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 1946. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Categories:
Best Picture:
Notorious ***Winner***
The Best Years of Our Lives
Gilda
It's a Wonderful Life
Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot
The Killers
A Matter of Life and Death
My Darling Clementine
The Razor's Edge
The Spiral Staircase
Best Director:
Alfred Hitchcock - Notorious ***Winner***
Sergei Eisenstein - Ivan the Terrible Part II The Boyars' Plot
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger - A Matter of Life and Death
Robert Siodmak - The Killers
William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Actor:
Nikolay Cherkasov - Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot ***Winner***
Cary Grant - Notorious
David Niven - A Matter of Life and Death
Tyrone Power - The Razor's Edge
James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life
Best Actress:
Ingrid Bergman - Notorious ***Winner***
Ava Gardner - The Killers
Olivia de Havilland - The Dark Mirror
Rita Hayworth - Gilda
Dorothy McGuire - The Spiral Staircase
Best Supporting Actor:
Henry Travers - It's a Wonderful Life ***Winner***
Victor Mature - My Darling Clementine
Claude Rains - Notorious
Harold Russell - The Best Years of Our Lives
Clifton Webb - The Razor's Edge
Best Supporting Actress:
Anne Baxter - The Razor's Edge***Winner***
Serafima Birman - Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Cathy Downs - My Darling Clementine
Lillian Gish - Duel in the Sun
Madame Konstantin - Notorious
Best Casting:
The Best Years of Our Lives ***Winner***
Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot
A Matter of Life and Death
Notorious
The Razor's Edge
Best Original Screenplay:
Notorious ***Winner***
The Blue Dahlia
The Dark Mirror
Gilda
A Matter of Life and Death
Best Adapted Screenplay:
It's a Wonderful Life ***Winner***
Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot
The Killers
The Razor's Edge
A Stolen Life
Best Animated Short
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery ***Winner***
John Henry and the Inky-Poo
A Knight for a Day
Solid Serenade
Willie the Operatic Whale
Best Live Action Short:
The Three Troubledoers ***Winner***
A Boy and His Dog
Dear Miss Gloria
Got a Penny, Benny?
Mr. Noisy
Best Documentary Short:
The Private Life of a Cat ***Winner***
Atomic Power!
Blow-Ups of 1946
Cavalcade of Archery
Smart as a Fox
Best Original Score
The Best Years of Our Lives ***Winner***
The Harvey Girls
Notorious
Three Little Girls in Blue
The Yearling
Best Original Song
All the Cats Join in - Make Mine Music ***Winner***
Ole Buttermilk Sky - Canyon Passage
On the Atchinson, Topeka, and the Santa Fe - The Harvey Girls
Put the Blame on Mame - Gilda
You Keep Coming Back Like a Song - Blue Skies
Best Sound:
The Harvey Girls ***Winner***
It's a Wonderful Life
The Jolson Story
Make Mine Music
My Darling Clementine
Best Art Direction:
Beauty and the Beast ***Winner***
Anna and the King of Siam
Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Notorious
The Razor's Edge
Best Cinematography
Notorious ***Winner***
Gilda
A Matter of Life and Death
The Killers
The Spiral Staircase
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Beauty and the Beast ***Winner***
Gilda
Harvey
It's a Wonderful Life
Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Best Costume Design:
Beauty and the Beast ***Winner***
Anna and the King of Siam
Gilda
Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot
My Darling Clementine
Best Film Editing:
Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot ***Winner***
The Best Years of Our Lives
It's a Wonderful Life
A Matter of Life and Death
Notorious
Best Visual Effects:
O.S.S***Winner***
Beauty and the Beast
It's a Wonderful Life
A Matter of Life and Death
She-Wolf of London
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Films with multiple nominations:
12: Notorious
10: Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot
8: It's a Wonderful Life, A Matter of Life and Death
7: Gilda, The Razor's Edge
6: The Best Years of Our Lives, The Killers
4: My Darling Clementine, The Harvey Girls, Beauty and the Beast
3: The Spiral Staircase
2: The Dark Mirror, Make Mine Music, Anna and the King of Siam
Films with multiple wins:
5: Notorious
3: Beauty and the Beast
2: The Best Years of Our Lives, It's a Wonderful Life, Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot