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Academy Awards
 
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is among the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremonies in the world.
 
 
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Pick of the Litter 1930
The Blue Angel
(1930)  Unrated
Tale of a man stripped of his dignity. A film classic filled with sensuality and decay, which made Dietrich a European star and led to her discovery in Hollywood. When a repressed professor (Jannings) goes to a nightclub hoping to catch some of his students in the wrong, he's taken ... more
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1930
Extraordinary and realistic anti-war epic based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque. Seven patriotic German youths go together from school to the battlefields of WWI. They experience the horrors of war first-hand, stuck in the trenches and facing gradual extermination. Centers on experiences of one of the young men, ... more
L'Age D'Or
(1930)  Unrated
Bunuel's first full-length film and his masterpiece of sex, repression, and of course, death. A hapless man is prevented from reaching his beloved by middle-class morality, forces of the establishment, the Church, government and every bastion of modern values. Banned for years because of its anti-religious stance. Co-scripted by Dali. ... more
Earth
(1930
Classic Russian silent film with English subtitles. Problems begin in a Ukrainian village when a collective farm landowner resists handing over his land. Outstanding camera work. Kino release runs 70 minutes.

Academy Awards: The Oscars 1930
 
 
All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Picture of the year
 

Nominees:
Disraeli
(1930) Unrated 
The Divorcee
(1930) Unrated 
The Big House
(1930)  
 
 

 
The Divorcee
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 
(Winner) Norma Shearer for The Divorcee
(1930) Unrated \"\"

Nominees:
Greta Garbo for Romance
(1930) Unrated 
Greta Garbo for Anna Christie
(1930) Unrated 
 
 

 
Disraeli
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
 
(Winner) George Arliss for Disraeli
(1930) Unrated 
 
 

 
All Quiet on the Western Front
Achievement in directing
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
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