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 1935. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Partner to the Retrospective Ballot: Eighth Academy Awards List
Categories:
Best Picture:
The Bride of Frankenstein ***Winner***
The 39 Steps
Anna Karenina
The Crusades
The Informer
Les Miserables
A Night at the Opera
Ruggles of Red Gap
Top Hat
The Whole Town's Talking
Best Director:
Alfred Hitchcock - The 39 Steps***Winner***
Richard Boleslawski - Les Miserables
Cecil B. DeMille - The Crusades
John Ford - The Informer
James Whale - The Bride of Frankenstein
Best Actor:
Victor McLaglen - The Informer ***Winner***
Robert Donat - The 39 Steps
Charles Laughton - Ruggles of Red Gap
Boris Karloff - The Bride of Frankenstein
Edward G. Robinson - The Whole Town's Talking
Best Actress:
Greta Garbo - Anna Karenina ***Winner***
Katharine Hepburn - Alice Adams
Jeanette MacDonald - Naughty Marietta
Merle Oberon - The Dark Angel
Loretta Young - The Crusades
Best Supporting Actor:
Charles Laughton - Les Miserables ***Winner***
O. P. Heggie - The Bride of Frankenstein
Chico Marx - A Night at the Opera
Ernest Thesiger - The Bride of Frankenstein
Franchot Tone - Mutiny on the Bounty
Best Supporting Actress:
Elsa Lanchester - The Bride of Frankenstein***Winner***
Mary Boland - Ruggles of Red Gap
Helen Broderick - Top Hat
Florence Elridge - Les Miserables
Rochelle Hudson - Les Miserables
Best Casting:
Les Miserables ***Winner***
The Bride of Frankenstein
The Crusades
A Night at the Opera
Ruggles of Red Gap
Best Original Screenplay:
The Crusades ***Winner***
Annie Oakley
Curly Top
G Men
A Night at the Opera
Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Bride of Frankenstein ***Winner***
The 39 Steps
The Informer
Les Miserables
The Whole Town's Talking
Best Animated Short
Hollywood Capers***Winner***
The Band Concert
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
A Colour Box
Papageno
Best Live-Action Short
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life ***Winner***
How to Sleep
Thicker Than Water
Two Hearts in Wax Time
Uncivil Warriors
Best Documentary Short
Housing Problems ***Winner***
Audioscopiks
Hollywood Hobbies
Shipyard
Things You Never See On Screen
Best Original Score
Top Hat ***Winner***
The 39 Steps
The Bride of Frankenstein
Curly Top
The Informer
Best Original Song
About a Quarter to Nine - Go Into Your Dance ***Winner***
Animal Crackers in My Soup - Curly Top
Lullaby of Broadway - Gold Diggers of 1935
The Piccolino - Top Hat
Sing Before Breakfast - The Broadway Melody of 1936
Best Sound:
Naughty Marietta ***Winner***
Call of the Wild
The Crusades
Top Hat
A Night at the Opera
Best Art Direction:
Top Hat ***Winner***
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Anna Karenina
The Bride of Frankenstein
Ruggles of Red Gap
Best Cinematography
The Bride of Frankenstein ***Winner***
The 39 Steps
Becky Sharp
The Crusades
Les Miserables
Best Makeup
The Bride of Frankenstein ***Winner***
The Crusades
Les Miserables
Top Hat
The Whole Town's Talking
Best Costume Design:
Top Hat ***Winner***
Anna Karenina
Becky Sharp
The Crusades
Les Miserables
Best Film Editing:
The Whole Town's Talking ***Winner***
Call of the Wild
The Crusades
Les Miserables
Top Hat
Best Visual Effects:
The Bride of Frankenstein ***Winner***
The 39 Steps
She
Transatlantic Tunnel
Werewolf of London
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Films with multiple nominations:
13: The Bride of Frankenstein
11: Les Miserables
10: The Crusades
9: Top Hat
7: The 39 Steps
5: Ruggles of Red Gap, The Informer, The Whole Town’s Talking
4: Anna Karenina
3: Curly Top
2: Call of the Wild, Naughty Marietta, Becky Sharp
Films with multiple wins:
5: The Bride of Frankenstein
2: Les Miserables