Academy Awards 1929 Nominations

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Outstanding Picture	Best Unique and Artistic Picture
Best Directing (Dramatic Picture)	Best Directing (Comedy Picture)
Best Actor	Best Actress
Best Writing (Original Story)	Best Adaptation
Best Writing (Title Writing)	Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography	Best Engineering Effects

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Outstanding Picture

• 7th Heaven
• The Circus
• The Racket
• Wings

Best Unique and Artistic Picture

• Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
• Sunrise
• The Crowd

Best Directing (Dramatic Picture)

• 7th Heaven (Frank Borzage)
• Sorrell and Son (Herbert Brenon)
• The Crowd (King Vidor)

Best Directing (Comedy Picture)

• Speedy (Ted Wilde)
• The Circus (Charles Chaplin)
• Two Arabian Knights (Lewis Milestone)

Best Actor

• The Circus (Charles Chaplin)
• The Last Command (Emil Jannings)
• The Noose (Richard Barthelmess)
• The Patent Leather Kid (Richard Barthelmess)
• The Way of All Flesh (Emil Jannings)

Best Actress

• 7th Heaven (Janet Gaynor)
• A Ship Comes In (Louise Dresser)
• Sadie Thompson (Gloria Swanson)
• Street Angel (Janet Gaynor)
• Sunrise (Janet Gaynor)

Best Writing (Original Story)

• The Circus
• The Last Command
• Underworld

Best Adaptation

• 7th Heaven
• Glorious Betsy
• The Jazz Singer

Best Writing (Title Writing)

• George Marion Jr.
• Joseph Farnham
• The Private Life of Helen of Troy

Best Art Direction

• 7th Heaven
• Sunrise
• Tempest
• The Dove

Best Cinematography

• Sadie Thompson
• Sunrise
• The Devil Dancer
• The Magic Flame

Best Engineering Effects

• Nugent Slaughter
• Ralph Hammeras
• Wings