The 3rd Academy Award... November 1930. George Arliss's Disraeli.

The 3rd Academy Award... November 1930. George Arliss' Disraeli.

 

                                               Fiesta Room, The Ambassador Hotel

It was the second time in the same year...November 5 1930... the Academy was honoring movies released from August 1, 1929 to July 31, 1930. The location was the same, The Ambassador Hotel, Fiesta Room.

The Stock market crashed a year before, Mickey Mouse had just made his first appearance in January.

That year the nominations and winners were voted on by the entire Academy membership, not just by a board of judge, and Academy members, were charged a $10 fee to participate at the banquet, the event sold out anyway. The ceremony was hosted by Conrad Nagel, actor of the silent era, but also known for his performances in radio and tv. He has been honored with three stars on the Hollywood walk of fame in the three categories. Nagel will host 3 editions of the Academy Awards, 1930, 1932 and 1953 and this gap between '32 and '53 is a record in the Oscar History. Nagel, six feet tall, blond hair with blue eyes, embodied American charm and sex appeal, and he played  roles that cemented his unspoiled lover image.

                                The beautiful Conrad Nagel

The Academy introduced the first new category since the beginning, the award for Best Sound Recording.

All Quiet on the Western Front, war movie about World War I, was the first movie to take home both Best Picture and Best Director

The Love Parade, didn't won any Oscar but was the first movie to receive 6 nominations, the greatest number till the ceremony began.

Disraeli, was the remake of 1921 movie with Arliss acting in the same role. George Arliss was the first british actor winning an Oscar, and also the first winning actor for portraying a real person. Arliss pushed himself so hard trying to be as equal as possible to the real Disraeli , the British Prime Minister and one of history's best manipulators.

                                    George Arliss, Disraeli

                                       Arliss' performance 
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Winner List

Actor

• George Arliss in "Disraeli" WON
• George Arliss in "The Green Goddess"
• Wallace Beery in "The Big House"
• Maurice Chevalier in "The Big Pond" "The Love Parade"
• Ronald Colman in "Bulldog Drummond" "Condemned"
• Lawrence Tibbett in "The Rogue Song"

Actress

• Nancy Carroll in "The Devil's Holiday"
• Ruth Chatterton in "Sarah and Son"
• Greta Garbo in "Anna Christie" "Romance"
• Norma Shearer in "The Divorcee" WON
• Norma Shearer in "Their Own Desire"
• Gloria Swanson in "The Trespasser"

Art Direction

• "Bulldog Drummond" (William Cameron Menzies)
• "King of Jazz" Herman Rosse WON
• "The Love Parade" (Hans Dreier)
• "Sally" (Jack Okey)
• "The Vagabond King" (Hans Dreier)

Cinematography

• "All Quiet on the Western Front" (Arthur Edeson)
• "Anna Christie" (William Daniels)
• "Hell's Angels" (Gaetano Gaudio, Harry Perry)
• "The Love Parade" (Victor Milner)
• "With Byrd at the South Pole" Joseph T. Rucker, Willard Van Der Veer WON 

Directing

• Clarence Brown "Anna Christie" "Romance"
• Robert Leonard "The Divorcee"
• Ernst Lubitsch "The Love Parade"
• Lewis Milestone "All Quiet on the Western Front" WON
• King Vidor "Hallelujah"

Outstanding Production

• "All Quiet on the Western Front" Universal WON
• "The Big House" Cosmopolitan
• "Disraeli" Warner Bros.
• "The Divorcee" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "The Love Parade" Paramount Famous Lasky

Sound Recording

• "The Big House" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director WON
• "The Case of Sergeant Grischa" (RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Tribby, Sound Director)
• "The Love Parade" (Paramount Famous Lasky Studio Sound Department, Franklin Hansen, Sound Director)
• "Raffles" (United Artists Studio Sound Department, Oscar Lagerstrom, Sound Director)
• "Song of the Flame" (First National Studio Sound Department, George Groves, Sound Director)

Writing

• "All Quiet on the Western Front" (George Abbott), (Maxwell Anderson), (Del Andrews)
• "The Big House" Frances Marion WON
• "Disraeli" (Julian Josephson)
• "The Divorcee" (John Meehan)
• "Street of Chance" (Howard Estabrook)