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 1943. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Categories:
Best Picture:
Casablanca ***Winner***
Cabin in the Sky
Hangmen Also Die
Heaven Can Wait
Madame Curie
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Sky's the Limit
The Song of Bernadette
Stormy Weather
Best Director:
Michael Curtiz - Casablanca ***Winner***
Edward H. Griffith - The Sky's the Limit
Fritz Lang - Hangmen Also Die
Andrew L. Stone - Stormy Weather
Preston Sturges - The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Best Actor:
Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca ***Winner***
Don Ameche - Heaven Can Wait
Eddie Anderson - Cabin in the Sky
Eddie Bracken - The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Bill Robinson - Stormy Weather
Best Actress:
Ethel Waters - Cabin in the Sky ***Winner***
Ingrid Bergman - Casablanca
Betty Hutton - The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Jennifer Jones - The Song of Bernadette
Lisbeth Movin - Day of Wrath
Best Supporting Actor:
Gene Lockhart - Hangmen Also Die ***Winner***
Dana Andrews - The Ox-Bow Incident
Charles Coburn - The More the Merrier
Rex Ingram - Cabin in the Sky
Claude Rains - Casablanca
Best Supporting Actress:
Lena Horne - Cabin in the Sky ***Winner***
Jean Brooks - The Seventh Victim
Gladys Cooper - The Song of Bernadette
Peggy Anne Garner - Jane Eyre
Sigrid Neiiendam - Day of Wrath
Best Casting:
Casablanca ***Winner***
Cabin in the Sky
Hangmen Also Die
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Ox-Bow Incident
Best Original Screenplay:
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek ***Winner***
Hangmen Also Die!
The More the Merrier
The North Star
The Sky's The Limit
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Casablanca ***Winner***
Cabin in the Sky
Heaven Can Wait
Madame Curie
The Song of Bernadette
Best Animated Short
Super-Rabbit ***Winner***
Figaro and Cleo
Fifth Column Mouse
The Underground World
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
Best Live Action Short:
Little Miss Pinkerton ***Winner***
Heavenly Music
Seeing Hands
They Stooge to Conga
When Hitler Kicks the Bucket
Best Documentary Short:
The Grain that Built a Hemisphere ***Winner***
Cameramen at War
Cavalcade of Dance
Fala: The President’s Dog
The Voice that Thrilled the World
Best Original Score
The Sky's the Limit ***Winner***
Casablanca
Heaven Can Wait
Stage Door Canteen
Stormy Weather
Best Original Song
Faro-La, Faro-Li - Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man ***Winner***
Life is Full of Consequences - Cabin in the Sky
One for My Baby - The Sky's the Limit
Ridin' for a Fall - Thank Your Lucky Stars
They're Either Too Young Or Too Old - Thank Your Lucky Stars
Best Sound:
Stormy Weather ***Winner***
Air Force
Cabin in the Sky
Hangmen Also Die!
Saludos Amigos
Best Art Direction:
Phantom of the Opera ***Winner***
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Song of Bernadette
Stage Door Canteen
Stormy Weather
Best Cinematography
Casablanca ***Winner***
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Ox-Bow Incident
Phantom of the Opera
The Song of Bernadette
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Phantom of the Opera ***Winner***
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Jane Eyre
Madame Curie
Stage Door Canteen
Best Costume Design:
Jane Eyre ***Winner***
Madame Curie
Phantom of the Opera
The Song of Bernadette
Stage Door Canteen
Best Film Editing:
Casablanca ***Winner***
Cabin in the Sky
Hangmen Also Die!
The Ox-Bow Incident
Stormy Weather
Best Visual Effects:
Air Force***Winner***
Cabin in the Sky
Destination Tokyo
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
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Films with multiple nominations:
11: Cabin in the Sky
10: Casablanca
7: Hangmen Also Die!, The Song of Bernadette, Stormy Weather
6: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
5: The Sky's The Limit, The Ox-Bow Incident
4: Madame Curie, Heaven Can Wait, Phantom of the Opera, Stage Door Canteen
3: Jane Eyre, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, For Whom the Bell Tolls
2: Day of Wrath, The More the Merrier, Thank Your Lucky Stars, Air Force
Films with multiple wins:
6: Casablanca
2: Cabin in the Sky, Phantom of the Opera