1st Academy Awards 1625068 225109503 2008-07-11T22:38:59Z 71.108.146.224 {{Infobox Academy AwardsB | name = 1st | date = Thursday, [[May 16]], [[1929]] | site = [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]]<br>[[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood, California]] | host = [[Douglas Fairbanks]]<br>[[William C. DeMille]] | duration = 15 minutes | next = 2nd }} The '''1st Academy Awards''' were presented on [[May 16]], [[1929]] at a private dinner held at the [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]]. Tickets cost $5 and fewer than 250 people attended. The whole ceremony lasted only 15 minutes. Unlike later events, the winners had been announced months prior to the ceremony. This was also the only [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] ceremony not to be broadcast in some way. Unlike later ceremonies, awards could be granted to an actor or director for multiple works within a year. [[Emil Jannings]], for example, was given the [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] award for his work in both ''[[The Way of All Flesh (film)|The Way of All Flesh]]'' and ''[[The Last Command (film)|The Last Command]]''. ==Awards== For a complete list of nominees and winners, see: ''[[1st Academy Awards nominees and winners]]'' ===Best Production/Picture=== '''Winner:''' ''[[Wings (movie)|Wings]]'' '''Nominations:''' ''[[The Racket]]'', ''[[Seventh Heaven (film)|Seventh Heaven]]'', ''[[The Way of All Flesh (movie)|The Way of All Flesh]]'', ''[[The Last Command (film)|The Last Command]]''. ===Artistic Quality of Production=== '''Winner:''' ''[[Sunrise (movie)|Sunrise]]'' '''Nominations:''' ''[[Chang (movie)|Chang]]'', ''[[The Crowd]]'' ===Best Actor=== '''Winner:''' [[Emil Jannings]] in ''[[The Way of All Flesh (film)|The Way of All Flesh]]'' and ''[[The Last Command (film)|The Last Command]]'' '''Nominations:''' [[Richard Barthelmess]] in ''[[The Noose (film)|The Noose]]'' and ''[[The Patent Leather Kid]]'' ===Best Actress=== '''Winner:''' [[Janet Gaynor]] in ''[[Seventh Heaven (film)|Seventh Heaven]]'', ''[[Street Angel (1928 film)|Street Angel]]'', and ''[[Sunrise (movie)|Sunrise]]'' '''Nominations:''' [[Louise Dresser]] in ''[[A Ship Comes In]]'' and [[Gloria Swanson]] in ''[[Sadie Thompson]]'' ===Best Director of a Drama=== '''Winner:''' [[Frank Borzage]] for ''[[Seventh Heaven (film)|Seventh Heaven]]'' '''Nominations:''' [[Herbert Brenon]] for ''[[Sorrell and Son]]'', [[King Vidor]] for ''[[The Crowd]]'' ===Best Director of a Comedy=== '''Winner:''' [[Lewis Milestone]] for ''[[Two Arabian Knights]]'' '''Nominations:''' [[Ted Wilde]] for ''[[Speedy (movie)|Speedy]]'' and [[Charles Chaplin]] for ''[[The Circus]]'' ===Best Writing (original)=== '''Winner:''' [[Ben Hecht]] for ''[[Underworld (1927 movie)|Underworld]]'' '''Nominations:''' [[Lajos Biro]] for ''[[The Last Command (film)|The Last Command]]'' ===Best Writing (adaptation)=== '''Winner:''' [[Benjamin Glazer]] for ''[[Seventh Heaven (film)|Seventh Heaven]]'' '''Nominations:''' [[Alfred Cohn]] for ''[[The Jazz Singer (1927 film)|The Jazz Singer]]'', [[Anthony Coldeway]] for ''[[Glorious Betsy]]'' ===Best Cinematography=== '''Winner:''' [[Charles Rosher]] and [[Karl Struss]] for ''[[Sunrise (film)|Sunrise]]'' '''Nominations:''' [[George Barnes (cinematographer)|George Barnes]] for ''[[The Devil Dancer]]'', ''[[The Magic Flame]]'', and ''[[Sadie Thompson]]'' ===Best Engineering Effects=== '''Winner:''' [[Roy Pomeroy]] for ''[[Wings (movie)|Wings]]'' '''Nominations:''' [[Ralph Hammeras]] for ''(various)'' and [[Nugent Slaughter]] for ''(various)'' ===Art Direction=== '''Winner:''' [[William Cameron Menzies]] for ''[[The Dove]]'' and ''[[Tempest (film)|Tempest]]'' '''Nominations:''' [[Rochus Gliese]] for ''[[Sunrise (film)|Sunrise]]'', [[Harry Oliver]] for ''[[Seventh Heaven (film)|Seventh Heaven]]'' ===Special Awards=== [[Charles Chaplin]] won an honorary award for ''[[The Circus (silent film)|The Circus]]''. [[Warner Brothers]] won an honorary award for ''[[The Jazz Singer (1927 film)|The Jazz Singer]]''. ==References== *[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,927950,00.html Note about the first Academy Awards] in the “[[People_%28magazine%29#History|People]]” section of [[TIME Magazine]], May 27, 1929 *{{cite web | title=Academy Awards Winners (1927/8 - 1939) | work=The Greatest Films | url=http://www.filmsite.org/oscars30.html | accessmonthday=30 April | accessyear=2005}} *{{cite web | title=The Story of the First Academy Awards | work=The MediaDrome | url=http://www.themediadrome.com/content/articles/film_articles/first_academy_awards.shtml | accessmonthday=1 May | accessyear=2005}} *{{cite web | title=1927/28 (1st) | work=The Academy Awards Database | url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1114966058616 | accessmonthday=1 May | accessyear=2005}} *{{cite web | title=OSCAR.com - 79th Annual Academy Awards - History | work=OSCAR.com | url=http://www.oscars.com/legacy/?pn=ceremony | accessmonthday=09 October | accessyear=2007}} {{Academy Awards Chron}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Academy Awards, 01}} [[Category:Academy Awards ceremonies]] [[Category:1928 film awards|Academy Awards]] [[ar:مهرجان توزيع جوائز الأوسكار الأول]] [[ast:I Edición de los Oscars]] [[de:Oscarverleihung 1929]] [[fr:1re Cérémonie des Oscars]] [[it:Premi Oscar 1929]] [[hu:1. 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