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The Academy Awards (aka the Oscars) was created in 1927 as a kind of "super union", and only the elite of the industry were invited to join. Only members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may nominate and vote for candidates for the Oscars. Here are the winners from
1927 through 1939. |
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1927
- 1928
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1928
- 1929
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Best
Production (2 winners)
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Best
Production
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The
Last Command
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Broadway
Melody
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Wings
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Best
Director
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Best
Director
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Frank
Borzage, Seventh Heaven
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Frank
LLoyd, The Divine Lady
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Best
Actor
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Best
Actor
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Emil
Jannings, The Last Command
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Warner
Baxter, In Old Arizona
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Best
Actress
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Best
Actress
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Janet
Gaynor, Seventh Heaven
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Mary
Pickford, Coquette
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1929
- 1930
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1930
- 1931
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Best
Production
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Best
Picture
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All
Quiet on the Western Front
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Cimmaron
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Best
Director
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Best
Director
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Lewis
Milestone, All Quiet on the Western Front
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Norman
Taurog, Skippy
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Best
Actor
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Best
Actor
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George
Arliss, Disraeli
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Lionel
Barrymore, A Free Soul
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Best
Actress
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Best
Actress
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Norma
Shearer, The Divorcee
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Marie
Dressler, Min and Bill
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1931
- 1932
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1932
- 1933
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Best
Picture
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Best
Picture
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Grand
Hotel
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Calvacade
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Best
Director
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Best
Director
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Frank
Borzage, Bad Girl
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Frank
Lloyd, Calvacade
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Best
Actor (2 winners)
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Best
Actor
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Wallace
Beery, The Champ
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Charles
Laughton, The Private Life of Henry VIII
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Fredric
March, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Best
Actress
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Best
Actress
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Helen
Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet
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Katharine
Hepburn, Morning Glory
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1934
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1935
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Best
Picture
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Best
Picture
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It
Happened One Night
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Mutiny
on the Bounty
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Best
Director
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Best
Director
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Frank
Capra, It Happened One Night
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John
Ford, The Informer
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Best
Actor
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Best
Actor
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Clark
Gable, It Happened One Night
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Victor
McLaglen, The Informer
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Best
Actress
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Best
Actress
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Claudette
Colbert, It Happened One Night
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Bette
Davis, Dangerous
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1936
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1937
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Best
Picture
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Best Picture
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The
Great Zigfield
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The Life of Emile Zola
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Best
Director
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Best Director
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Frank
Capra, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
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Leo McCarey, The Awful
Truth
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Best
Actor
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Best Actor
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Paul
Muni, The Story of Louis Pasteur
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Spencer Tracy, Captains
Courageous
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Best
Actress
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Best Actress
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Luise
Rainer, The Great Zigfield
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Luise Rainer,
The Good Earth
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1938
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1939
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Best
Picture
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Best Picture
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You
Can't Take It With You
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Gone With The Wind
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Best
Director
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Best Director
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Frank
Capra, You Can't Take It
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Victor Fleming,
Gone With The Wind
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Best
Actor
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Best Actor
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Spencer
Tracy, Boys Town
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Rober Donat, Goodbye
Mr. Chips
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Best
Actress
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Best Actress
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Bette
Davis, Jezebel
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Vivien Leigh,
Gone With The Wind
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