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 1944. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Categories:
Best Picture:
Double Indemnity ***Winner***
Arsenic and Old Lace
Gaslight
Going My Way
Laura
Lifeboat
Meet Me in St. Louis
Since You Went Away
Tomorrow, The World
The Woman in the Window
Best Director:
Billy Wilder - Double Indemnity ***Winner***
George Cukor - Gaslight
Leslie Fenton - Tomorrow, The World
Fritz Lang - The Woman in the Window
Vincente Minnelli - Meet Me in St. Louis
Best Actor:
Fred MacMurray - Double Indemnity ***Winner***
Cary Grant - Arsenic and Old Lace
Skip Homeier - Tomorrow, The World
Gene Kelly - Christmas Holiday
Edward G. Robinson - The Woman in the Window
Best Actress:
Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity ***Winner***
Joan Bennett - The Woman in the Window
Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight
Judy Garland - Meet Me In St. Louis
Gene Tierney - Laura
Best Supporting Actor:
Walter Slezak - Lifeboat ***Winner***
Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way
Claude Rains - Mr. Skeffington
Edward G. Robinson - Double Indemnity
Monty Woolley - Since You Went Away
Best Supporting Actress:
Ethel Barrymore - None but the Lonely Heart ***Winner***
Jennifer Jones - Since You Went Away
Angela Lansbury - Gaslight
Margaret O'Brien - Meet Me in St. Louis
Gail Russell - The Uninvited
Best Casting:
Lifeboat ***Winner***
Arsenic and Old Lace
Double Indemnity
Since You Went Away
Tomorrow, The World!
Best Original Screenplay:
Lifeboat ***Winner***
Cover Girl
The Fighting Seabees
Going My Way
Ivan the Terrible: Part I
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Double Indemnity ***Winner***
Arsenic and Old Lace
Gaslight
Laura
Tomorrow, The World!
Best Animated Short
The Million Dollar Cat ***Winner***
Alouette
And to Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street
Keep Your Mouth Shut
Plane Daffy
Best Live Action Short:
Mail Call: Who's On First ***Winner***
At Land
Bon Voyage
Boogie-Woogie Dream
Idle Roomers
Best Documentary Short:
Jammin' the Blues ***Winner***
Breakdowns of 1944
Hymn of the Nations
New Americans
Who's Who in Animal Land
Best Original Score
Meet Me In St. Louis ***Winner***
Double Indemnity
Hollywood Canteen
Larau
The Uninvited
Best Original Song
The Trolley Song - Meet Me In St. Louis ***Winner***
Jive Number - Up in Arms
Long Ago (And Far Away) - Cover Girl
Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year - Christmas Holiday
Swinging On a Star - Going My Way
Best Sound:
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo ***Winner***
Meet Me in St. Louis
Secret Command
The Uninvited
Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X
Best Art Direction:
Gaslight ***Winner***
Henry V
Meet Me In St. Louis
Since You Went Away
The Uninvited
Best Cinematography
Double Indemnity ***Winner***
Gaslight
Laura
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Woman in the Window
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Meet Me in St. Louis ***Winner***
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Cover Girl
Henry V
Ivan the Terrible
Best Costume Design:
Meet Me In St. Louis ***Winner***
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Cover Girl
Henry V
Ivan the Terrible
Best Film Editing:
Double Indemnity ***Winner***
Arsenic and Old Lace
Gaslight
Lifeboat
Since You Went Away
Best Visual Effects:
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo***Winner***
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Henry V
Secret Command
Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X
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Films with multiple nominations:
11: Meet Me In St. Louis
10: Double Indemnity
8: Gaslight
6: Since You Went Away
5: Arsenic and Old Lace, Laura, Lifeboat, The Woman in the Window
4: The Uninvited, Going My Way, Tomorrow The World!, Cover Girl, Henry V
3: Ivan the Terrible, The Adventures of Mark Twain
2: Christmas Holiday, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Secret Command, Wing and a Prayer The Story of Carrier X
Films with multiple wins:
7: Double Indemnity
4: Meet Me In St. Louis
3: Lifeboat
2: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo