History of Oscar: Best movie 1930, original series by @ivancica #2

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Today I am continuing my series about Oscar, and the best movies through history. I hope you liked the introduction, and I will try to make each subsequent text more interesting.

We are back in 1930 when another Oscar award was held. On it, the Los Angeles Academy honored the best film achievements premiered in the period from August 1, 1928 to July 31, 1929. She represented the first such ceremony that was publicly transmitted over the radio, and the first during which the winners were not known in advance. So, as you can see, a great shift in relation to the first assignment was made. For the first time, a ceremony was broadcast through mass media and it was radio. And unlike the first there was a dose of uncertainty. It was not known in advance who would take the beautiful statue home.

The specificity of the 2nd award was that it was the only case in which no film won more than one Oscar. The Divine Lady, however, became the only film awarded Oscar for Best Director, who was not previously nominated for the best film. Therefore, the conclusion is that no achievement of that year has won the highest prize, but each film is rewarded in different categories. It's pretty fair, is not it? Although it's pretty unimaginable, given that today when awards are given, we have more movies that get more Oscars. Given that I love musicals, I'm wondering if I would award more Oscar statues to The Broadway Melody at the time.

The Broadway Melody

It was this film that won the Best Film Film Award that year. The film was directed by Harry Beaumont and the main roles are givent to Bessie Love, Anita Page, Charles King. At that time, the film introduced a complete revolution, since it was the first musical that received the Oscars, and that it was the first sound film. Since all the musicals have a musical support, it's worthwhile to mention that the popular hit "You Were Meant For Me" was included, while the classic song of legendary George M. Kohen's "Give My Regards To Broadway" was used as the announcement. The action of this film in my opinion is for today's notions quite simple and normal, so I would really recommend this film to those who love the history of the film, to see how the film has evolved over the years and the musicales themselves. Otherwise the film will not impress you with the plot. We have two sisters and we follow their attempts to succeed at Broadway. In this, the guy of one of them is helping them, and he is a boyfriend of "less beautiful" sister. The cliché continues, they are slowly progressing, he normally falls in love with a more beautiful sister, who, though bewildered by the lights of the great city of New York, somehow resists his attempts for the sisters. Since I do not like to uncover any films until the end, if the theme of the film intrigued you, take a look at it and return back to ancient times when this film was a real masterpiece. Although the film won the Oscars for the best film and was most watched in cinemas that year, it is said that the main reason for the competition was extremely weak and it wasn't worth mentioning. It is simple: winners are remembered and so will always be ...

Other nominated films of that year for the best film were:
• Roland West for United Artists - Alibi
• Winfield Sheehan for Fox Film Corporation - In Old Arizona
• Irving Thalberg and Harry Rapf for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Hollywood Revue
• Ernst Lubitsch for Paramount Pictures - The Patriot

Frankly, I did not watch any of these movies, but I'm sure I'll watch In Old Arizona. Since the topic of the film has intrigued me, so if someone is interested in more about this film, it can write me in comments. I'm happy to answer. I was interested in this film from the aspect of the history of the film, since this is the first film in which no scene was recorded in the studio, and the main actor in this film, Warner Baxter, won the Oscars for main actor in this movie.

Indeed, my opinion is that it is worth watching all these films and return to the past past times. It all intrigued me to look at them and realize how much the film has been developing since then.

I hope you liked my post about the second Oscar award. You can expect a new text soon.