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 1936. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Partner to the Retrospective Ballot: Ninth Academy Awards List
Categories:
Best Picture:
Modern Times ***Winner***
Dodsworth
The General Died at Dawn
Fury
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
My Man Godfrey
Show Boat
Swing Time
These Three
Three Godfathers
Best Director:
Robert Z. Leonard - The Great Ziegfeld***Winner***
Charlie Chaplin - Modern Times
Fritz Lang - Fury
James Whale - Show Boat
William Wyler - Dodsworth
Best Actor:
Spencer Tracy - Fury ***Winner***
Gary Cooper - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Walter Huston - Dodsworth
Chester Morris - Three Godfathers
William Powell - The Great Ziegfeld
Best Actress:
Carole Lombard - My Man Godfrey ***Winner***
Ruth Chatterton - Dodsworth
Joan Crawford - The Gorgeous Hussy
Miriam Hopkins - These Three
Sylvia Sidney - Fury
Best Supporting Actor:
Paul Robeson - Show Boat ***Winner***
Frank Morgan - The Great Ziegfeld
Eugene Pallette - My Man Godfrey
Lewis Stone - Three Godfathers
Akim Tamiroff - The General Died at Dawn
Best Supporting Actress:
Alice Brady - My Man Godfrey***Winner***
Mary Astor - Dodsworth
Bonita Granville - These Three
Myrna Loy - The Great Ziegfeld
Gail Patrick - My Man Godfrey
Best Casting:
My Man Godfrey ***Winner***
Dodsworth
The Great Ziegfeld
These Three
Three Godfathers
Best Original Screenplay:
Modern Times***Winner***
Fury
The General Died at Dawn
The Story of Louis and Pasteur
Theodora Goes Wild
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Dodsworth ***Winner***
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
My Man Godfrey
These Three
Three Godfathers
Best Animated Short
Somewhere in Dreamland***Winner***
Bluebeard
The Cobweb Hotel
I Love to Singa
Thru the Mirror
Best Live-Action Short
The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar ***Winner***
Every Sunday
Grand Slam Opera
Killer Dog
Pay as You Exit
Best Documentary Short
The Plow That Broke the Plains ***Winner***
Houses of Poverty
Night Mail
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Yellowstone Park: 'Nature's Playground'
Best Original Score
Swing Time ***Winner***
Captain January
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The General Died at Dawn
Modern Times
Best Original Song
Never Gonna Dance - Swing Time ***Winner***
All Is Fair in Love and War - Gold Diggers of 1937
Moonburn - Anything Goes
Oh My Goodness - Poor Little Rich Girl
The Way You Look Tonight - Swing Time
Best Sound:
The General Died at Dawn ***Winner***
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Show Boat
Swing Time
Best Art Direction:
The Great Ziegfeld ***Winner***
Modern Times
My Man Godfrey
Show Boat
Swing Time
Best Cinematography
Modern Times ***Winner***
Fury
The Great Ziegfeld
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Walking Dead
Best Makeup
The Story of Louis Pasteur ***Winner***
The Great Ziegfeld
Mary of Scotland
My Man Godfrey
Show Boat
Best Costume Design:
The Great Ziegfeld ***Winner***
Mary of Scotland
My Man Godfrey
Show Boat
Swing Time
Best Film Editing:
The General Died at Dawn ***Winner***
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Fury
Modern Times
Show Boat
Best Visual Effects:
San Francisco ***Winner***
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The General Died at Dawn
The Invisible Ray
Modern Times
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Films with multiple nominations:
10: My Man Godfrey
8: Modern Times, Show Boat, The Great Ziegfeld
7: The General Died at Dawn, Dodsworth, Fury, Swing Time
5: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Three Godfathers, These Three
4: The Charge of the Light Brigade
2: The Story of Louis Pasteur, Mary of Scotland
Films with multiple wins:
3: The Great Ziegfeld, Modern Times, My Man Godfrey
2: Swing Time