Every year, starting in 2020, I do my own personal film awards that I call the Golden Hourglass Awards. Recently, I discovered an account, Cláudio Alves, that put together lists of eligible films for every year in Academy Awards history and it got me thinking about how a 1929 version of the Golden Hourglass Awards would have looked.
This list will be part of an ongoing personal project where I go through every Academy Awards and make two lists: The first, a retrospective ballot based off actual eligible films and using official categories for that ceremony. The second will be a retrospective of the Golden Hourglasses that I choose each year, without taking into consideration Academy eligibility or how the…
Every year, starting in 2020, I do my own personal film awards that I call the Golden Hourglass Awards. Recently, I discovered an account, Cláudio Alves, that put together lists of eligible films for every year in Academy Awards history and it got me thinking about how a 1929 version of the Golden Hourglass Awards would have looked.
This list will be part of an ongoing personal project where I go through every Academy Awards and make two lists: The first, a retrospective ballot based off actual eligible films and using official categories for that ceremony. The second will be a retrospective of the Golden Hourglasses that I choose each year, without taking into consideration Academy eligibility or how the Academy defines the release of each film.
This is my retrospective ballot for the Golden Hourglass Awards, using my own personal categories, and using the eligibility period of 1940. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Categories:
Best Picture:
The Great Dictator ***Winner***
Foreign Correspondent
The Grapes of Wrath
His Girl Friday
Kitty Foyle
The Mark of Zorro
Pinocchio
Rebecca
The Thief of Bagdad
Too Many Husbands
Best Director:
Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator ***Winner***
John Ford - The Grapes of Wrath
Howard Hawks - His Girl Friday
Alfred Hitchcock - Rebecca
Rouben Mamoulian - The Mark of Zorro
Best Actor:
Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator ***Winner***
Cary Grant - His Girl Friday
Raymond Massey - Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Fred MacMurray - Too Many Husbands
Joel McCrea - Foreign Correspondent
Best Actress:
Joan Fontaine - Rebecca ***Winner***
Jean Arthur - Too Many Husbands
Bette Davis - The Letter
Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle
Rosalind Russell - His Girl Friday
Best Supporting Actor:
Jack Oakie - The Great Dictator ***Winner***
Freddie Bartholomew - Swiss Family Robinson
Albert Basserman - Foreign Correspondent
Melvyn Douglas - Too Many Husbands
Cary Grant - The Philadelphia Story
Best Supporting Actress:
Judith Anderson - Rebecca ***Winner***
Jane Darwell - The Grapes of Wrath
Virginia Field - Waterloo Bridge
Ruth Hussey - The Philadelphia Story
Edna May Oliver - Pride and Prejudice
Best Casting:
The Grapes of Wrath ***Winner***
The Great Dictator
His Girl Friday
Rebecca
Too Many Husbands
Best Original Screenplay:
The Great Dictator ***Winner***
The Foreign Correspondent
Road to Singapore
Too Many Husbands
The Westerner
Best Adapted Screenplay:
His Girl Friday ***Winner***
The Grapes of Wrath
Kitty Foyle
The Mark of Zorro
Rebecca
Best Animated Short
A Wild Hare ***Winner***
Dots
The Milky Way
Puss Gets the Boot
You Ought to Be in Pictures
Best Live Action Short:
Alice in Movieland ***Winner***
Pardon my Berth Marks
Pursuit of Happiness
Service with the Colors
You Nazty Spy
Best Documentary Short:
London Can Take It ***Winner***
Christmas Under Fire
The Miracle of Sound
Power and the Land
Quicker'n a Wink
Best Original Score
Pinocchio ***Winner***
The Great Dictator
The Mark of Zorro
The Road to Singapore
The Thief of Bagdad
Best Original Song
When You Wish Upon a Star - Pinocchio ***Winner***
Love of My Life - Second Chorus
Riding the Range - Go West
Too Romantic - Road to Singapore
Waltzing in the Clouds - Spring Parade
Best Sound:
The Thief of Bagdad ***Winner***
Fantasia
His Girl Friday
Pinocchio
Strike Up the Band
Best Art Direction:
The Thief of Bagdad ***Winner***
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
The Mark of Zorro
Pride and Prejudice
Rebecca
Best Cinematography
Rebecca ***Winner***
Foreign Correspondent
The Great Dictator
The Mark of Zorro
The Thief of Bagdad
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Thief of Bagdad ***Winner***
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
The Mark of Zorro
Pride and Prejudice
Rebecca
Best Costume Design:
The Thief of Bagdad ***Winner***
The Mark of Zorro
Pride and Prejudice
Rebecca
The Sea Hawk
Best Film Editing:
The Great Dictator ***Winner***
His Girl Friday
The Mark of Zorro
Rebecca
The Thief of Bagdad
Best Visual Effects:
The Thief of Bagdad ***Winner***
Dr. Cyclops
Fantasia
The Invisible Man Returns
One Million BC
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Films with multiple nominations:
11: Rebecca
9: The Great Dictator, The Mark of Zorro, The Thief of Bagdad
8: His Girl Friday
6: Too Many Husbands
5: The Grapes of Wrath, Foreign Correspondent
4: Pinocchio
3: Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Kitty Foyle, Pride and Prejudice, Road to Singapore
2: The Philadelphia Story, Fantasia
Films with multiple wins:
6: The Great Dictator
5: The Thief of Bagdad
3: Rebecca