While going through Letterbox, I found this account, Cláudio Alves that has put together a list of films eligible for Oscars throughout the entire history of the Academy Awards. And I was incredibly impressed and thrilled to find such lists.
And such lists got me thinking: I've often ranted about how the Oscars get it wrong, every year, and have always done so. So how would I have done it? If I had been presented with these ballots every year, how would I have voted every time? In contrast, not taking into consideration Academy eligibility rules, which are often confusing and contradictory, what films would have stood out to me each year? So, this list was born.
This list will…
While going through Letterbox, I found this account, Cláudio Alves that has put together a list of films eligible for Oscars throughout the entire history of the Academy Awards. And I was incredibly impressed and thrilled to find such lists.
And such lists got me thinking: I've often ranted about how the Oscars get it wrong, every year, and have always done so. So how would I have done it? If I had been presented with these ballots every year, how would I have voted every time? In contrast, not taking into consideration Academy eligibility rules, which are often confusing and contradictory, what films would have stood out to me each year? So, this list was born.
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 my own personal awards 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 First Academy Awards, with the added bonus of using the strange fact that an actor could be nominated for multiple performances that year.
Patner to the Retrospective Golden Hourglass Awards: 1929 List.
Nominees taken from: boxd.it/dFNvM
Categories:
Outstanding Picture:
Metropolis ***Winner***
The Circus
Street Angel
Unique & Artistic Picture:
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ***Winner***
7th Heaven
The Last Command
Best Directing (Comedy Picture):
Charlie Chaplin - The Circus ***Winner***
Raoul Walsh - What Price Glory
Ted Wilde - Speedy
Best Directing (Dramatic Picture):
Fritz Lang - Metropolis ***Winner***
F. W. Murnau - Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Josef von Sternberg - The Last Command
Best Actor:
Emil Jannings - The Last Command ***Winner***
Ramon Novarro - Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
George O'Brien - Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Best Actress:
Janet Gaynor - 7th Heaven, Street Angel, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ***Winner***
Brigitte Helm - Metropolis
Gloria Swanson - Sadie Thompson
Best Writing (Original Story):
The Circus ***Winner***
The Big Parade
The Last Command
Best Writing (Adaptation):
Metropolis ***Winner***
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
White Shadows in the South Seas
Best Art Direction:
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ***Winner***
The Last Command
Metropolis
Old Ironsides
Street Angel
Best Cinematography:
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ***Winner***
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Metropolis
Best Engineering Effects:
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ***Winner***
The Big Parade
Old Ironsides
What Price Glory
Wings
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Films with multiple nominations:
6: Metropolis, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
5: The Last Command
4: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
3: The Circus, Street Angel
2: 7th Heaven, The Big Parade, Old Ironsides, What Price Glory
Films with multiple wins
3: Metropolis, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
2: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, The Circus
