Year book of motion pictures (1938)

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ACADEMY AWARDS ^ 1927-1928 to 1936-1937 — — 1927-1928 — ACTRESS — Janet Gaynor (Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, Sunrise) ACTOR— Emil Jannings (Way of All Flesh, Last Ccmmand) 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 (Temptation, The Dove) WRITING ACHIEVEMENTS— Ben Hecht (Underworld), Benjamin Clazer (Seventh Heaven) TITLE WRITING— Joseph W. Farnham (Telling the World, Fair Co-ed) ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTRoy 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 -GoldwynMayer) CINEMATOGRAPHY— Cyde 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— Du Pont 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. Jekvll and Mr. Hyde) EXTRA AWARD— Wallace Beery (The Champ) OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION— Grand Hotel (M-G-M) DIRECTION— Frank Borzage (Bad Girl) ORIGINAL STORY— Frances Marion iThe Chdmpi 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 Disney). 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 — Katherine 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* 51