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 1932. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Partner to the Retrospective Ballot: Fifth Academy Awards List
Categories:
Best Picture:
Love Me Tonight ***Winner***
Chandu the Magician
Emma
Freaks
Grand Hotel
I Am A Fugitive From a Chain Gang
The Island of Lost Souls
The Sign of the Cross
Trouble in Paradise
Vampyr
Best Director:
Rouben Mamoulian - Love Me Tonight ***Winner***
Tod Browning - Freaks
Cecil B DeMille - The Sign of the Cross
Carl Theodor Dreyer - Vampyr
Ernest Lubitsch - Trouble in Paradise
Best Actor:
Paul Muni - I Am A Fugitive from a Chain Gang ***Winner***
Maurice Chevalier - Love Me Tonight
Harry Earles - Freaks
Charles Laughton - The Island of Lost Souls
Herbert Marshall - Trouble in Paradise
Best Actress:
Jeanette MacDonald - Love Me Tonight ***Winner***
Marlene Dietrich - Shanghai Express
Marie Dressler - Emma
Miriam Hopkins - Trouble in Paradise
Norma Shearer - Smilin Through
Best Supporting Actor:
Lionel Barrymore - Grand Hotel ***Winner***
Leslie Banks - The Most Dangerous Game
Boris Karloff - The Old Dark House
Charles Laughton - The Sign of the Cross
Bela Lugosi - Chandu the Magician
Best Supporting Actress:
Bette Davis - 20,000 Years in Sing Sing ***Winner***
Claudette Colbert - The Sign of the Cross
Joan Crawford - Grand Hotel
Kay Francis - Trouble in Paradise
Myrna Loy - Thirteen Women
Best Casting:
Love Me Tonight ***Winner***
Freaks
Grand Hotel
The Sign of the Cross
Trouble in Paradise
Best Original Screenplay:
Love Me Tonight ***Winner***
Emma
Movie Crazy
Tiger Shark
What Price Hollywood?
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Trouble in Paradise ***Winner***
Freaks
Grand Hotel
Island of Lost Souls
Smilin' Through
Best Animated Short
Minnie the Moocher ***Winner*
Flowers and Trees
The Idea
It's Got Me Again!
Mickey's Revue
Best Live-Action Short
Strictly Unreliable ***Winner*
Choo-Choo!
The Music Box
Poem 8
Show Business
Best Documentary Short
Vision of Lourdes ***Winner*
Estampas 1932
Romance in a Pond
Swing High
Window of the World
Best Original Score
Love Me Tonight ***Winner***
A Farewell to Arms
Horse Feathers
One Hour With You
Vampyr
Best Original Song
Isn't It Romantic - Love Me Tonight ***Winner***
Banking on the Weather - 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Everyone Says I Love You - Horse Feathers
Mimi - Love Me Tonight
Oh That Mitzi - One Hour With You
Best Sound:
Scarface ***Winner***
The Broken Lullaby
A Farewell to Arms
Love Me Tonight
Tarzan the Ape Man
Best Art Direction:
Grand Hotel ***Winner***
The Old Dark House
The Sign of the Cross
Trouble in Paradise
Vampyr
Best Cinematography
Vampyr ***Winner***
I am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang
Island of Lost Souls
The Mummy
The Sign of the Cross
Best Makeup
Island of Lost Souls ***Winner***
Doctor X
Grand Hotel
Murders in the Rue Morgue
What Price Hollywood
Best Costume Design:
The Sign of the Cross ***Winner***
Grand Hotel
Love Me Tonight
Shanghai Express
Trouble in Paradise
Best Film Editing:
Love Me Tonight ***Winner***
Freaks
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang
Scarface
Vampyr
Best Visual Effects:
The Old Dark House ***Winner***
Chandu the Magician
Island of Lost Souls
Scarface
Vampyr
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Films with multiple nominations:
12: Love Me Tonight
9: Trouble in Paradise
8: The Sign of the Cross, Grand Hotel
7: Vampyr
6: Island of Lost Souls, Freaks
4: The Old Dark House, I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang
3: Scarface, Chandu the Magician , Emma
2: 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, A Farewell to Arms, Shanghai Express, One Hour with You, Horse Feathers, What Price Hollywood, Smilin' Through
Films with multiple wins:
7: Love Me Tonight
2: Grand Hotel