Rich Picks
19281930

Awards & Top Films

1929

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1929 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 1929

No top 10 rankings recorded for 1929.

Film

Live-Action Feature

The Broadway Melody
Producers: Lawrence Weingarten and Irving Thalberg
Oscar
Alibi
Producer: Roland West
Oscar
In Old Arizona
Producer: Winfield Sheehan
Oscar
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Producers: Irving Thalberg and Harry Rapf
Oscar
The Patriot
Producer: Ernst Lubitsch
Oscar

Directing & Editing

Directing

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

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Warner Baxter
In Old Arizona
Oscar
Chester Morris
Alibi
Oscar
Lewis Stone
The Patriot
Oscar
Paul Muni
The Valiant
Oscar
George Bancroft
Thunderbolt
Oscar

Actress in a Leading Role

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

Visual

Cinematography

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

Art Direction

Cedric Gibbons
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Production design: Cedric Gibbons
Oscar
William Cameron Menzies
Alibi
Production design: William Cameron Menzies
Oscar
Mitchell Leisen
Dynamite
Production design: Mitchell Leisen
Oscar
Harry Oliver
Street Angel
Production design: Harry Oliver
Oscar
William Cameron Menzies
The Awakening
Production design: William Cameron Menzies
Oscar
Hans Dreier
The Patriot
Production design: Hans Dreier
Oscar