The Oscars for the year 1930

These awards were given for movies made in 1928-1929.
There were no 'officially' announced nominees.

Winners are shown in red


Best Picture

* Alibi (1929)
* The Broadway Melody
* The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
* In Old Arizona (1929)
* Patriot, The (1928)

Best Actor

* Alibi (1929) - Chester Morris
* In Old Arizona (1929) - Warner Baxter
* The Patriot (1928) - Lewis Stone
* Thunderbolt (1929) - George Bancroft (I)
* The Valiant (1929) - Paul Muni

Best Actress

* The Barker (1928) - Betty Compson
* The Broadway Melody (1929) - Bessie Love
* Coquette (1929) - Mary Pickford
* The Divine Lady (1929) - Corinne Griffith
* The Letter (1929) - Jeanne Eagels
* Madame X (1929) - Ruth Chatterton

Best Director

* The Broadway Melody (1929) - Harry Beaumont
* The Divine Lady (1929) - Frank Lloyd
* Drag (1929) - Frank Lloyd
* In Old Arizona (1929) - Irving Cummings
* Madame X (1929) - Lionel Barrymore
* The Patriot (1928) - Ernst Lubitsch
* Weary River (1929) - Frank Lloyd

Best Writing, Achievement

* The Cop (1928) - Elliott J. Clawson
* In Old Arizona (1929) - Tom Barry
* The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929) - Hanns KrŠly
* The Leatherneck (1929) - Elliott J. Clawson
* Our Dancing Daughters (1928) - Josephine Lovett
* The Patriot (1928) - Hanns KrŠly
* Sal of Singapore (1928) - Elliott J. Clawson
* Skyscraper (1928) - Elliott J. Clawson
* The Valiant (1929) - Tom Barry
* A Woman of Affairs (1928) - Bess Meredyth
* Wonder of Women (1929) - Bess Meredyth

Best Cinematography

* The Divine Lady (1929) - John F. Seitz
* Four Devils (1928) - Ernest Palmer
* In Old Arizona (1929) - Arthur Edeson
* Our Dancing Daughters (1928) - George Barnes
* Street Angel (1928) - Ernest Palmer
* White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) - Clyde De Vinna

Best Art Direction

* Alibi (1929) - William Cameron Menzies
* Awakening, The (1928) - William Cameron Menzies
* Bridge of San Luis Rey, The (1929) - Cedric Gibbons
* Dynamite (1929) - Mitchell Leisen
* Patriot, The (1928) - Hans Dreier
* Street Angel (1928) - Harry Oliver



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