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Academy Awards, USA: 1930

Oscar

Date:	3 April (banquet)
Host:	William C. de Mille
Location:	Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	The awards are given for films released between 2 August 1928 and 31 July 1929. There are no 'officially' announced nominees.

Best Picture


Winner:
	Broadway Melody, The (1929) - M-G-M
Other Nominees:
	Alibi (1929) - Feature Productions - No official nominees had been announced this year. Hollywood Revue of 1929, The (1929) - M-G-M - No official nominees had been announced this year. In Old Arizona (1928) - Fox - No official nominees had been announced this year. Patriot, The (1928) - Paramount Famous Lasky - No official nominees had been announced this year.

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	In Old Arizona (1928) - Warner Baxter
Other Nominees:
	Alibi (1929) - Chester Morris (I) - No official nominees had been announced this year. Patriot, The (1928) - Lewis Stone - No official nominees had been announced this year. Thunderbolt (1929) - George Bancroft (I) - No official nominees had been announced this year. Valiant, The (1929) - Paul Muni (I) - No official nominees had been announced this year.

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Coquette (1929) - Mary Pickford
Other Nominees:
	Barker, The (1928) - Betty Compson - No official nominees had been announced this year. Broadway Melody, The (1929) - Bessie Love - No official nominees had been announced this year. Divine Lady, The (1929) - Corinne Griffith - No official nominees had been announced this year. Letter, The (1929) - Jeanne Eagels - No official nominees had been announced this year. Madame X (1929) - Ruth Chatterton - No official nominees had been announced this year.

Best Director


Winner:
	Divine Lady, The (1929) - Frank Lloyd (I)
Other Nominees:
	Broadway Melody, The (1929) - Harry Beaumont - No official nominees had been announced this year. Drag (1929) - Frank Lloyd (I) - No official nominees had been announced this year. In Old Arizona (1928) - Irving Cummings - No official nominees had been announced this year. Madame X (1929) - Lionel Barrymore - No official nominees had been announced this year. Patriot, The (1928) - Ernst Lubitsch - No official nominees had been announced this year. Weary River (1929) - Frank Lloyd (I) - No official nominees had been announced this year.

Best Writing, Achievement


Winner:
	Patriot, The (1928) - Hanns Kräly
Other Nominees:
	Cop, The (1928) - Elliott J. Clawson - No official nominees had been announced this year. In Old Arizona (1928) - Tom Barry (I) - No official nominees had been announced this year. Last of Mrs. Cheyney, The (1929) - Hanns Kräly - No official nominees had been announced this year. Leatherneck, The (1929) - Elliott J. Clawson - No official nominees had been announced this year. Our Dancing Daughters (1928) - Josephine Lovett - No official nominees had been announced this year. Sal of Singapore (1928) - Elliott J. Clawson - No official nominees had been announced this year. Skyscraper (1928) - Elliott J. Clawson - No official nominees had been announced this year. Valiant, The (1929) - Tom Barry (I) - No official nominees had been announced this year. Woman of Affairs, A (1928) - Bess Meredyth - No official nominees had been announced this year. Wonder of Women (1929) - Bess Meredyth - No official nominees had been announced this year.

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) - Clyde De Vinna
Other Nominees:
	4 Devils (1928) - Ernest Palmer (I) - No official nominees had been announced this year. Divine Lady, The (1929) - John F. Seitz - No official nominees had been announced this year. In Old Arizona (1928) - Arthur Edeson - No official nominees had been announced this year. Our Dancing Daughters (1928) - George Barnes (I) - No official nominees had been announced this year. Street Angel (1928) - Ernest Palmer (I) - No official nominees had been announced this year.

Best Art Direction


Winner:
	Bridge of San Luis Rey, The (1929) - Cedric Gibbons
Other Nominees:
	Alibi (1929) - William Cameron Menzies - No official nominees had been announced this year. Awakening, The (1928) - William Cameron Menzies - No official nominees had been announced this year. Dynamite (1929) - Mitchell Leisen - No official nominees had been announced this year. Patriot, The (1928) - Hans Dreier - No official nominees had been announced this year. Street Angel (1928) - Harry Oliver - No official nominees had been announced this year.