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 1930. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.

Partner to the Retrospective Ballot: Third Academy Awards List

Categories:
Best Picture:

Madam Satan ***Winner***
All Quiet on the Western Front
Animal Crackers
The Big Trail
City Girl
The Divorcee
Free and Easy
Hell's Angels
Min and Bill
Morocco

Best Director:

Howard Hughes - Hell's Angels ***Winner***
Cecil B. DeMille - Madam Satan
Lewis Milestone - All Quiet on the Western Front
F. W. Murnau - City Girl
Raoul Walsh - The Big Trail

Best Actor:

Charles Farrell - City Girl ***Winner***
Wallace Beery - Min and Bill
Reginald Denny - Madam Satan
Walter Huston - Abraham Lincoln
Buster Keaton - Free and Easy

Best Actress:

Norma Shearer - The Divorcee ***Winner***
Marlene Dietrich - Morocco
Mary Duncan - City Girl
Kay Johnson - Madam Satan
Greta Garbo - Anna Christie

Best Supporting Actor:

Louis Wolheim - All Quiet on the Western Front ***Winner***
James Cagney - The Doorway to Hell
Ben Lyon - Hell's Angels
Esme Percy - Murder!
Roland Young - Madam Satan

Best Supporting Actress:

Lilian Roth - Madam Satan ***Winner***
Marguerite Churchill - The Big Trail
Marie Dressler - Anna Christie
Trixie Friganza - Free and Easy
Dorothy Jordan - Min and Bill

Best Casting:

Madam Satan ***Winner***
All Quiet on the Western Front
Animal Crackers
Hell's Angels
Murder!

Best Original Screenplay:

Madam Satan ***Winner***
The Big House
Feet First
Hell's Angels
The Silent Enemy

Best Adapted Screenplay:

City Girl ***Winner***
All Quiet on the Western Front
Animal Crackers
Min and Bill
Murder!

Best Original Score

All Quiet on the Western Front ***Winner***
King of Jazz
Madam Satan
Monte Carlo
Morocco

Best Original Song

Happy Feet - King of Jazz ***Winner***
An Old Fashioned Gal - Just Imagine
Beyond the Blue Horizon - Monte Carlo
Meet Madam - Madam Satan
Why Am I So Romantic - Animal Crackers

Best Sound:

All Quiet on the Western Front ***Winner***
The Big Trail
Hell’s Angels
Monte Carlo
King of Jazz

Best Art Direction:

Madam Satan ***Winner***
Abraham Lincoln
All Quiet on the Western Front
Hell's Angels
Just Imagine

Best Costume Design:

Morocco ***Winner***
Abraham Lincoln
Just Imagine
King of Jazz
Madam Satan

Best Cinematography

Hell's Angels ***Winner***
The Big Trail
City Girl
The Divorcee
Morocco

Best Film Editing:

All Quiet on the Western Front ***Winner***
Animal Crackers
Free and Easy
Hell's Angels
Madam Satan

Best Visual Effects:

Hell's Angels ***Winner***
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Dawn Patrol
King of Jazz
Madam Satan

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Films with multiple nominations:
15: Madam Satan
10: All Quiet on the Western Front, Hell's Angels
6: City Girl
5: The Big Trail, King of Jazz, Morocco, Animal Crackers
4: Free and Easy, Abraham Lincoln, Min and Bill
3: The Divorcee, Just Imagine, Murder!, Monte Carlo
2: Anna Christie

Films with multiple wins:
5: Madam Satan
4: All Quiet on the Western Front
3: Hell's Angels
2: City Girl