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 1937. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Partner to the Retrospective Ballot: Tenth Academy Awards List
Categories:
Best Picture:
Stage Door ***Winner***
Black Legion
Captains Courageous
Conquest
The Edge of the World
Make Way for Tomorrow
One Hundred Men and a Girl
The Prisoner of Zenda
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
You Only Live Once
Best Director:
Gregory La Cava - Stage Door ***Winner***
Clarence Brown - Conquest
John Cromwell - The Prisoner of Zenda
Archie Mayo - The Black Legion
Leo McCarey - Make Way for Tomorrow
Best Actor:
Victor Moore - Make Way for Tomorrow ***Winner***
Freddie Bartholomew - Captains Courageous
Ronald Colman - The Prisoner of Zenda
Henry Fonda - You Only Live Once
Paul Robeson - Jericho
Best Actress:
Beulah Bondi - Make Way for Tomorrow ***Winner***
Deanna Durbin - One Hundred Men and a Girl
Janet Gaynor - A Star is Born
Katharine Hepburn - Stage Door
Sylvia Sidney - You Only Live Once
Best Supporting Actor:
Spencer Tracy - Captains Courageous ***Winner***
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. - The Prisoner of Zenda
James Finlayson - Way Out West
William Gargan - You Only Live Once
Edward Norris - They Won't Forget
Best Supporting Actress:
Andrea Leeds - Stage Door ***Winner***
Anna Lee - King Solomon's Mines
Ginger Rogers - Stage Door
Anne Shirley - Stella Dallas
Verree Teasdale - First Lady
Best Casting:
Stage Door ***Winner***
Black Legion
The Edge of the World
Make Way for Tomorrow
Way Out West
Best Original Screenplay:
Black Legion***Winner***
The Edge of the World
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Way Out West
You Only Live Once
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Stage Door ***Winner***
Make Way for Tomorrow
The Prisoner of Zenda
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
They Gave Him a Gun
Best Animated Short
The Old Mill ***Winner***
Glen Falls Sequence
Pluto's Quin-puplets
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
Skeleton Frolics
Best Live Action Short:
The Man Without a Country ***Winner***
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
Goofs and Saddles
How to Undress In Front of Your Husband
The King Without a Crown
Best Documentary Short:
Voyage to the Sky ***Winner***
People of the Cumberland
The Romance of Celluloid
A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios
We Work Again
Best Original Score
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ***Winner***
Conquest
A Day at the Races
The Prisoner of Zenda
Shall We Dance
Best Original Song
Everybody Sing - The Broadway Melody of 1938 ***Winner***
The Donkey Serenade - The Firefly
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Shall We Dance
Someday My Prince Will Come - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
They Can't Take That Away From Me - Shall We Dance
Best Sound:
Shall We Dance ***Winner***
The Good Earth
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
A Star is Born
Best Art Direction:
The Good Earth ***Winner***
Conquest
Make Way for Tomorrow
The Prisoner of Zenda
Shall We Dance
Best Cinematography
The Good Earth ***Winner***
Captains Courageous
Make Way for Tomorrow
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Stage Door
Best Makeup
A Star is Born ***Winner***
The Firefly
Make Way for Tomorrow
Shall We Dance
Stage Door
Best Costume Design:
Shall We Dance ***Winner***
Broadway Melody of 1938
Conquest
The Firefly
The Prisoner of Zenda
Best Film Editing:
The Good Earth ***Winner***
Conquest
The Edge of the World
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Stage Door
Best Visual Effects:
The Good Earth ***Winner***
Black Legion
The Hurricane
King Solomon's Mines
Topper
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Films with multiple nominations:
10: Stage Door
9: Make Way for Tomorrow
8: The Prisoner of Zenda
7: Shall We Dance
6: Conquest, One Hundred Men and a Girl
5: Black Legion, You Only Live Once, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
4: The Good Earth, The Firefly, The Edge of the World, Captains Courageous
3: A Star is Born, Way Out West
2: Broadway Melody of 1938, King Solomon's Mines
Films with multiple wins:
4: The Good Earth, Stage Door
2: Shall We Dance, Make Way for Tomorrow