is actually a gangster. Marcas sends a girl, Mary Monks, to deliver a luxurious coat with a fur collar to Smith. Pete and Mary get along well, and for his sake, she betrays Marcas, who is eventually shot to death by the cops, after having stopped his mob from killing Smith. Mary goes away alone into the night, and when Mather finds out that Pete is protecting her, he drops away the evidence of her presence on the spot.

Directed by Donald Crisp - With William Boyd, Robert Armstrong, Alan Hale, Jacqueline Logan, Tom Kennedy

Wonder of Women(1929)

1h 35min | Drama

A German pianist is going to break up with his unfaithful wife, when he receives the message that his favourite stepchild has died. This film is believed lost.

Directed by Clarence Brown - With Lewis Stone, Peggy Wood, Harry Myers, Anita Louise, George Fawcett, Blanche Friderici, ...

Sal of Singapore(1928)

1h 10min

SAL OF SINGAPORE was nominated for an Oscar for achievement in Writing during the second year of the Academy Awards. The film, being a part-talkie, nearly disappared from view. However, a preservation print does exist at UCLA, although it is unavailable for public viewing, awaiting restoration.

Directed by Howard Higgin - With Phyllis Haver, Alan Hale, Fred Kohler, Noble Johnson

The Barker(1928)

NR
| 1h 20min | Romance / Love, Drama

A successful carnival barker deals with the arrival of his eager son, who he'd hoped would stay far from the carnival world, his son's entanglement with a showgirl, and his own jealous mistress.

Directed by George Fitzmaurice - With Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Betty Compson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sylvia Ashton, John Erwin, ...

The Awakening(1928)

1h 30min | Romance / Love, Drama

A French country lass Marie Ducrot, name is "mud" after she is compromised by a German soldier . Turning to religion, Banky becomes one of the "sisters in white" in the field hospitals of World War 1. THE AWAKENING was nominated by the Academy for its Art Direction in the first transitional year of the talkies. A vast number of films from this year are lost and this is no exception. No print or negative materials are known to exist at this time. William Cameron Menzies received his third nomination for this film, having received two the prior year and winning for both.

Directed by Victor Fleming - With Vilma Bánky, Walter Byron, Louis Wolheim, Bert Woodruff, Babe London

Drag(1929)

1h 25min | Drama

1928-29 film directed by Frank Lloyd. It was an Oscar nominee for Best Director in the second year of the Academy Awards. The story concerns a man's family life, especially his wife's parents and their impact on his peace and solitude. it is a light comedy and supposedly is available at, at least, one unknown archive. It has been shown in recent years at one film festival in LA. This is an important film due to its Oscar status and because it is in existence somewhere and deserves to be mentioned.

Directed by Frank Lloyd - With Richard Barthelmess, Lucien Littlefield, Lila Lee, Alice Day

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney(1929)

NR
| 1h 34min | Comedy, Drama
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. With her rich husband, deceased, rich old Lord Elton and playboy Lord Arthur Dilling are both very interested in the mysterious Fay. Invited to the house of Mrs. Webley, Fay is again the center of attention for Arthur and Elton with her leaning towards stuffy old Elton. When Arthur sees Charles, Fay's Butler, lurking in the gardens, he remembers that Charles was a thief caught in Monte Carlo and he figures that Fay may be more interested in the pearls of Mrs. Webley, which she is. After Fay takes the pearls, but before she can toss them out the window, she is caught by Arthur who is very disappointed in how things are turning out.

Directed by Sidney Franklin - With Norma Shearer, Basil Rathbone, Hedda Hopper, Cyril Chadwick, George K. Arthur, Maude Turner Gordon, ...
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4 Devils(1928)

1h 40min | Drama, Action
3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

The circus provides the backdrop for this melodrama that chronicles the lives of four children raised within the big top. Film historian and collector William K. Everson stated that the only surviving print was lost by actress Mary Duncan who had borrowed it from Fox Studios. In the December 1974 issue of "Films in Review," he explained that Mary Duncan, one of the film's stars, wanted it to show to a group of friends in Florida. The star was aware that it was a dangerous nitrate print and assumed that Fox had others. She threw the only copy in the ocean, a mistake characterized by Everson as "a monumental blunder to rank with Balaclava, Sarajevo, and the Fall of Babylon as one of history's blackest moments.".

Directed by F. W. Murnau - With Janet Gaynor, Charles Morton, Barry Norton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Anita Louise, Claire McDowell, ...
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