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 1945. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Categories:
Best Picture:
Brief Encounter ***Winner***
Anchors Aweigh
And Then There were None
The Body Snatcher
The Clock
The Lost Weekend
National Velvet
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Spellbound
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Best Director:
Albert Lewin - The Picture of Dorian Gray ***Winner***
René Clair - And Then There Were None
Alfred Hitchcock - Spellbound
David Lean - Brief Encounter
Robert Wise - The Body Snatcher
Best Actor:
Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend ***Winner***
Henry Daniell - The Body Snatcher
Hurt Hatfield - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Trevor Howard - Brief Encounter
Robert Walker - The Clock
Best Actress:
Celia Johnson - Brief Encounter ***Winner***
Ingrid Bergman - Spellbound
Judy Garland - The Clock
Elizabeth Taylor - National Velvet
Ann Todd - The Seventh Veil
Best Supporting Actor:
Boris Karloff - The Body Snatcher ***Winner***
Barry Fitzgerald - And Then There Were None
Michael Chekhov - Spellbound
James Dunn- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Cyril Raymond - Brief Encounter
Best Supporting Actress:
Ann Blyth - Mildred Pierce ***Winner***
June Duprez - And Then There Were None
Peggy Ann Garner - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Angela Lansbury - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Donna Reed - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Casting:
And Then There Were None ***Winner***
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Spellbound
Ziegfeld Follies
Best Original Screenplay:
The Clock ***Winner***
Here Come the Waves
Lady on a Train
Rhapsody in Blue
The Seventh Veil
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Brief Encounter ***Winner***
The Body Snatcher
The Lost Weekend
National Velvet
Spellbound
Best Animated Short
Donald's Crime ***Winner***
The Friendly Ghost
Herr Meets Hare
Mouse in Manhattan
Swing Shift Cinderella
Best Live Action Short:
The House I Live In ***Winner***
I Was Here When You Left Me
If a Body Meets a Body
Phantoms, Inc.
Spreadin' the Jam
Best Documentary Short:
To the Shores of Iwo Jima ***Winner***
Are Animals Actors?
The Last Bomb
Library of Congress
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Best Original Score
Anchors Aweigh ***Winner***
Lady on a Train
Objective, Burma!
Spellbound
The Three Caballeros
Best Original Song
Personality - Here Come the Waves ***Winner***
A Great Lady Has An Interview - Ziegfeld Follies
I Fall In Love Too Easily - Anchors Aweigh
The King Who Wouldn't Dance - Anchors Aweigh
So In Love - Wonder Man
Best Sound:
Anchors Aweigh ***Winner***
The Bells of St. Mary's
The Body Snatcher
National Velvet
They Were Expendables
Best Art Direction:
Caesar and Cleopatra ***Winner***
National Velvet
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Thousand and One Nights
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Best Cinematography
The Picture of Dorian Gray ***Winner***
Brief Encounter
The Body Snatcher
Mildred Pierce
Spellbound
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Mildred Pierce ***Winner***
Caesar and Cleopatra
House of Dracula
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Thousand and One Nights
Best Costume Design:
Ziegfeld Follies ***Winner***
Caesar and Cleopatra
National Velvet
A Thousand and One Nights
Yolanda and the Thief
Best Film Editing:
National Velvet ***Winner***
Anchors Aweigh
Brief Encounter
The Lost Weekend
Spellbound
Best Visual Effects:
Anchors Aweigh***Winner***
The Picture of Dorian Gray
They Were Expendable
A Thousand and One Nights
Wonder Man
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Films with multiple nominations:
10: The Picture of Dorian Gray
9: Spellbound
8: Brief Encounter
7: Anchors Aweigh, The Body Snatcher, National Velvet
5: And Then There were None, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4: The Clock, The Lost Weekend, A Thousand and One Nights
3: Mildred Pierce, Ziegfeld Follies, Caesar and Cleopatra
2: The Seventh Veil, Lady on a Train, Here Come the Waves, Wonder Man, They Were Expendable
Films with multiple wins:
3: Brief Encounter, Anchors Aweigh
2: The Picture of Dorian Gray