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 1939. Any film that received a wide release in this time is considered eligible.
Categories:
Best Picture:
The Wizard of Oz ***Winner***
Goodbye Mr. Chips
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Of Mice and Men
Ninotchka
The Roaring Twenties
Stagecoach
Union Pacific
The Women
Wuthering Heights
Best Director:
Victor Fleming - The Wizard of Oz ***Winner***
William Dieterle - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Cecil B. DeMille - Union Pacific
John Ford - Stagecoach
William Wyler - Wuthering Heights
Best Actor:
Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights ***Winner***
James Cagney - The Roaring Twenties
Robert Donat - Goodbye Mr. Chips
Charles Laughton - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Best Actress:
Merle Oberon - Wuthering Heights ***Winner***
Bette Davis - Dark Victory
Greta Garbo - Ninotchka
Judy Garland - The Wizard of Oz
Norma Shearer - The Women
Best Supporting Actor:
Lon Chaney Jr - Of Mice and Men ***Winner***
Humphrey Bogart - The Roaring Twenties
Terry Kilburn - Goodbye Mr. Chips
Robert Preston - Union Pacific
George Raft - Each Dawn I Die
Best Supporting Actress:
Joan Crawford - The Women ***Winner***
Greer Garson - Goodbye Mr. Chips
Betty Field - Of Mice and Men
Geraldine Fitzgerald - Wuthering Heights
Margaret Hamilton - The Wizard of Oz
Best Casting:
The Women ***Winner***
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Ninotchka
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Best Original Screenplay:
Ninotchka ***Winner***
At the Circus
Love Affair
Only Angels Have Wings
Young Mr. Lincoln
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Wuthering Heights ***Winner***
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Women
Best Animated Short
Peace on Earth ***Winner***
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
Donald's Cousin Gus
The Ugly Duckling
Best Live Action Short:
Smith ***Winner***
The Bill of Rights
Dog Daze
Pest from the West
We Want Our Mummy
Best Documentary Short:
Artie Shaw's Class in Swing ***Winner***
Ancient Egypt
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
Breakdown of 1939
The First Days
Best Original Score
The Wizard of Oz ***Winner***
At the Circus
Babes in Arms
Gone with the Wind
The Little Princess
Best Original Song
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz ***Winner***
Ding Dong the Witch is Dead - The Wizard of Oz
Good Morning - Babes in Arms
The Lady's in Love with You - Some Like It Hot
Lydia the Tattooed Lady - At the Circus
Best Sound:
The Wizard of Oz ***Winner***
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Of Mice and Men
The Roaring Twenties
Union Pacific
Best Art Direction:
Wuthering Heights ***Winner***
Gone With the Wind
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Wizard of Oz
Best Cinematography
The Hunchback of Notre Dame ***Winner***
Stagecoach
Union Pacific
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Wizard of Oz ***Winner***
Gone with the Wind
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Wuthering Heights
Best Costume Design:
Gone with the Wind ***Winner***
Ninotchka
The Roaring Twenties
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights
Best Film Editing:
Stagecoach ***Winner***
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
The Roaring Twenties
Union Pacific
The Wizard of Oz
Best Visual Effects:
The Wizard of Oz ***Winner***
Gone with the Wind
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Stagecoach
Union Pacific
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Films with multiple nominations:
15: The Wizard of Oz
10: Wuthering Heights
8: Goodbye Mr. Chips
7: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Union Pacific
6: Stagecoach, The Roaring Twenties
5: Ninotchka, The Women, Gone with the Wind
4: Of Mice and Men
3: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, At the Circus
2: Babes in Arms
Films with multiple wins:
7: The Wizard of Oz
4: Wuthering Heights