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 Fourth Academy Awards.
Partner to the Retrospective Golden Hourglass Awards: 1932 List
Nominees taken from: boxd.it/dCYX2
Categories:
Outstanding Picture:
City Lights ***Winner***
Abraham Lincoln
Animal Crackers
Dracula
The Public Enemy
Best Director:
Charlie Chaplin - City Lights ***Winner***
D. W. Griffith - Abraham Lincoln
Howard Hawks - The Dawn Patrol
Raoul Walsh - The Big Trail
William A Wellman - The Public Enemy
Best Actor:
Charlie Chaplin - City Lights ***Winner***
Lew Ayres - Doorway to Hell
James Cagney - The Public Enemy
Walter Huston - Abraham Lincoln
Groucho Marx - Animal Crackers
Best Actress:
Virginia Cherrill - City Lights***Winner***
Marlene Dietrich - Morocco
Marie Dressler - Min and Bill
Jeanette MacDonald - Monte Carlo
Una Merkel - Abraham Lincoln
Best Original Story:
City Lights ***Winner***
The Big Trail
Dirigible
Feet First
Ladies' Man
Best Adaptation:
Animal Crackers ***Winner***
Dracula
Min and Bill
Morocco
The Public Enemy
Best Art Direction:
Abraham Lincoln ***Winner***
Dirigible
Dracula
Just Imagine
Monte Carlo
Best Cinematography:
City Lights ***Winner***
Abraham Lincoln
Dracula
Morocco
The Public Enemy
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Films with multiple nominations:
6: City Lights, Abraham Lincoln
5: The Public Enemy
4: Dracula
3: Morocco, Animal Crackers
2: Dirigible, Min and Bill, Monte Carlo, The Big Trail
Films with multiple wins
6: City Lights
