1930 Milstead Movie Awards

BEST PICTURE

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Universal; Carl Laemmle, Jr.)

ANIMAL CRACKERS (Paramount; Victor Heerman)

ANNA CHRISTIE (MGM; Paul Bern, Clarence Brown & Irving Thalberg)

THE BIG HOUSE (MGM; Irving Thalberg)

THE BLUE ANGEL (Paramount/Universum; Erich Pommer)

THE DAWN PATROL (First National; Robert North)

HELL'S ANGELS (United Artists/The Caddo Company; Howard Hughes)

MONTE CARLO (Paramount; Ernst Lubitsch)

MOROCCO (Paramount; Hector Turnbull)

ZEMLYA (Aleksandr Dovzhenko)

Also Considered:

ANOTHER FINE MESS (Hal Roach); CITY GIRL (William Fox); THE DIVORCEE (Robert Z. Leonard & Irving Thalberg); HOLIDAY (E.B. Derr); L'AGE D'OR (Le Vicomte de Noailles); MIN & BILL (George W. Hill & Harry Rapf); PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (Seymour Nebenzal & Edgar G. Ulmer); RAFFLES (Samuel Goldwyn); ROMANCE (Clarence Brown); UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS (Rene Clair)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

George Arliss as "The Raja of Rukh" - THE GREEN GODDESS

Richard Barthelmess as "Dick Courtney" - THE DAWN PATROL

Wallace Beery as "Bill" - MIN & BILL

Ronald Colman as "Willie Hale" - THE DEVIL TO PAY

Leslie Howard as "Tom Prior" - OUTWARD BOUND

Walter Huston as "Abraham Lincoln" - ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Emil Jannings as "Professor Immanuel Rath" - THE BLUE ANGEL

Fredric March as "Tony Cavendish" - THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY

Herbert Marshall as "Sir John Menier" - MURDER

Laurence Tibbett as "Yegor" - THE ROGUE SONG

Also Considered:

Lew Ayres (ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT); Maurice Chevalier (THE BIG POND); Ronald Colman (RAFFLES); Gary Cooper (MOROCCO); Ralph Lynn (ROOKERY NOOK); Groucho Marx (ANIMAL CRACKERS); Robert Montgomery (THE DIVORCEE); Chester Morris (THE BIG HOUSE); William Powell (STREET OF CHANCE); John Wayne (THE BIG TRAIL)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Nancy Carroll as "Hallie Hobart" - THE DEVIL'S HOLIDAY

Ruth Chatterton as "Brooks Evans / Naomi Kellogg" - THE RIGHT TO LOVE

Ina Claire as "Julie Cavendish" - THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY

Marlene Dietrich as "Lola Lola" - THE BLUE ANGEL

Marlene Dietrich as "Amy Jolly" - MOROCCO

Marie Dressler as "Min" - MIN & BILL

Mary Duncan as "Kate" - CITY GIRL

Greta Garbo as "Anna Christie" - ANNA CHRISTIE

Ann Harding as "Linda Seton" - HOLIDAY

Norma Shearer as "Jerry" - THE DIVORCEE

Also Considered:

Louise Brooks (BEAUTY PRIZE); Nancy Carroll (LAUGHTER); Ruth Chatterton (SARAH & SON); Kay Francis (RAFFLES); Greta Garbo (ROMANCE); Miriam Hopkins (FAST & LOOSE); Dorothy Lee (THE CUCKOOS); Jeanette MacDonald (MONTE CARLO); Marilyn Miller (SALLY); Barbara Stanwyck (LADIES OF LEISURE)

BEST DIRECTOR

Clarence Brown - ANNA CHRISTIE

Luis Bunuel - L'AGE D'OR

Aleksandr Dovzhenko - ZEMLYA

D.W. Griffith - ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Howard Hawks - THE DAWN PATROL

George Hill - THE BIG HOUSE

Howard Hughes - HELL'S ANGELS

Lewis Milestone - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

Josef Von Sternberg - THE BLUE ANGEL

Josef Von Sternberg - MOROCCO

Also Considered:

Clarence Brown (ROMANCE); Rene Clair (UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS); Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast (LAUGHTER); George Fitzmaurice (RAFFLES); Edward H. Griffith (HOLIDAY); Robert Z. Leonard (THE DIVORCEE); Ernst Lubitsch (MONTE CARLO); Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer (PEOPLE ON SUNDAY); Jean Vigo (A PROPOS DE NICE); Roland West (THE BAT WHISPERS)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Wallace Beery as "Butch Schmidt" - THE BIG HOUSE

Charles Bickford as "Matt Burke" - ANNA CHRISTIE

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as "Douglas Scott" - THE DAWN PATROL

Robert Montgomery as "Kent Marlowe" - THE BIG HOUSE

David Torrence as "J.L. Tustine" - CITY GIRL

Also Considered:

