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Outstanding Picture

• The Racket
• Seventh Heaven
• Wings

Unique and Artistic Production

• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
• Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
• The Crowd

Best Actor

• Last Command, The (1928) - Emil Jannings
• Noose, The (1928) - Richard Barthelmess
• Patent Leather Kid, The (1927) - Richard Barthelmess
• Way of All Flesh, The (1927) - Emil Jannings

Best Actress

• Sadie Thompson (1928) - Gloria Swanson
• Seventh Heaven (1927) - Janet Gaynor
• Ship Comes In, A (1928) - Louise Dresser
• Street Angel (1928) - Janet Gaynor
• Sunrise (1927) - Janet Gaynor

Directing - Dramatic Picture

• The Crowd (1928) - King Vidor
• Seventh Heaven (1927) - Frank Borzage
• Sorrell and Son (1927) - Herbert Brenon

Directing - Comedy Picture

• Lewis Milestone – Two Arabian Knights
• Ted Wilde – Speedy

Writing - Original Story

• The Last Command (1928) - Lajos Bir
• Underworld (1927) - Ben Hecht
• Glorious Betsy (1928) - Anthony Coldeway
• The Jazz Singer (1927) - Alfred A. Cohn

Writing - Adapted Story

• Seventh Heaven – Benjamin Glazer

Cinematography

• The Devil Dancer (1927) - George Barnes (I)
• The Magic Flame (1927) - George Barnes (I)
• Sadie Thompson (1928) - George Barnes (I)
• Sunrise (1927) - Charles Rosher; Karl Struss

Art Direction

• The Dove (1927) - William Cameron Menzies
• Seventh Heaven (1927) - Harry Oliver
• Sunrise (1927) - Rochus Gliese
• Tempest (1928) - William Cameron Menzies

Facts:

• The 1927-1928 Oscars were held on May 16, 1929 in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's Blossom Room.
• Host: Actor Douglas Fairbanks.
• Eligibility Year: 1927/1928
• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Foundation were started by MGM boss, Louis B. Mayer. There were 230 original members.
• Adolph Hitler was such a big fan of Charlie Chaplin that he trimmed down his handlebar mustache.
• The Oscar Stauette was designed by MGM's art director, Cedric Gibbons. It is 14 inches tall and weighs 7 pounds.
• Best Actor Emil Jannings could not compete for talking roles with his German accent. He went back to Germany and became a Nazi propagandist. After the war, we had very little demand for his talents.
• "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet" was the first line ever heard in a feature film, The Jazz Singer

Watchlist - Feature

• Seventh Heaven - 5 nominations and 3 wins
• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans - 4 nominations and 3 wins
• The Crowd - 2 nominations
• Sadie Thompson - 2 nominations
• Wings - 2 nominations and 2 wins
• The Last Command - 2 nominations and won 1/2
• The Racket - 1 nomination
• Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness - 1 nomination
• Two Arabian Knights - 1 nomination and 1 win
• Speedy - 1 nomination
• Sorrell and Son - 1 nomination
• The Way of All Flesh - 1 nomination and 1/2 win
• The Noose - 1 nomination
• The Patent Leather Kid - 1 nomination
• Street Angel - 1 nomination and 1/3 win
• A Ship Comes In - 1 nomination
• Underworld - 1 nomination and 1 win
• Glorious Betsy - 1 nomination
• The Jazz Singer - 1 nomination
• The Devil Dancer - 1 nomination
• The Magic Flame - 1 nomination
• The Dove - 1 nomination and 1/2 win
• Tempest - 1 nomination and 1/2 win
• The Private Life of Helen of Troy - 1 nomination
• The Circus - Charlie Chaplin: For versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing