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1927/28 (1st)

ACTOR

Richard Barthelmess

The Noose

{"Nickie Elkins"};

and

The Patent Leather Kid

{"The Patent Leather Kid"}

Emil Jannings

The Last Command

{"General Dolgorucki [Grand Duke Sergius Alexander]"};

and

The Way of All Flesh

{"August Schilling"}

ACTRESS

Louise Dresser

A Ship Comes In

{"Mrs. Pleznik"}

Janet Gaynor

7th Heaven

{"Diane"};

Street Angel

{"Angela"};

and

Sunrise

{"The Wife"}

Gloria Swanson

Sadie Thompson

{"Sadie Thompson"}

ART DIRECTION

Rochus Gliese

Sunrise

William Cameron Menzies

The Dove;

and

Tempest

Harry Oliver

7th Heaven

CINEMATOGRAPHY

George Barnes

The Devil Dancer;

The Magic Flame;

and

Sadie Thompson

Charles Rosher

Sunrise

[NOTE: For this awards year, awards were presented in the name of the individual and could honor work on one or more films. Charles Rosher and Karl Struss were both honored for cinematography on this film. It is considered a single nomination for the film.]

Karl Struss

Sunrise

DIRECTING (Comedy Picture)

Lewis Milestone

Two Arabian Knights

Ted Wilde

Speedy

DIRECTING (Dramatic Picture)

Frank Borzage

7th Heaven

Herbert Brenon

Sorrell and Son

King Vidor

The Crowd

ENGINEERING EFFECTS

Ralph Hammeras

[NOTE: This nomination was not associated with any specific film title.]

Roy Pomeroy

Wings

Nugent Slaughter

[NOTE: Though no specific titles were indicated during the presentation on May 16, 1929, or in the official results from the Central Board of Judges for this honorable mention, Academy records indicate that Mr. Slaughter was most often mentioned in connection with The Jazz Singer.]

OUTSTANDING PICTURE

The Caddo Company

The Racket

Fox

7th Heaven

Paramount Famous Lasky

Wings

UNIQUE AND ARTISTIC PICTURE

Fox

Sunrise

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Crowd

Paramount Famous Lasky

Chang

WRITING (Adaptation)

Alfred Cohn

The Jazz Singer

Anthony Coldeway

Glorious Betsy

Benjamin Glazer

7th Heaven

WRITING (Original Story)

Lajos Biro

The Last Command

Ben Hecht

Underworld

WRITING (Title Writing)

Gerald Duffy

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

Joseph Farnham

[NOTE: This award was not associated with any specific film title.]

George Marion, Jr.

[NOTE: This nomination was not associated with any specific film title.]

SPECIAL AWARD

To Warner Bros., for producing The Jazz Singer, the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry.

To Charles Chaplin, for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus.

[NOTE: "The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus. The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself." (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)]

Note: Names and film titles in the Academy Awards Database are derived from film credits and other documentation submitted to the Academy at the time of nomination or award. Changes to name forms or other information contained in the Database may be considered upon request, with respect to preservation of the historical record and the nominee/award recipient.

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