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 1941. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Categories:
Best Picture:
Hellzapoppin' ***Winner***
Citizen Kane
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Hold Back the Dawn
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
That Hamilton Woman
Best Director:
Orson Welles - Citizen Kane ***Winner***
William Dieterle - The Devil and Daniel Webster
Alfred Hitchcock - Suspicion
Alexander Korda - That Hamilton Woman
H. C. Potter - Hellzapoppin'
Best Actor:
Orson Welles - Citizen Kane ***Winner***
Humphrey Bogart - The Maltese Falcon
Charles Boyer - Hold Back the Dawn
Errol Flynn - They Died With Their Boots On
Spencer Tracy - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Best Actress:
Vivien Leigh - That Hamilton Woman ***Winner***
Mary Astor - The Maltese Falcon
Bette Davis - The Little Foxes
Joan Fontaine - Suspicion
Greer Garson - Blossoms in the Dust
Best Supporting Actor:
Walter Huston - The Devil and Mr. Webster ***Winner***
Mischa Auer - Hellzapoppin'
Donald Crisp - How Green was My Valley
Sydney Greenstreet - The Maltese Falcon
Peter Lorre - The Maltese Falcon
Best Supporting Actress:
Jane Frazee - Hellzapoppin' ***Winner***
Ingrid Bergman - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dorothy Comingore - Citizen Kane
Judy Garland - Ziegfeld Girl
Teresa Wright - The Little Foxes
Best Casting:
Hellzapoppin ***Winner***
Citizen Kane
Hold Back the Dawn
How Green Was My Valley
The Maltese Falcon
Best Original Screenplay:
Citizen Kane ***Winner***
Blossoms in the Dust
Sullivan's Travels
That Hamilton Woman
The Wolf Man
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Hellzapoppin' ***Winner***
The Devil and Daniel Webster
The Lady Eve
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
Best Animated Short
Superman ***Winner***
Early to Bed
The Fighting 69 1/2th
Hollywood Steps Out
Tortoise Beats Hare
Best Live Action Short:
Ain't Misbehavin ***Winner***
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
I'll Never Heil Again
The Tell-Tale Heart
Third Dimensional Murder
Best Documentary Short:
Words for Battle ***Winner***
Breakdowns of 1941
Forty Boys and a Song
Ordinary People
A Place to Live
Best Original Score
Blues in the Night ***Winner***
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Road to Zanzibar
Ziegfeld Girl
Best Original Song
Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye - You'll Never Get Rich ***Winner***
Baby Mine - Dumbo
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Sun Valley Serenade
Conga Beso - Hellzapoppin'
How About You - Babes on Broadway
Best Sound:
That Hamilton Woman ***Winner***
Citizen Kane
Dive Bomber
Hellzapoppin'
Sergeant York
Best Art Direction:
That Hamilton Woman ***Winner***
Hellzapoppin'
Hold Back the Dawn
You'll Never Get Rich
Ziegfeld Girl
Best Cinematography
Citizen Kane***Winner***
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Hellzapoppin'
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Wolf Man ***Winner***
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Hellzapoppin'
That Hamilton Woman
Ziegfeld Girl
Best Costume Design:
That Hamilton Woman ***Winner***
Ball of Fire
Hellzapoppin
The Little Foxes
Lydia
Best Film Editing:
Hellzapoppin' ***Winner***
Citizen Kane
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
How Green Was My Valley
Best Visual Effects:
Dive Bomber ***Winner***
That Hamilton Woman
The Invisible Woman
The Sea Wolf
The Wolf Man
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Films with multiple nominations:
13: Hellzapoppin'
10: Citizen Kane
9: That Hamilton Woman
8: The Maltese Falcon,
6: The Devil and Daniel Webster
5: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Suspicion
4: The Little Foxes, Hold Back the Dawn, How Green Was My Valley
3: Blossoms in the Dust, Ziegfeld Girl, The Wolf Man
2: Dumbo, You'll Never Get Rich, Dive Bomber,
Films with multiple wins:
5: Hellzapoppin'
4: That Hamilton Woman, Citizen Kane