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2nd Academy Awards

Date

April 3, 1930

Site

The Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles, California

Host

William C. DeMille

Highlights

Best Picture

The Broadway Melody

Most awards

None

Most nominations

In Old Arizona and The Patriot (5)

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The 2nd Academy Awards were presented on April 3, 1930, at an awards banquet in the Cocoanut Grove of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and broadcast live on the radio. The awards were for films released between August 1, 1928, and July 31, 1929.
As the ceremony was being held more than eight months after the end of the eligibility period, it was decided that the 3rd Academy Awards would be held in November 1930, so as to bring the awards ceremony closer to the relevant time period. As a result, 1930 was the only year in which two awards ceremonies were held in the same calendar year.
The second ceremony included a number of changes over the first. Most importantly, it was the first presentation for which the winners were not announced in advance. Additionally, the number of categories was reduced from twelve to seven.
The 2nd Academy Awards is unique in being the only occasion where there were no official nominees. Subsequent research by AMPAS has resulted in a list of unofficial or de facto nominees, based on records of which films were evaluated by the judges.
The Divine Lady is the only film to ever win Best Director without a Best Picture nomination, excluding the first year where there was an award for comic director.
This is the only year in which no movie won more than one Oscar.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[1]

Outstanding Picture	Best Director
Irving Thalberg and Lawrence Weingarten for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – The Broadway Melody Roland West for United Artists – Alibi Winfield Sheehan for Fox Film Corporation - In Old Arizona Irving Thalberg and Harry Rapf for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Hollywood Revue Ernst Lubitsch for Paramount Pictures – The Patriot	Frank Lloyd – The Divine Lady Lionel Barrymore – Madame X Harry Beaumont – The Broadway Melody Irving Cummings – In Old Arizona Frank Lloyd – Drag and Weary River Ernst Lubitsch – The Patriot
Best Actor	Best Actress
Warner Baxter – In Old Arizona George Bancroft – Thunderbolt Chester Morris – Alibi Paul Muni – The Valiant Lewis Stone – The Patriot	Mary Pickford – Coquette Ruth Chatterton – Madame X Betty Compson – The Barker Jeanne Eagels – The Letter Corinne Griffith – The Divine Lady Bessie Love – The Broadway Melody
Best Writing
Hanns Kräly – The Patriot Tom Barry – In Old Arizona and The Valiant Elliot Clawson – The Cop Elliot Clawson – The Leatherneck Elliot Clawson – Sal of Singapore Elliot Clawson – Skyscraper Hanns Kräly – The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Josephine Lovett – Our Dancing Daughters Bess Meredyth – A Woman of Affairs Bess Meredyth – Wonder of Women
Best Cinematography	Best Art Direction
Clyde De Vinna – White Shadows in the South Seas George Barnes – Our Dancing Daughters Arthur Edeson – In Old Arizona Ernest Palmer – Four Devils and Street Angel John F. Seitz – The Divine Lady	Cedric Gibbons – The Bridge of San Luis Rey Hans Dreier – The Patriot Mitchell Leisen – Dynamite William Cameron Menzies – Alibi and The Awakening Harry Oliver – St

Multiple nominations and awards

The following 9 films received multiple nominations:

5 nominations: The Patriot and In Old Arizona
3 nominations: The Broadway Melody, Alibi, and The Divine Lady
2 nominations: Madame X, The Valiant, Our Dancing Daughters, and Street Angel

No film received multiple awards at this ceremony. This is the only year to date in which no movie won more than one Oscar

External links

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Records Oscar season History of film

Merit awards	Best Picture Best Director Best Leading Actor Best Leading Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Animated Feature Best Production Design Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short Subject Best Film Editing Best Foreign Language Film (Winners and nominees) Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Animated Short Film Best Live Action Short Film Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing Best Visual Effects

Special awards	Academy Honorary Award Special Achievement Academy Award Academy Scientific and Technical Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Gordon E. Sawyer Award Student Academy Award

Retired awards	Best Assistant Director Best Dance Direction Best Director of a Comedy Picture Best Engineering Effects Best Short Subject, Two-reel Best Short Subject, Color Best Short Subject, Novelty Best Original Musical Best Original Story Best Title Writing Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production Academy Juvenile Award

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