OSCAR buzz arrives every, and each year studios, filmmakers and stars gear up for a truly eventful night. I'm sure it was no different during the first years of the notable awards. Let €™s took a look back at OSCAR history and see who won the Academy Awards during the classic film years.
Academy Awards 1927 - 1928
May 16, 1929 in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles
Picture: "Wings" - Paramount
Actor: Emil Jannings "The Last Command" and "The Way of All Flesh"
Actress: Janet Gaynor "Seventh Heaven," "Street Angel" and "Sunrise"
Director: Frank Borzage "Seventh Heaven" - Fox
Adapated Screenplay: Benjamin Glazer "Seventh Heaven"
Original Story: Ben Hecht "Underworld"
Cinematography: Charles Rosher and Karl Struss "Sunrise"
Interior Decoration: Tie- William Cameron Menzies "The Dove" and "The Tempest"
Academy Awards 1928 - 1929
April 3, 1930 in the Coconut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles
Picture: "Broadway Melody"- MGM
Acto:r Warner Baxter "In Old Arizona"
Actress: Mary Pickford "Coquette"
Director: Frank Lloyd "The Divine Lady," "Weary River" and "Drag"
Writing: Hans Kraly "The Patriot"
Cinematography: Clyde DeVinna "White Shadows in the South Seas"
Interior Decoration: Cedric Gibbons "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"
Academy Awards 1929 - 1930
November 5, 1930 in the Coconut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles
Picture: "All Quiet on the Western Front" Universal
Acto:r George Arliss "Disraeli"
Actress: Norma Shearer "The Divorcee"
Director: Lewis Milestone "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Writing: Frances Marion "The Big House"
Cinematography: Joseph T.
Rucker and Willard Van Der Veer "With Byrd at the South Pole"
Interior Decoration: HermanRosse "King of Jazz"
Sound: Douglas Shearer "The Big House"
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