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ACADEMY
OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES
MERIT AWARDS
1928 to 1933
1927 1928
ACTRESS — Janet Gaynor (Seventh Heaven, Street
Angel, Sunrise) ACTOR— Emil Jannings (Way of All Flesh. Last
Command)
DIRECTORS — Frank Borzage (Seventh Heaven), Lewis
Milestone, (Two Arabian Knights) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS— Wings (Paramount):
Sunrise (Fox)
CINEMATOGRAPHY— Charles Rosher and Karl Struss (Sunrise)
ART DIRECTION — William Cameron Menzies (Tempest, The Dove)
WRITING ACHIEVEMENTS— Ben Hecht (Underworld)Benjamin Glazer (Seventh Heaven)
TITLE WRITING— Joseph W. Farnham (Telling the World, Fair Co-ed)
ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT — Roy J. Pomeroy (Wings)
FOR MARKING AN EPOCH IN MOTION PICTURE HISTORY — Warner Bros, for producing The Jazz Singer
1928 1929
ACTRESS— Mary Pickford (Coquette) ACTOR — Warner Baxter (In Old Arizona) DIRECTION — Frank Lloyd (Weary River. Divine Lady. Drag)
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION— The Broadway Melody
( Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) CINEMATOGRPHY— Clyde DeVinna (White Shadows
of the South Seas) ART. DIRECTION— Cedric Gibbons (Bridge of San
Luis Rey)
WRITING— Hans Kraly (The Patriot)
1929 1930
ACTRESS — Norma Shearer (The Divorcee)
ACTOR — George Arliss (Disraeli)
DIRECTION — Lewis Milestone (All Quiet on the
Western Front) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION — All Quiet on the
Western Front (Universal) CINEMATOGRAPHY— Joseph T. Tucker and Willard
Vander Veer (With Byrd at the South Pole) ART DIRECTION— Herman Rosse (King of Jazz) SOUND RECORDING— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
(The Big House) WRITING— Frances Marion (The Big House)
1930 1931
ACTRESS— Marie Dressier (Min and Bill) ACTOR — Lionel Barrymore (A Free Soul) DIRECTION — Norman Taurog (Skippy)
BEST PRODUCED PICTURE — Cimarron (Radio Pictures)
ORIGINAL STORY— John Monk Saunders (Dawn Patrol)
ADAPTATION— Howard Estabrook (Cimarron)
CINEMATOGRAPHY— Floyd Crosby (Tabu)
ART DIRECTION— Max Ree (Cimarron)
SOUND RECORDING— Paramount
(SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS)
NOISE REDUCTION RECORDING EQUIPMENT— Electrical Research Products, RCA Photophone and RKO Radio Pictures
SUPER-SENSITIVE PANCHROMATIC FILM — DuPont Film Mfg. Co. and Eastman Kodak Co.
HONORABLE MENTION FOR SYNCHRO-PROJECTION COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPHY— Fox Film Co.
1931 1932
ACTRESS -Helen Hayes (Sin of Madelon Claudet) ACTOR— Fredric March (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) EXTRA AWARD— Wallace Beery (The Champ) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION— Grand Hotel (M-6-M) DIRECTION— Frank Borzage (Bad Girl) ORIGINAL STORY— Frances Marion (The Champ) ADAPTATION— Edwin Burke (Bad Girl) PHOTOGRAPHY— Lee Garmes (Shanghai Express) ART DIRECTION— Gordon Wiles (Transatlantic) SOUND RECORDING— Paramount (Shanghai Express,
A Broken Lullaby, One Hour With You, etc.) SHORT SUBJECTS— Flowers and Trees (Walt Disnejf).
A Wrestling Swordfish (Mack Sennett), Laurel and
Hardy in The Music Box (Hal Roach) SPECIAL AWARD — Walt Disney (for creation of
Mickey Mouse)
CERTIFICATE OF HONORABLE MENTION— Technicolor
HONORABLE MENTION— Eastman Kodak Co.
1932 1933
ACTRESS — Katharine Hepburn (Morning Glory) ACTOR— Charles Laughton (Henry VIII) DIRECTION— Frank Lloyd (Cavalcade) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION— Cavalcade (Fox) ORIGINAL STORY— Robert Lord (One Way Passage) ADAPTATION — Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman (Little Women)
PHOTOGRAPHY— Charles Lang (Farewell to Arms) ART DIRECTION— William Darling (Cavalcade) SOUND RECORDING— Harold C. Lewis (Farewell to Arms)
SHORT SUBJECTS— Three Little Pigs (Walt Dj^ney) ; So This Is Harris (RKO Radio); Krakatoa (Educational)
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