Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia (1950)

Page scan 000901 from Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia
Date:
1950
Publisher:
Hollywood : The Hollywood Reporter Press
Volume:
Motion picture production encyclopedia : 1950
Leaf #:
000901
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 08, 2025
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AWARDS-NOMIN A TIONS "One Hour With You," Paramount. "Shanghai Express," Paramount. "Smiling Lieutenant," Paramount. Best Actor: Wallace Beery in "The Champ," MCM. Alfred Lunt in "The Guardsman," MCM. Fredric March in "Dr. Jekkyll and Mr. Hyde," Paramount. Best Actress: Marie Dressier in "Emma," MCM. Lynne Fontanne in "The Guardsman," MCM. Helen Hayes in "The Sin of Madelon Claudet," MCM. Best Direction: "Bad Girl," Fox; Frank Borzage. "The Champ," MCM ; King Vidor. "Shanghai Express," Paramount; |osef von Sternberg. 1930-31 — FOURTH ANNUAL AWARDS Best Picture: "CIMARRON," RKO. Actor: LIONEL BARRYMORE in "A Free Soul," MCM. Actress: MARIE DRESSLER in "Min and Bill," MGM. Direction : NORMAN TAUROC, "Skippy," Paramount. Writing (adaptation): HOWARD ESTABROOK, "Cimarron," RKO. Writing ( original story ) : JOHN MONK SAUNDERS, "Dawn Patrol," Warner Bros. Sound Recording: PARAMOUNT STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT Cinematography : FLOYD CROSBY, "Tabu." Paramount. Art Direction: MAX REE, "Cimarron," RKO. Scientific or Technical: Class I: To ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS. INC,. RCA PHOTOPHONE, INC., and RKO RADIO PICTURES for Noise Reduction Recording quipment. To DUPONT FILM MANUFACTURI NCq COMPANY and EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for Supersensitive Panchromatic Film. Class II : To FOX FILM COMPANY for their effective use of Synchro-Projection Composite Photography. Class III: To ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS, INC., for Moving Coil Microphone Transmitters. To RKO RADIO PICTURES, INC., for Reflex Type Microphone Concentrators. To RCA PHOTOPHONE, INC., for Ribbon Microphone Transmitters. 1930-1931 NOMINATIONS Best Picture: "Cimarron," RKO. "East Lynne," Fox. "The Front Page," Caddo-UA. "Skippy," Paramount. "Trader Horn," MCM. Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore in "A Free Soul." MGM. lackie Cooper in "Skippy," Paramount. Richard Dix in "Cimarron," RKO. Fredric March in "The Royal Family of Broadway," Paramount. Adolphe Menjou in "The Front Page," Caddo-UA. Best Actress: Marlene Dietrich in "Morocco," Paramount. Marie Dressier in "Min and Bill," MCM. Irene Dunne in "Cimarron," RKO. Ann Harding in "Holiday." RKO-Pathe. Norma Shearer in "A Free Soul," MCM. Best Direction: "A Free Soul," MGM; Clarence Brown. "The Front Page," Caddo-UA; Lewis -Milestone. "Cimarron," RKO; Wesley Ruggles. "Morocco," Paramount; |osef von Sternberg. "Skippy," Paramount; Norman Taurog. 1929-30 — THIRD ANNUAL AWARDS Best Picture: "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT," Universal. Actor: GEORGE ARLISS in "Disraeli," Warner Bros. Actress: NORMA SHEARER in "The Divorcee," MGM. Direction : LEWIS MILESTONE, "All Quiet on the Western Front," Universal. Writing (achievement) FRANCES MARION, "The Big House," MGM. Cinematography: WILLARD VAN DER VEER, JOSEPH T. RUCKER. "With Byrd at the South Pole," Paramount. Art Direction: HERMAN ROSSE, "King of Jazz," Universal. Sound Recording: DOUGLAS SHEARER. "The Big House," MGM. 1929-1930 NOMINATIONS Best Picture: "All Quiet on the Western Front," Universal. "The Big House," MGM. "Disraeli," Warner Bros. "The Divorcee," MGM. "The Love Parade," Paramount. Best Actor: George Arliss in "Disraeli." Warner Bros.; "The Green Goddess," Warner Bros. Wallace Beery in "The Big House," MCM. Maurice Chevalier in "The Love Parade," Paramount; "The Big Pond," Paramount. Ronald Colman in "Bulldog Drummond," Goldwyn UA; "Condemned," Goldwyn-UA. Lawrence Tibbett in "The Rogue Song," MGM. Best Actress: Nancy Carroll in "The Devil's Holiday," Paramount. Ruth Chatterton in "Sarah and Son," Paramount. Greta Garbo in "Anna Christie," MCM; "Romance," MGM. Norma Shearer in "The Divorcee," MGM; "Their Own Desire," MCM. Gloria Swanson in "The Trespasser," Kennedy-UA. Best Direction: "Anna Christie," MCM, Clarence Brown. "Romance," MCM; Clarence Brown. "The Divorcee," MGM; Robert Leonard. "The Love Parade," Paramount; Ernst Lubitsch. "All Quiet on the Western Front," Universal; Lewis Milestone. "Halleluiah," MGM; King Vidor. 1928-29 — SECOND ANNUAL AWARDS Best Picture: "THE BROADWAY MELODY," MCM. Actor: WARNER BAXTER in "In Old Arizona," Fox. Actress: MARY PICKFORD in "Coquette," PickfordUnited Artists. Direction: FRANK LLOYD, "The Divine Lady," First National. Writing (achievement): HANS KRALY, "The Patriot," Paramount. Cinematography: CLYDE De VINNA. "White Shadows of the South Seas," MCM. Art Direction: CEDRIC GIBBONS, "The Bridge of San Luis Rey." MGM. 1928-1929 NOMINATIONS Best Picture: "Alibi," Feature Prod.-UA. "The Broadway Melody," MGM. "Hollywood Revue," MGM. "In Old Arizona," Fox. "The ■ Patriot," Paramount. Best Actor: Warner Baxter in "In Old Arizona," Fox. Chester Morris in "Alibi." Universal.