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NOTE: THESE ARE NOT OFFICIAL NOMINATIONS. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners () were revealed during the awards banquet on 3 April 1930. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.
Or use this link to view a larger version of the film.	Outstanding Picture Prior to the Awards for 1951, no producer(s) named with nominations  ALIBI - Feature Productions, UA. [Produced by Roland West]  THE BROADWAY MELODY - MGM. [Produced by Harry Rapf]  THE HOLLYWOOD REVUE OF 1929 - MGM. [Produced by Harry Rapf]  IN OLD ARIZONA - Fox. [Winfield Sheehan, Studio Head]  THE PATRIOT - Paramount. [Produced by Ernst Lubitsch] Actor  George Bancroft in THUNDERBOLT  Warner Baxter in IN OLD ARIZONA  Chester Morris in ALIBI  Paul Muni in THE VALIANT  Lewis Stone in THE PATRIOT Actress  Ruth Chatterton in MADAME X  Betty Compson in THE BARKER  Jeanne Eagels in THE LETTER  Corinne Griffith in THE DIVINE LADY  Bessie Love in THE BROADWAY MELODY  Mary Pickford in COQUETTE Directing  Lionel Barrymore - MADAME X  Harry Beaumont - THE BROADWAY MELODY  Irving Cummings - IN OLD ARIZONA  Frank Lloyd - THE DIVINE LADY  Frank Lloyd - WEARY RIVER & DRAG  Ernst Lubitsch - THE PATRIOT Writing (Achievement)  Tom Barry for IN OLD ARIZONA & THE VALIANT  Elliott Clawson for THE LEATHERNECK, SAL OF SINGAPORE, SKYSCRAPER & THE COP  Hans Kraly for THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY  Hans Kraly for THE PATRIOT  Josephine Lovett for OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS  Bess Meredyth for WONDER OF WOMEN & A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS Art Direction  Hans Dreier - THE PATRIOT  Cedric Gibbons - THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY  Mitchell Leisen - DYNAMITE  William Cameron Menzies - ALIBI & THE AWAKENING  Harry Oliver - STREET ANGEL Cinematography  George Barnes for OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS  Clyde De Vinna for WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS  Arthur Edeson for IN OLD ARIZONA  Ernest G. Palmer for FOUR DEVILS & STREET ANGEL  John F. Seitz for THE DIVINE LADY			FIRSTS · The ceremonies were publicly broadcast over the radio. Winners weren't announced until the Awards. Runners-up would not receive scrolls. · The director of Madame X, Lionel Barrymore, conceived the first boom-mike, an overhang that allowed "talking" actors to move about freely on the set. · For the first and only time, no picture won more than one Award. RULE CHANGES · Shortly after the ceremonies, the Academy eliminated the easily corruptible means of selection. The judging committees were replaced with a "one member, one vote policy." A technician would now have the same power as a studio chief. · Artistic Quality of Production, Comedy Direction, Title Writing and Engineering Effects no longer given. ROLE REVERSALS Warner Baxter stepped into his winning role only after Raoul Walsh suffered a freak accident that cost him an eye. UNMENTIONABLES · Best Actress nominee Jeanne Eagels died shortly before the Awards of a heroin overdose. · Pickfair, the famous Pickford-Fairbanks estate in Beverly Hills, was the center of 1920s Hollywood society. It was purchased in the 1980s by Pia Zadora and her husband, who promptly tore the mansion down.

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