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 Third Academy Awards.
Partner to Retrospective Golden Hourglass Awards: 1931 List
Nominees taken from: boxd.it/dDwyq
Categories:
Outstanding Picture:
City Girl ***Winner***
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Divorcee
Hell's Angels
Hell's Heroes
Best Director:
Howard Hughes - Hell's Angels ***Winner***
Murray Anderson - King of Jazz
Robert Z. Leonard - The Divorcee
Lewis Milestone - All Quiet on the Western Front
F. W. Murnau - City Girl
William Wyler - Hell's Heroes
Best Actor:
Charles Farrell - City Girl ***Winner***
Charles Bickford - Hell's Heroes
Douglas Fairbanks - The Taming of the Shrew
Chester Morris - The Big House
Conrad Veidt - The Last Performance
Louis Wolheim - All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Actress:
Norma Shearer - The Divorcee ***Winner***
Mary Duncan - City Girl
Greta Garbo - The Kiss
Jeanette MacDonald - The Love Parade
Mary Philbin - The Last Performance
Mary Pickford - The Taming of the Shrew
Best Writing:
City Girl ***Winner***
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Cocoanuts
Hell's Angels
Hell's Heroes
Best Sound Recording
All Quiet on the Western Front ***Winner***
The Cocoanuts
Hell's Angels
King of Jazz
The Love Parade
Best Art Direction:
Taming of the Shrew ***Winner***
Disraeli
Hell's Angels
The King of Jazz
The Mysterious Island
Best Cinematography:
Hell's Angels ***Winner***
All Quiet on the Western Front
City Girl
The Divorcee
Hell's Heroes
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Films with multiple nominations:
6: All Quiet on the Western Front, Hell's Angels, City Girl
5: Hell's Heroes
4: The Divorcee
3: King of Jazz, The Taming of the Shrew
2: The Last Performance, The Cocoanuts, The Love Parade
Films with multiple wins
3: City Girl
2: Hell's Angels
