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 1933. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Partner to the Retrospective Ballot: Sixth Academy Awards List
Categories:
Best Picture:
King Kong ***Winner***
42nd Street
A Bedtime Story
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Design for Living
Duck Soup
The Emperor Jones
The Invisible Man
Lady for a Day
The Story of Temple Drake
Best Director:
Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsack - King Kong***Winner***
Lloyd Bacon - 42nd Street
Frank Capra - The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Ernst Lubitsch - Design for Living
James Whale - The Invisible Man
Best Actor:
Paul Robeson - The Emperor Jones ***Winner***
Oscar Beregi - The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Maurice Chevalier - A Bedtime Story
Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII
Claude Rains - The Invisible Man
Best Actress:
May Robson - Lady for a Day ***Winner***
Katharine Hepburn - Little Women
Miriam Hopkins - Design for Living
Barbara Stanwyck - The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Helen Twelvetrees - A Bedtime Story
Best Supporting Actor:
Jack la Rue - The Story of Temple Drake ***Winner***
Dudley Digges - Mayor of Hell
Alan Dinehart - Supernatural
Edward Everett Horton - A Bedtime Story
Guy Kibbee - Lady for a Day
Best Supporting Actress:
Jean Parker - Little Women ***Winner***
Glenda Farrell - Lady for a Day
Elsa Lanchester - The Private Life of Henry VIII
Toshia Mori - The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Viviene Osborne - Supernatural
Best Casting:
Little Women ***Winner***
A Bedtime Story
Design for Living
Duck Soup
Lady for a Day
Best Original Screenplay:
King Kong ***Winner***
Duck Soup
Footlight Parade
The Power and the Glory
Supernatural
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Design for Living ***Winner***
The Emperor Jones
The Invisible Man
Little Women
The Story of Temple Drake
Best Animated Short
The Mascot ***Winner***
Experimental Animation
The Mad Doctor
A Night on Bald Mountain
Snow-White
Best Live-Action Short
Lot in Sodom ***Winner***
The Bargain of the Century
Buzzin' Around
A Fatal Glass of Beer
Nothing Ever Happens
Best Documentary Short
Jazz a la Cuba ***Winner***
Brewster's Magic
Cats
Land Without Bread
New Earth
Best Original Score
42nd Street ***Winner***
A Bedtime Story
Duck Soup
Gold Diggers of 1933
King Kong
Best Original Song
I'm Young and Healthy - 42nd Street ***Winner***
42nd Street - 42nd Street
Keep Young and Beautiful - Roman Scandals
Shuffle Off to Buffalo - 42nd Street
We're in the Money - Gold Diggers of 1933
Best Sound:
King Kong ***Winner***
42nd Street
Duck Soup
Gold Diggers of 1933
The Invisible Man
Best Art Direction:
42nd Street ***Winner***
A Bedtime Story
Design for Living
The Emperor Jones
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Best Cinematography
42nd Street ***Winner***
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
The Invisible Man
King Kong
The Story of Temple Drake
Best Makeup
42nd Street ***Winner***
The Ghoul
King Kong
Morning Glory
Little Women
Best Costume Design:
The Bitter Tea of General Yen ***Winner***
42nd Street
The Emperor Jones
Lady for a Day
Queen Christina
Best Film Editing:
King Kong ***Winner***
42nd Street
Duck Soup
The Invisible Man
The Power and the Glory
Best Visual Effects:
King Kong ***Winner***
Deluge
The Eagle and the Hawk
The Invisible Man
Mystery at the Wax Museum
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Films with multiple nominations:
12: 42nd Street
8: King Kong
7: Duck Soup
6: The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Design for Living, The Invisible Man, Lady for a Day, A Bedtime Story
5: The Emperor Jones, Little Women
4: The Story of Temple Drake, Supernatural
3: Gold Diggers of 1933, The Private Life of Henry VIII
2: The Power and the Glory
Films with multiple wins:
7: King Kong
5: 42nd Street
2: Little Women