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Best Actor
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1927/28 (1st)
1st Academy Awards
May 16, 1929
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Honoring films from 1927/28
BEST PICTURE
Paramount Famous Lasky
Wings
UNIQUE AND ARTISTIC PICTURE
Fox
Sunrise
BEST ACTOR
Emil Jannings
The Last Command
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The Way of All Flesh
BEST ACTRESS
Janet Gaynor
7th Heaven
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Street Angel
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Sunrise
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Benjamin Glazer
7th Heaven
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Category:
1927/28 (1st)
Best Actor
Emil Jannings
General Dolgorucki [Grand Duke Sergius Alexander]
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The Last Command
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August Schilling
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The Way of All Flesh
Richard Barthelmess
Nickie Elkins
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The Noose
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The Patent Leather Kid
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The Patent Leather Kid
Best Actress
Janet Gaynor
Diane
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7th Heaven
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Angela
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Street Angel
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The Wife
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Sunrise
Louise Dresser
Mrs. Pleznik
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A Ship Comes In
Gloria Swanson
Sadie Thompson
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Sadie Thompson
Best Art Direction
William Cameron Menzies
The Dove
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Tempest
Rochus Gliese
Sunrise
Harry Oliver
7th Heaven
Best Cinematography
Charles Rosher
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Karl Struss
Sunrise
N
George Barnes
The Devil Dancer
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The Magic Flame
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Sadie Thompson
Best Director (Comedy Picture)
Lewis Milestone
Two Arabian Knights
Ted Wilde
Speedy
Best Director (Dramatic Picture)
Frank Borzage
7th Heaven
Herbert Brenon
Sorrell and Son
King Vidor
The Crowd
Best Engineering Effects
Roy Pomeroy
Wings
Ralph Hammeras
N
Nugent Slaughter
N
Outstanding Picture
Paramount Famous Lasky
Wings
The Caddo Company
The Racket
Fox
7th Heaven
Unique and Artistic Picture
Fox
Sunrise
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Crowd
Paramount Famous Lasky
Chang
Best Adaptation
Benjamin Glazer
7th Heaven
Alfred Cohn
The Jazz Singer
Anthony Coldeway
Glorious Betsy
Best Original Story
Ben Hecht
Underworld
Lajos Biro
The Last Command
Best Title Writing
Joseph Farnham
N
Gerald Duffy
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
George Marion Jr.
N
