Best Directing
The Divine Lady
Frank Lloyd
1930
The 2nd Academy Awards | 1930
Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel
Thursday, April 3, 1930
Honoring movies released from August 1, 1928 - July 31, 1929.
Highlights
![Frank Lloyd]( "Frank Lloyd")
![Frank Lloyd]( "Frank Lloyd")
- Best Actor
![Warner Baxter]( "Warner Baxter")
![Warner Baxter]( "Warner Baxter")
In Old ArizonaWarner Baxter - Art Direction
![Cedric Gibbons]( "Cedric Gibbons")
![Cedric Gibbons]( "Cedric Gibbons")
The Bridge of San Luis ReyCedric Gibbons
Memorable Moments
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Mary PickfordBest Actress winner for Coquette, with Hans Kraly, William C. De Mille and Warner Baxter![Clyde De Vinna]( "Clyde De Vinna")
![Clyde De Vinna]( "Clyde De Vinna")
Clyde De VinnaCinematography winner for White Shadows in the South Seas![Hans Kraly, William C. De Mille]( "Hans Kraly, William C. De Mille")
![Hans Kraly, William C. De Mille]( "Hans Kraly, William C. De Mille")
Hans KralyWriting winner for The Patriot, with presenter William C. DeMille
Winners & Nominees
Actor
Winner
Warner Baxter
In Old Arizona
Nominees
George Bancroft
Thunderbolt
Chester Morris
Alibi
Paul Muni
The Valiant
Lewis Stone
The Patriot
Actress
Winner
Mary Pickford
Coquette
Nominees
Ruth Chatterton
Madame X
Betty Compson
The Barker
Jeanne Eagels
The Letter
Corinne Griffith
The Divine Lady
Bessie Love
The Broadway Melody
Art Direction
Winner
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Cedric Gibbons
Nominees
The Patriot
Hans Dreier
Dynamite
Mitchell Leisen
Alibi
William Cameron Menzies
The Awakening
William Cameron Menzies
Street Angel
Harry Oliver
Cinematography
Winner
White Shadows in the South Seas
Clyde De Vinna
Nominees
Our Dancing Daughters
George Barnes
In Old Arizona
Arthur Edeson
Four Devils
Ernest Palmer
Street Angel
Ernest Palmer
The Divine Lady
John Seitz
Directing
Winner
The Divine Lady
Frank Lloyd
Nominees
Madame X
Lionel Barrymore
The Broadway Melody
Harry Beaumont
In Old Arizona
Irving Cummings
Drag
Frank Lloyd
Weary River
Frank Lloyd
The Patriot
Ernst Lubitsch
Outstanding Picture
Winner
The Broadway Melody
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Alibi
Feature Productions
In Old Arizona
Fox
Hollywood Revue
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Patriot
Paramount Famous Lasky
Writing
Winner
The Patriot
Hans Kraly
Nominees
The Valiant
Tom Barry
In Old Arizona
Tom Barry
The Leatherneck
Elliott Clawson
Sal of Singapore
Elliott Clawson
Skyscraper
Elliott Clawson
The Cop
Elliott Clawson
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Hans Kraly
Our Dancing Daughters
Josephine Lovett
Wonder of Women
Bess Meredyth
A Woman of Affairs
Bess Meredyth
W
Weary River
1 NominationDirecting - Frank Lloyd
White Shadows in the South Seas
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Cinematography - Clyde De Vinna
A Woman of Affairs
1 NominationWriting - Bess Meredyth
Wonder of Women
1 NominationWriting - Bess Meredyth