Frank McHugh (THE DAWN PATROL); Adolphe Menjou (MOROCCO); Frank Morgan (FAST & LOOSE); H.B. Warner (THE GREEN GODDESS); Louis Wolheim (ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mary Astor as "Julia Seton" - HOLIDAY

Marie Dressler as "Marthy" - ANNA CHRISTIE

Margaret Dumont as "Mrs. Rittenhouse" - ANIMAL CRACKERS

Jean Harlow as "Helen" - HELL'S ANGELS

Leila Hyams as "Anne Marlowe" - THE BIG HOUSE

Also Considered:

Maude Eburne (THE BAT WHISPERS); Dorothy Jordan (MIN & BILL); Carole Lombard (FAST & LOOSE); Beryl Mercer (ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT); Eve Southern (MOROCCO)

BEST SCREENPLAY - ADAPTATION

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott & Del Andrews)

ANIMAL CRACKERS (Morrie Ryskind)

ANNA CHRISTIE (Frances Marion)

ANOTHER FINE MESS (H.M. Walker)

CITY GIRL (Berthold Viertel & Marion Orth)

THE DIVORCEE (John Meehan & Zelda Sears)

MOROCCO (Jules Furthman)

L'AGE D'OR (Luis Bunuel & Salvador Dali)

RAFFLES (Sidney Howard)

ROOKERY NOOK (Ben Travers)

Also Considered:

THE BLUE ANGEL (Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmöller & Robert Liebmann); THE CRIMINAL CODE (Fred Niblo & Seton I. Miller); THE CUCKOOS (Cyrus Wood & Fatty Arbuckle); FAST & LOOSE (Preston Sturges); HOLIDAY (Horace Jackson); LADIES OF LEISURE (Jo Swerling); MIN & BILL (Frances Marion & Marion Jackson); MURDER (Alfred Hitchcock, Walter Mycroft & Alma Reville); ROMANCE (Bess Meredyth & Edwin Justus Mayer); THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY (Herman J. Mankiewicz & Gertrude Purcell)

BEST SCREENPLAY - ORIGINAL

THE BIG HOUSE (Frances Marion)

THE DAWN PATROL (John Monk Saunders, Howard Hawks, Dan Totheroh & Seton I. Miller)

THE DEVIL TO PAY (Benjamin Glazer)

HOG WILD (H.M. Walker & Leo McCarey)

LAUGHTER (Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Z. Doty, Donald Ogden Stewart & Herman J. Mankiewicz)

STREET OF CHANCE (Howard Estabrook, Lenore J. Coffee & Oliver H.P. Garrett)

UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS (Rene Clair)

ZEMLYA (Aleksandr Dovzhenko)

Also Considered:

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Stephen Vincent Benet); BEAUTY PRIZE (Rene Clair & G.W. Pabst); THE DEVIL'S HOLIDAY (Edmund Goulding); FEET FIRST (John Grey, Al Cohn, Clyde Bruckman, Felix Adler & Lex Neal); HELL'S ANGELS (Howard Estabrook & Harry Behn); JUST IMAGINE (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson); KING OF JAZZ (Harry Ruskin, Charles MacArthur & Edward T. Lowe, Jr.); SONG O' MY HEART (Tom Barry & Sonya Levien)

BEST ART DIRECTION

THE BAT WHISPERS (Paul Crawley)

THE BLUE ANGEL (Otto Hunte)

JUST IMAGINE (Stephen Goodson & Ralph Hammeras)

KING OF JAZZ (Herman Rosse)

MOROCCO (Hans Dreier)

ROMANCE (Cedric Gibbons)

SALLY (Jack Okey)

TOM SAWYER (Bernard Herzbrun)

THE VAGABOND KING (Hans Dreier)

WHOOPEE! (Richard Day)

Also Considered:

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (William Cameron Menzies); ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Charles D. Hall & W.R. Schmidt); ANNA CHRISTIE (Cedric Gibbons); THE DIVORCEE (Cedric Gibbons); HOLIDAY (Carroll Clark); MONTE CARLO (credit unknown); PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (John Wenger); RAFFLES (William Cameron Menzies & Park French); ROMANCE (Cedric Gibbons); UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS (Lazare Meerson)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Arthur Edeson)

ANNA CHRISTIE (William H. Daniels)

THE BAT WHISPERS (Ray June & Robert H. Planck)

THE BLUE ANGEL (Günther Rittau & Hans Schneeberger)

THE DAWN PATROL (Ernest Haller)

HELL'S ANGELS (Tony Gaudio & Harry Perry)

L'AGE D'OR (Albert Duverger)

MOROCCO (Lee Garmes)

WITH BYRD AT THE SOUTH POLE (Joseph T. Rucker & Willard Van Der Veer)

ZEMLYA (Daniil Damutski)

Also Considered:

THE BIG HOUSE (Harold Wenstrom); THE BIG TRAIL (Lucien Andriot & Arthur Edeson); THE DIVORCEE (Norbert Brodine); JUST IMAGINE (Ernest Palmer); KING OF JAZZ (Jerome Ash, Hal Mohr & Ray Rennahan); PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (Eugen Schüfftan); A PROPOS DE NICE (Boris Kaufman); THE RIGHT TO LOVE (Charles Lang); THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY (George J. Folsey); UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS (Georges Perinal & Georges Raulet)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Walter Israel)

