Oscar Legacy: Academy Awards Ceremonies from 1929–1939
11th Awards
Thursday, February 23, 1939, at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel (banquet)
Host: Frank Capra, Academy President
Best Picture of 1938: “You Can't Take It with You”
10th Awards
Thursday, March 10, 1938 (postponed from March 3), at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel (banquet)
Host: Bob Burns
Best Picture of 1937: “The Life of Emile Zola”
9th Awards
Thursday, March 4, 1937, at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel (banquet)
Host: George Jessel
Best Picture of 1936: “The Great Ziegfeld”
8th Awards
Thursday, March 5, 1936, at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel (banquet)
Host: Frank Capra, Academy President
Best Picture of 1935: “Mutiny on the Bounty”
7th Awards
Wednesday, February 27, 1935, at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel (banquet)
Hosts: Irvin S. Cobb
Best Picture of 1934: “It Happened One Night”
6th Awards
Friday, March 16, 1934, in the Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel (banquet)
Host: Will Rogers
Best Picture of 1932/1933: “Cavalcade”
5th Awards
Friday, November 18, 1932, in the Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel (banquet)
Host: Conrad Nagel, Academy President
Best Picture of 1931/1932: “Grand Hotel”
4th Awards
Tuesday, November 10, 1931, in the Sala D'Oro of the Biltmore Hotel (banquet)
Host: Lawrence Grant
Best Picture of 1930/1931: “Cimarron”
3rd Awards
Wednesday, November 5, 1930, in the Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel (banquet)
Host: Conrad Nagel
Best Picture of 1929/1930: “All Quiet on the Western Front”
2nd Awards
Thursday, April 3, 1930, at the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel (banquet)
Host: William C. deMille, Academy President
Best Picture of 1928/29: “The Broadway Melody”
1st Awards
Thursday, May 16, 1929, in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (banquet)
Hosts: Academy President Douglas Fairbanks, William C. deMille
Best Picture of 1927/1928: “Wings”
