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Academy Awards, USA: 1930

Oscar

Date:	5 November (banquet)
Host:	Conrad Nagel
Location:	Fiesta Room, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	The awards are given for movies made between 1 August 1929 and 31 July 1930. Thomas A. Edison was presented an honorary Academy membership and gave a post-dinner talk. George Eastman was also presented an honorary membership. For the third and last time, the statuettes are made of bronze castings with 24k gold plating. Later statuettes are all made of britannium.

Best Picture


Winner:
	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - Universal
Other Nominees:
	Big House, The (1930) - Cosmopolitan Disraeli (1929) - Warner Bros. Divorcee, The (1930) - M-G-M Love Parade, The (1929) - Paramount Famous Lasky

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Disraeli (1929) - George Arliss
Other Nominees:
	Big House, The (1930) - Wallace Beery Big Pond, The (1930) - Maurice Chevalier (I) Bulldog Drummond (1929) - Ronald Colman Condemned (1929) - Ronald Colman Green Goddess, The (1930) - George Arliss Love Parade, The (1929) - Maurice Chevalier (I) Rogue Song, The (1930) - Lawrence Tibbett

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Divorcee, The (1930) - Norma Shearer
Other Nominees:
	Anna Christie (1930) - Greta Garbo Devil's Holiday, The (1930) - Nancy Carroll (I) Romance (1930) - Greta Garbo Sarah and Son (1930) - Ruth Chatterton Their Own Desire (1929) - Norma Shearer Trespasser, The (1929) - Gloria Swanson

Best Director


Winner:
	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - Lewis Milestone
Other Nominees:
	Anna Christie (1930) - Clarence Brown (I) Divorcee, The (1930) - Robert Z. Leonard Hallelujah! (1929) - King Vidor Love Parade, The (1929) - Ernst Lubitsch Romance (1930) - Clarence Brown (I)

Best Writing, Achievement


Winner:
	Big House, The (1930) - Frances Marion
Other Nominees:
	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - George Abbott; Maxwell Anderson (I); Del Andrews Disraeli (1929) - Julien Josephson Divorcee, The (1930) - John Meehan (I) Street of Chance (1930) - Howard Estabrook

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	With Byrd at the South Pole (1930) - Joseph T. Rucker; Willard Van der Veer
Other Nominees:
	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - Arthur Edeson Anna Christie (1930) - William H. Daniels Hell's Angels (1930) - Tony Gaudio; Harry Perry (I) Love Parade, The (1929) - Victor Milner

Best Art Direction


Winner:
	King of Jazz (1930) - Herman Rosse
Other Nominees:
	Bulldog Drummond (1929) - William Cameron Menzies Love Parade, The (1929) - Hans Dreier Sally (1929) - Jack Okey Vagabond King, The (1930) - Hans Dreier

Best Sound, Recording


Winner:
	Big House, The (1930) - Douglas Shearer (sound director); M-G-M Studio Sound Department
Other Nominees:
	Case of Sergeant Grischa, The (1930) - John E. Tribby (sound director); RKO Radio Studio Sound Department Love Parade, The (1929) - Franklin Hansen (sound director); Paramount Famous Lasky Studio Sound Department Raffles (1930) - Oscar Lagerstrom (sound director); United Artists Studio Sound Department Song of the Flame, The (1930) - George Groves (I) (sound director); First National Studio Sound Department