The Complete Oscar Quest: 2nd Academy Awards (1928-1929)

1928-1929

(* Note: There were no official nominees this year. *)

Outstanding Picture (Best Picture)

• Alibi
• The Broadway Melody
• The Hollywood Revue of 1929
• In Old Arizona
• The Patriot (LOST)

Best Director

• Lionel Barrymore, Madame X
• Harry Beaumont, The Broadway Melody
• Irving Cummings, In Old Arizona
• Frank Lloyd, The Divine Lady
• Frank Lloyd, Drag
• Frank Lloyd, Weary River
• Ernst Lubitsch, The Patriot (LOST)

Best Actor

• George Bancroft, Thunderbolt
• Warner Baxter, In Old Arizona
• Chester Morris, Alibi
• Paul Muni, The Valiant
• Lewis Stone, The Patriot (LOST)

Best Actress

• Ruth Chatterton, Madame X
• Betty Compson, The Barker
• Jeanne Eagels, The Letter
• Corinne Griffith, The Divine Lady
• Bessie Love, The Broadway Melody
• Mary Pickford, Coquette

Best Writing

• The Cop
• In Old Arizona
• The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
• The Leatherneck
• Our Dancing Daughters
• The Patriot (LOST)
• Sal of Singapore
• Skyscraper
• The Valiant
• A Woman of Affairs
• Wonder of Women

Best Cinematography

• The Divine Lady
• Four Devils
• In Old Arizona
• Our Dancing Daughters
• Street Angel
• White Shadows in the South Seas

Best Art Direction

• Alibi
• The Awakening (LOST)
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey
• Dynamite
• The Patriot (LOST)
• Street Angel

Total List of Films Nominated:

1. Alibi
2. The Awakening (LOST)
3. The Barker
4. The Bridge of San Luis Rey
5. The Broadway Melody
6. The Cop
7. Coquette
8. The Divine Lady
9. Drag
10. Dynamite
11. Four Devils
12. The Hollywood Revue of 1929
13. In Old Arizona
14. The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
15. The Leatherneck
16. The Letter
17. Madame X
18. Our Dancing Daughters
19. The Patriot (LOST)
20. Sal of Singapore
21. Skyscraper
22. Street Angel
23. Thunderbolt
24. The Valiant
25. Weary River
26. White Shadows in the South Seas
27. A Woman of Affairs
28. Wonder of Women