1927/1928 OSCARS
The best films of 1927 and 1928.
My personal comments: Lots of war and romance mixed together. Some crime, and some music.
My personal comments: Lots of war and romance mixed together. Some crime, and some music.
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- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsClara BowCharles 'Buddy' RogersRichard ArlenTwo young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.Outstanding Picture;
Best Engineering Effects
War and Romance. - DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGeorge O'BrienJanet GaynorMargaret LivingstonA sophisticated city woman seduces a farmer and convinces him to murder his wife and join her in the city, but he ends up rekindling his romance with his wife when he changes his mind at the last moment.Unique and Artistic Production;
Best Cinematography;
Janet Gaynor - Best Actress - DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsWilliam BoydMary AstorLouis WolheimTwo American soldiers are captured by the Germans on the Western Front during World War One and escape a POW camp only to stumble into further life-threatening adventures when they come across an Arabian king's daughter while on the lam.Lewis Milestone - Best Director, Comedy Picture
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsJanet GaynorCharles FarrellBen BardA street cleaner saves a young woman's life, and the pair slowly fall in love until war intervenes.Best Writing, Adapted Story;
Frank Borzage - Best Director, Dramatic Picture
Janet Gaynor - Best Actress - DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsEmil JanningsEvelyn BrentWilliam PowellA former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.Emil Jannings - Best Actor
War and Romance. - DirectorVictor FlemingStarsEmil JanningsBelle BennettPhyllis HaverA happy bank clerk loses his identity after a robbery and is then presumed dead.Emil Jannings - Best Actor
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsJanet GaynorCharles FarrellNatalie KingstonA woman on the run from the law finds her past catching up to her just as she is on the verge of true happiness.Janet Gaynor - Best Actress;
For me this was the most dramatic and the most romantic of all the films on this list. - DirectorJosef von SternbergArthur RossonStarsGeorge BancroftClive BrookEvelyn BrentBoisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.Best Writing, Original Story
The earliest American gangster movie I have seen. - DirectorRoland WestStarsNorma TalmadgeNoah BeeryGilbert RolandA despot falls for a dancing girl. After she rejects him, he has her other beau framed for murder.Best Art Direction
- DirectorSam TaylorLewis MilestoneViktor TourjanskyStarsJohn BarrymoreCamilla HornLouis WolheimIn Czarist Russia, a peasant officer, resented by the aristocrats, falls in love with a princess.Best Art Direction
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsMarion DaviesOwen MooreLouise FazendaA tavern worker and the daughter of a burgomaster enter into elaborate masquerades in order to win the hearts of the men they love.Best Writing, Title Writing
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMerna KennedyAl Ernest GarciaThe Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.Charlie Chaplin - Honorary Award ("For versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus".
One of the most hilarious movies ever made. - DirectorAlan CroslandStarsAl JolsonMay McAvoyWarner OlandThe son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.Honorary Award - Warner Brothers Production - "For producing The Jazz Singer, the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry".
Al Jolson. Al Jolson. Al Jolson.