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 Second Academy Awards.
Partner to the Retrospective Golden Hourglass Awards: 1930 List
Nominees taken from: boxd.it/dEaae
Categories:
Outstanding Picture:
The Man Who Laughs ***Winner***
Coquette
The Divine Lady
The Iron Mask
Noah's Ark
Best Director:
Paul Leni - The Man Who Laughs ***Winner***
Michael Curtiz - Noah's Ark
Allan Dwan - The Iron Mask
Pál Fejős - Broadway
John Ford - Four Sons
Ernst Lubitsch - Eternal Love
W. S. Van Dyke - White Shadows in the South Seas
Best Actor:
Conrad Veidt - The Man Who Laughs ***Winner***
Douglas Fairbanks - The Iron Mask
Buster Keaton - The Cameraman
Cullen Landis - Lights of New York
Victor Varconi - The Divine Lady
Best Actress:
Corinne Griffith - The Divine Lady ***Winner***
Camilla Horn - Eternal Love
Merna Kennedy - Broadway
Mary Philbin - The Man Who Laughs
Mary Pickford - Coquette
Best Writing:
The Man Who Laughs ***Winner***
Broadway
The Cameraman
Coquette
Eternal Love
The Iron Mask
Noah’s Ark
Best Art Direction:
Noah's Ark ***Winner***
Broadway
The Broadway Melody
The Divine Lady
Four Sons
The Iron Mask
The Man Who Laughs
Best Cinematography:
The Man Who Laughs ***Winner***
The Divine Lady
Eternal Love
The Iron Mask
Lights of New York
White Shadows in the South Seas
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Films with multiple nominations:
7: The Man Who Laughs
6: The Iron Mask
5: The Divine Lady
4: Broadway, Eternal Love, Noah’s Ark
3: Coquette
2: The Cameraman, Lights of New York, Four Sons
Films with multiple wins
5: The Man Who Laughs
