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Year, Category, Nominee, Additional Info, Won an Oscar?


1927/28 (1st), Actor - Leading Role, Richard Barthelmess, The Noose {'Nickie Elkins'}; and The Patent Leather Kid {'The Patent Leather Kid'}, NO
1927/28 (1st), Actor - Leading Role, Emil Jannings, The Last Command {'General Dolgorucki [Grand Duke Sergius Alexander]'}; and The Way of All Flesh {'August Schilling'}, YES
1927/28 (1st), Actor - Leading Role, "To Charles Chaplin, for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus.[NOTE: The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus. The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself. (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)]", YES
1927/28 (1st), Actress - Leading Role, Louise Dresser, A Ship Comes In {'Mrs. Pleznik'}, NO
1927/28 (1st), Actress - Leading Role, Janet Gaynor, 7th Heaven {'Diane'}; Street Angel {'Angela'}; and Sunrise {'The Wife'}, YES
1927/28 (1st), Actress - Leading Role, Gloria Swanson, Sadie Thompson {'Sadie Thompson'}, NO
1927/28 (1st), Acting (other), "To Charles Chaplin, for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus.[NOTE: The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus. The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself. (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)]", YES
1927/28 (1st), Art Direction, Rochus Gliese, Sunrise, NO
1927/28 (1st), Art Direction, William Cameron Menzies, The Dove; and Tempest, YES
1927/28 (1st), Art Direction, Harry Oliver, 7th Heaven, NO
1927/28 (1st), Cinematography, George Barnes, The Devil Dancer; The Magic Flame; and Sadie Thompson, NO
1927/28 (1st), Cinematography, Charles Rosher, Sunrise, YES
1927/28 (1st), Cinematography, Karl Struss, Sunrise, YES
1927/28 (1st), Directing, Lewis Milestone, Two Arabian Knights, YES
1927/28 (1st), Directing, Ted Wilde, Speedy, NO
1927/28 (1st), Directing, Frank Borzage, 7th Heaven, YES
1927/28 (1st), Directing, Herbert Brenon, Sorrell and Son, NO
1927/28 (1st), Directing, King Vidor, The Crowd, NO
1927/28 (1st), Directing, "To Charles Chaplin, for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus.[NOTE: The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus. The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself. (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)]", YES
1927/28 (1st), Best Picture, The Caddo Company, The Racket, NO
1927/28 (1st), Best Picture, Fox, 7th Heaven, NO
1927/28 (1st), Best Picture, Paramount Famous Lasky, Wings, YES
1927/28 (1st), Writing, Alfred Cohn, The Jazz Singer, NO
1927/28 (1st), Writing, Anthony Coldeway, Glorious Betsy, NO
1927/28 (1st), Writing, Benjamin Glazer, 7th Heaven, YES
1927/28 (1st), Writing, Lajos Biro, The Last Command, NO
1927/28 (1st), Writing, Ben Hecht, Underworld, YES
1927/28 (1st), Writing, Gerald Duffy, The Private Life of Helen of Troy, NO
1927/28 (1st), Writing, Joseph Farnham[NOTE: This award was not associated with any specific film title.], YES
1927/28 (1st), Writing, "George Marion, Jr.[NOTE: This nomination was not associated with any specific film title.]", NO
1927/28 (1st), Writing, "To Charles Chaplin, for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus.[NOTE: The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus. The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself. (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)]", YES
1927/28 (1st), Honorary Award, "To Warner Bros., for producing The Jazz Singer, the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry.", YES
1927/28 (1st), Honorary Award, "To Charles Chaplin, for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus.[NOTE: The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus. The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself. (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)]", YES
1927/28 (1st), Engineering Effects (archaic category), Ralph Hammeras [NOTE: This nomination was not associated with any specific film title.], NO
1927/28 (1st), Engineering Effects (archaic category), Roy Pomeroy, Wings, YES
1927/28 (1st), Engineering Effects (archaic category), "Nugent Slaughter [NOTE: Though no specific titles were indicated during the presentation on May 16, 1929, or in the official results from the Central Board of Judges for this honorable mention, Academy records indicate that Mr. Slaughter was most often mentioned in connection with The Jazz Singer.]", NO
1927/28 (1st), Unique and Artistic Picture (archaic category), Fox, Sunrise, YES
1927/28 (1st), Unique and Artistic Picture (archaic category), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Crowd, NO
1927/28 (1st), Unique and Artistic Picture (archaic category), Paramount Famous Lasky, Chang, NO