2nd Academy Awards

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2nd Academy Awards
Date	April 3, 1930
Site	Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Host	William C. DeMille

The 2nd Academy Awards were presented on April 3, 1930 at an awards banquet which was also broadcast live on the radio. This second ceremony would include a number of changes over the first. Most importantly, this was the first presentation where the winners were not announced in advance. In addition, the number of categories was reduced from twelve to seven.

Note that this is the only Academy Awards ceremony where only winners were announced, not nominees. Therefore, all of the nominees listed here are unofficial-- but supported by the Academy of Motion Pictures' awards database as the films being evaluated by the judges.

Both the 2nd and 3rd Academy Awards were held in 1930. This compensation allowed future ceremonies to always be one per year, featuring the movies of the previous calendar year.

1 Awards
2 References

[edit] Awards

[edit] Best Writing

Winner: Hans Kraly for The Patriot (1929 film)

Nominations: Tom Barry for In Old Arizona and The Valiant; Elliott Clawson for The Cop, The Leatherneck, Sal of Singapore, and Skyscraper; Hans Kraly for The Last of Mrs. Cheyney; Josephine Lovett for Our Dancing Daughters; and Bess Meredyth for A Woman of Affairs and Wonder of Women

[edit] Best Cinematography

Winner: Clyde De Vinna for White Shadows in the South Seas

Nominations: George Barnes for Our Dancing Daughters, Arthur Edeson for In Old Arizona, Ernest Palmer for Four Devils and Street Angel, and John Seitz for The Divine Lady

[edit] Art Direction

Winner: Cedric Gibbons for The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Nominations: Hans Dreier for The Patriot (1929 film), Mitchell Leisen for Dynamite, William Cameron Menzies for Alibi and The Awakening, and Harry Oliver for Street Angel