THE BLUE ANGEL (Tihamer Varady)

THE GREEN GODDESS (Earl Luick)

KING OF JAZZ (Herman Rosse)

LADIES OF LEISURE (Edward Stevenson)

MONTE CARLO (Travis Banton)

MOROCCO (Travis Banton)

PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (Travis Banton)

ROMANCE (Adrian)

THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY (Travis Banton)

Also Considered:

ANNA CHRISTIE (Adrian); THE DIVORCEE (Adrian); HOLIDAY (Gwen Wakeling); JUST IMAGINE (Alice O'Neill & Dolly Tree); MADAM SATAN (Adrian); THE ROGUE SONG (Adrian); STREET OF CHANGE (Travis Banton); UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS (Rene Hubert); THE VAGABOND KING (Travis Banton); WHOOPEE! (John Harkrider)

BEST FILM EDITING

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Edgar Adams & Milton Carruth)

THE BIG HOUSE (Blanche Sewell)

THE DAWN PATROL (Ray Curtiss)

HELL'S ANGELS (Douglas Biggs & Frank Lawrence)

ZEMLYA (Aleksandr Dovzhenko)

Also Considered:

THE BLUE ANGEL (Walter Klee & Sam Winston); L'AGE D'OR (Luis Bunuel); MOROCCO (Sam Winston); A PROPOS DE NICE (Jean Vigo & Boris Kaufman); RAFFLES (Stuart Heisler)

BEST MAKEUP

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Robert Stephanoff)

THE BLUE ANGEL (Waldemar Jabs & Oscar Schmidt)

KING OF JAZZ (Jack Pierce)

Also Considered:

THE BAT WHISPERS (S.E. Jennings); THE ROGUE SONG (George Westmore); THE VAGABOND KING (James Collins)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

ANNA CHRISTIE (William Axt)

HELL'S ANGELS (Hugo Riesenfeld)

MONTE CARLO (W. Franke Harling)

MOROCCO (Karl Hajos)

UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS (Raoul Moretti & Vincent Scotto)

Also Considered:

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Sam Perry & Heinz Roemheld); THE BLUE ANGEL (Friedrich Hollander); THE DAWN PATROL (Rex Dunn); HOG WILD (Marvin Hatley); JUST IMAGINE (Hugo Friedhofer)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"All I Want Is Just One Girl" - PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (Richard A. Whiting & Leo Robin)

"Always In All Ways" - MONTE CARLO (Richard A. Whiting, W. Franke Harling & Leo Robin)

"Beyond The Blue Horizon" - MONTE CARLO (Richard A. Whiting, W. Franke Harling & Leo Robin)

"Down In Mexico" - THE CUCKOOS (Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby)

"Falling In Love Again" - THE BLUE ANGEL (Friedrich Hollander)

"Under The Roofs Of Paris" - UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS (Raoul Moretti & Rene Nazalles)

Also Considered:

"All Quiet On The Western Front" - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Lou Handman & Bernie Grossman); "Anytime's The Time To Fall In Love" - PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (Elsie Janis & Jack King); "Blonde Women" - THE BLUE ANGEL (Friedrich Hollander); "Hello, I Must Be Going" - ANIMAL CRACKERS (Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar); "I Represent" - ANIMAL CRACKERS (Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar); "Song Of The Big Trail" - THE BIG TRAIL (James F. Hanley & Joseph McCarthy)

BEST SOUND

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (C. Roy Hunter)

THE BIG HOUSE (Douglas Shearer)

THE CASE OF SERGEANT GRISCHA (John E. Tribby)

HELL'S ANGELS (Lodge Cunningham)

RAFFLES (Oscar Lagerstrom)

Also Considered:

BILLY THE KID (Douglas Shearer); THE BLUE ANGEL (Fritz Thiery); MOBY DICK (Charles David Forrest); MOROCCO (Harry D. Mills); THE SONG OF THE FLAME (George R. Groves)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Frank H. Booth & Harry Lonsdale)

THE DAWN PATROL (Fred Jackman & Harry Redmond)

HELL'S ANGELS (Roy Davidson)

Also Considered:

THE BIG TRAIL (credit unknown); JUST IMAGINE (credit unknown); MOBY DICK (Fred Jackman)

Most Wins:

4 - All Quiet On The Western Front

2 - Abraham Lincoln; Hell's Angels; King Of Jazz

1 - Anna Christie; The Big House; The Blue Angel; Hog Wild; Monte Carlo; Under The Roofs Of Paris

Most Nominations:

9 - The Blue Angel

8 - Anna Christie; The Big House The Dawn Patrol; Hell's Angels; Morocco

7 - All Quiet On The Western Front

5 - Monte Carlo; Zemlya