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Speedy

14 Sunday Sep 2014

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1927/28, Best Director

Directed: Ted Wilde

Year: 1928

Nominated: Best Director – Ted Wilde

Plot in 25 Words: A happy-go-lucky guy endures a series of unsuitable jobs with hilarious consequences before saving his girl’s family business driving a streetcar around New York.

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The Racket

08 Monday Sep 2014

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1927/28, Best Film

Directed: Lewis Milestone

Year: 1928

Nominated: Best Film

Plot in 25 Words: Two bootlegging gangs fight for control of the streets. Family ties, an honest policeman, and one very young reporter try to keep the criminals honest

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Wings

08 Monday Sep 2014

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1927/28, Best Film

Directed: William A. Wellman

Year: 1927

Nominated: Best Film

Won: Best Film

Plot in 25 Words: Two enemies to go war. Become friends. One accidentally kills the other. Remaining soldier comes home and falls in love with the girl next door.

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

07 Sunday Sep 2014

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1927/28, Best Actress

Directed: F. W. Murnau

Year Released: 1927

Nominated: Best Actress – Janet Gaynor

Won: Best Actress – Janet Gaynor

Plot in 25 Words: Man cheats on wife. Mistress plots to kill wife. Wife finds out. Man and wife reconcile. Wife nearly dies. Man kicks mistress back to city.

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1927/28

07 Sunday Sep 2014

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1927/28

Best Picture:

  • Wings
  • The Racket
  • 7th Heaven

Best Director:

  • Frank Borzage for 7th Heaven
  • Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights
  • Herbert Brenon for Sorrell and Son
  • King Vidor for The Crowd
  • Ted Wilde for Speedy

Best Actor

  • Emil Jannings for The Last Command
  • Emil Jannings for The Way of All Flesh
  • Richard Barthelmess – The Noose
  • Richard Barthelmess – The Patent Leather Kid

Best Actress

  • Janet Gaynor – 7th Heaven
  • Janet Gaynor – Street Angel
  • Janet Gaynor – Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • Louise Dresser – A Ship Comes In
  • Gloria Swanson – Sadie Thompson

I haven’t heard of any of the films so I’m looking forward to all of them

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