(Films released from August 1, 1928 through July 31, 1929 were eligible.)
For the 1928-29 awards, only the winners were announced, and the runners-up received no official notice from the Academy. The records show who was under consideration, however, and they have traditionally been treated as if they were "official" nominees.
The nominees were ...
- Lionel Barrymore, Madame X
- Harry Beaumont, The Broadway Melody
- Frank Lloyd, The Divine Lady
- Frank Lloyd, Drag and Weary River
- Ernst Lubitsch, The Patriot
And the Oscar went to ...
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| Frank Lloyd |
Almost forgotten today, Lloyd won two directing Oscars, the other for the best-picture winner Cavalcade (a film almost as forgotten as he is), and was nominated for directing another best-picture winner, Mutiny on the Bounty. Born in Scotland, he came to the States in 1910 and began his Hollywood career as an actor before moving into directing. As a director, he deliberately avoided imposing himself on the material, being content just to tell the story -- which was fine as long as the story was good, but by the end of his career he was working on films at Republic Pictures, not exactly a prestige operation. His first Oscar was for The Divine Lady, which makes him the only person to win a directing Oscar for a film not nominated for best picture, as well as the last person to receive an Oscar for directing a silent film (unless you count Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist).
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| Corinne Griffith and Victor Varconi in The Divine Lady |
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