1st Annual Academy Awards hosted by Douglas Fairbanks on March 16, 1929
Best Picture: Wings / Sunrise The General
Best Director: Frank Borzage (7th Heaven) King Vidor (The Crowd)
Best Actor: Emil Jannings (The Last Command, The Way of All Flesh) Al Jolson (The Jazz Singer)
Best Actress: Janet Gaynor (Sunrise)
Best Original Screenplay: Underworld (Ben Hecht) Sunrise
Best Adapted Screenplay: 7th Heaven Metropolis
