1ST ACADEMY AWARDS
May 16, 1929
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Hosted by Douglas Fairbanks & William C. DeMille
OUTSTANDING PICTURE
| “7th Heaven” |
| “The Racket” |
| “Wings” |
UNIQUE AND ARTISTIC PRODUCTION
| “Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness” |
| “The Crowd” |
| “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” |
ACTOR
| Richard Barthelmess – “The Noose” and “The Patent Leather Kid” |
| Emil Jannings – “The Last Command” and “The Way of All Flesh” |
ACTRESS
| Louise Dresser – “A Ship Comes In” |
| Janet Gaynor – “7th Heaven,” “Street Angel,” and “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” |
| Gloria Swanson – “Sadie Thompson” |
ART DIRECTION
| “7th Heaven” – Harry Oliver |
| “The Dove” and “Tempest” – William Cameron Menzies |
| “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” – Rochus Gliese |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
| “The Devil Dancer” – George Barnes |
| “The Magic Flame” – George Barnes |
| “Sadie Thompson” – George Barnes |
| “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” – Charles Rosher and Karl Struss |
DIRECTING (COMEDY PICTURE)
| Lewis Milestone – “Two Arabian Knights” |
| Ted Wilde – “Speedy” |
DIRECTING (DRAMATIC PICTURE)
| Frank Borzage – “7th Heaven” |
| King Vidor – “The Crowd” |
| Herbert Brenon – “Sorrell and Son” |
ENGINEERING EFFECTS
| Ralph Hammeras – *film not specified* |
| Roy Pomeroy – “Wings” |
| Nugent Slaughter – *film not specified* |
WRITING (ADAPTATION)
| “7th Heaven” – Benjamin Glazer |
| “Glorious Betsy” – Anthony Coldeway |
| “The Jazz Singer” – Alfred A. Cohn |
WRITING (ORIGINAL STORY)
| “The Last Command” – Lajos Bíró |
| “Underworld” – Ben Hecht |
WRITING (TITLE WRITING)
| Gerald Duffy – “The Private Life of Helen of Troy” |
| Joseph Farnham – *film not specified* |
| George Marion, Jr. – *film not specified* |
HONORARY AWARD
“The Circus”
Charlie Chaplin |
| “For versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing” |
HONORARY AWARD
“The Jazz Singer”
Warner Brothers Production |
| “For producing the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry” |
- “7th Heaven”
- “Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness”
- “The Circus”
- “The Crowd”
- “The Devil Dancer”
- “The Dove”
- “Glorious Betsy”
- “The Jazz Singer”
- “The Last Command”
- “The Magic Flame”
- “The Noose”
- “The Patent Leather Kid”
- “The Private Life of Helen of Troy”
- “The Racket”
- “Sadie Thompson”
- “A Ship Comes In”
- “Sorrell and Son”
- “Speedy”
- “Street Angel”
- “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”
- “Tempest”
- “Two Arabian Knights”
- “Underworld”
- ”The Way of All Flesh”
- “Wings”
