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 1947. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Categories:
Best Picture:
Monsieur Verdoux ***Winner***
Brutal Force
Crossfire
Dark Passage
A Double Life
The Fugitive
Miracle on 34th Street
Odd Man Out
The Paradine Case
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Best Director:
Alfred Hitchcock - The Paradine Case ***Winner***
Charlie Chaplin - Monsieur Verdoux
George Cukor - A Double Life
John Ford - The Fugitive
Carol Reed - Odd Man Out
Best Actor:
Charlie Chaplin - Monsieur Verdoux***Winner***
James Cagney - 13 Rue Madeleine
Ronald Colman - A Double Life
Danny Kaye - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Gregory Peck - Gentleman's Agreement
Best Actress:
Rosalind Russell - Mourning Becomes Electra ***Winner***
Lauren Bacall - Dark Passage
Joan Crawford - Possessed
Deborah Kerr - Black Narcissus
Alida Valli - The Paradine Case
Best Supporting Actor:
Edmund Gwenn - Miracle on 34th Street ***Winner***
Hume Cronyn - Brute Force
Derrick De Marney - Uncle Silas
Vincent Price - The Long Night
Robert Ryan - Crossfire
Best Supporting Actress:
Kathleen Byron - Black Narcissus ***Winner***
Celeste Holm - Gentleman's Agreement
Joan McCracken - Good News
Marilyn Nash - Monsieur Verdoux
Natalie Wood - Miracle on 34th Street
Best Casting:
Brute Force ***Winner***
Black Narcissus
Crossfire
Odd Man Out
The Paradine Case
Best Original Screenplay:
Monsieur Verdoux ***Winner***
Brute Force
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
A Double Life
Miracle on 34th Street
Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Paradine Case ***Winner***
Crossfire
The Fugitive
Odd Man Out
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Best Animated Short
The Cat Concerto ***Winner***
Fiddle De-Dee
Slick Hare
Tubby the Tuba
The Way of Peace
Best Live Action Short:
Shy Guy ***Winner***
Champagne for Two
Hold That Lion!
A Present for Santa Claus
So You Want to Be in Picture
Best Documentary Short:
The Impossible Map ***Winner***
First Steps
Freshwater Assassins
Now You See It
The Village Church
Best Original Score
Fun and Fancy Free ***Winner***
Miracle on 34th Street
The Perils of Pauline
Road to Rio
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Best Original Song
Pass That Peace Pipe - Good News ***Winner***
Fun and Fancy Free - Fun and Fancy Free
Kiss of the Muse - Down to Earth
A Rainy Day in Rio - Road to Rio
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah - Song of the South
Best Sound:
Fun and Fancy Free ***Winner***
Brute Force
The Fugitive
Good News
Road to Rio
Best Art Direction:
Black Narcissus ***Winner***
Brute Force
Down to Earth
Good News
Life with Father
Best Cinematography
Odd Man Out ***Winner***
Black Narcissus
Brute Force
The Fugitive
The Paradine Case
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Good News ***Winner***
Black Narcissus
Down to Earth
Miracle on 34th Street
The Perils of Pauline
Best Costume Design:
Black Narcissus ***Winner***
Down to Earth
Good News
Monsieur Verdoux
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Best Film Editing:
Odd Man Out ***Winner***
A Double Life
The Fugitive
Monsieur Verdoux
The Paradine Case
Best Visual Effects:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ***Winner***
Brute Force
Green Dolphin Street
The Perils of Pauline
Song of the South
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Films with multiple nominations:
8: Brute Force
7: Monsieur Verdoux, The Paradine Case, Black Narcissus
6: The Fugitive, Miracle on 34th Street, Odd Man Out, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Good News
5: A Double Life
4: Crossfire, Down to Earth
3: Fun and Fancy Free, The Perils of Pauline, Road to Rio
2: Dark Passage, Gentleman's Agreement, Song of the South
Films with multiple wins:
3: Monsieur Verdoux, Black Narcissus
2: Odd Man Out, The Paradine Case, Good News, Fun and Fancy Free