1927–1928 Academy Awards
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
The 1927–1928 Academy Awards were presented May 16, 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, Calif.
| Outstanding Picture | The Racket (Caddo; Paramount Famous Lasky) | ||||||||||||||||
| 7th Heaven (Fox) | |||||||||||||||||
| Wings (Paramount Famous Lasky) | |||||||||||||||||
| Artistic Quality of Production | Chang (Paramount) | ||||||||||||||||
| The Crowd (MGM) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise (Fox) | |||||||||||||||||
| Best Actor | Richard Barthelmess, The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid | ||||||||||||||||
| Charles Chaplin, The Circus (Though nominated for best actor, the academy decided to remove Chaplin's name from the competitive classes and instead award him a Special Award for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus.) | |||||||||||||||||
| Emil Jannings, The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh | |||||||||||||||||
| Best Actress | Louise Dresser, A Ship Comes In | ||||||||||||||||
| Janet Gaynor, 7th Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise | |||||||||||||||||
| Gloria Swanson, Sadie Thompson | |||||||||||||||||
| Directing |
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| Writing |
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| Cinematography | George Barnes, The Devil Dancer, The Magic Flame and Sadie Thompson | ||||||||||||||||
| Charles Rosher, Sunrise | |||||||||||||||||
| Karl Struss, Sunrise | |||||||||||||||||
| Art Direction | Rochus Gliese, Sunrise | ||||||||||||||||
| William Cameron Menzies, The Dove and Tempest | |||||||||||||||||
| Harry Oliver, 7th Heaven | |||||||||||||||||
| Engineering Effects | Ralph Hammeras | ||||||||||||||||
| Roy Pomeroy, Wings | |||||||||||||||||
| Nugent Slaughter, The Jazz Singer | |||||||||||||||||
| Special Awards | (Not necessarily given each year ) | ||||||||||||||||
| To Warner Bros. for producing The Jazz Singer, the outstanding pioneer talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry | |||||||||||||||||
| To Charles Chaplin for versatility and genius in writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus |
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