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 1942. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Categories:
Best Picture:
To Be Or Not To Be ***Winner***
Bambi
Commandos Strike at Dawn
The Magnificent Ambersons
Mrs. Miniver
The Pied Piper
The Pride of the Yankees
Road to Morocco
This Gun for Hire
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Director:
Ernest Lubitsch - To Be or Not To Be ***Winner***
Michael Curtiz - Yankee Doodle Dandy
Frank Tuttle - This Gun for Hire
Orson Welles - The Magnificent Ambersons
William Wyler - Mrs. Miniver
Best Actor:
Gary Cooper - The Pride of the Yankees ***Winner***
James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ronald Colman - Random Harvest
Paul Muni - Commandos Strike at Dawn
Monty Woolley - The Pied Piper
Best Actress:
Carole Lombard - To Be Or Not To Be ***Winner***
Bette Davis - Now, Voyager
Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver
Katharine Hepburn - Woman of the Year
Veronica Lake - This Gun for Hire
Best Supporting Actor:
Tim Holt - The Magnificent Ambersons ***Winner***
Roddy McDowell - The Pied Piper
Basil Rathbone - Crossroads
Sig Ruman - To Be Or Not To Be
Richard Whorf - Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Supporting Actress:
Teresa Wright - Mrs. Miniver ***Winner***
Mary Astor - The Palm Beach Story
Olivia de Havilland - In This Our Life
Peggy Ann Garner - The Pied Piper
Susan Peters - Random Harvest
Best Casting:
The Magnificent Ambersons ***Winner***
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Mrs. Miniver
The Pied Piper
To Be or Not to Be
Best Original Screenplay:
To Be or Not To Be ***Winner***
The Pride of the Yankees
Road to Morocco
Saboteur
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Pied Piper ***Winner***
The Magnificent Amberson
Mrs. Miniver
The Talk of the Town
This Gun for Hire
Best Animated Short
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall ***Winner***
Blitz Wolf
Horton Hatches the Egg
The Olympic Champ
Tulips Shall Grow
Best Live Action Short:
Cactus Makes Perfect ***Winner***
Inflation
Jam Session
Minnie the Moocher
A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat
Best Documentary Short:
Moods of the Sea ***Winner***
Breakdowns of 1942
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
Listen to Britain
We Must Have Music
Best Original Score
Bambi ***Winner***
To Be or Not to Be
Orchestra Wives
The Palm Beach Story
Road to Morocco
Best Original Song
Moonlight Becomes You - Road to Morocco ***Winner***
I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo - Orchestra Wives
I've Got You - This Gun for Hire
Little April Shower - Bambi
Road to Morocco - Road to Morocco
Best Sound:
Yankee Doodle Dandy ***Winner***
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Bambi
The Pied Piper
Wake Island
Best Art Direction:
The Magnificent Ambersons ***Winner***
The Black Swan
The Pride of the Yankees
Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Cinematography
The Magnificent Ambersons ***Winner***
Commandos Strike at Dawn
The Pied Piper
The Talk of the Town
To Be or Not to Be
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Yankee Doodle Dandy ***Winner***
The Black Swan
The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Magnificent Ambersons
Mrs. Miniver
Best Costume Design:
The Magnificent Ambersons ***Winner***
Now Voyager
Road to Morocco
To Be Or Not To Be
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Film Editing:
Commandos Strike at Dawn ***Winner***
This Gun For Hire
The Magnificent Ambersons
Mrs. Miniver
To Be Or Not To Be
Best Visual Effects:
Commandos Strike at Dawn ***Winner***
The Invisible Agent
The Pied Piper
Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book
Wake Island
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Films with multiple nominations:
10: To Be Or Not To Be, The Magnificent Ambersons
9: The Pied Piper, Yankee Doodle Dandy
7: Commandos Strike at Dawn, Mrs. Miniver
6: The Road to Morocco, This Gun for Hire
4: Bambi, The Pride of the Yankees
2: Random Harvest, Now Voyager, The Palm Beach Story, The Talk of the Town, Orchestra Wives, Wake Island, The Black Swan, Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book
Films with multiple wins:
5: The Magnificent Ambersons
4: To Be Or Not To Be
2: Commandos Strike at Dawn