3rd Academy Awards

3rd Academy Awards
Date	November 5, 1930
Site	The Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles, California
Host	Conrad Nagel
Highlights
Best Picture	All Quiet on the Western Front
Most awards	All Quiet on the Western Front and The Big House (2)
Most nominations	The Love Parade (6)
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The 3rd Academy Awards were awarded to films completed and screened released between August 1, 1929, and July 31, 1930, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

All Quiet on the Western Front became the first film to win both Best Picture and Best Director, a feat that would become common in later years.

The Love Parade received six nominations, the greatest number of any film to that point. However, it did not win in any category.

Best Sound Recording was introduced this year, making it the first new category since the inception of the Oscars.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Outstanding Production	Best Director
Carl Laemmle, Jr., for Universal Studios – All Quiet on the Western Front Irving Thalberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – The Big House Jack Warner and Darryl F. Zanuck for Warner Bros. – Disraeli Robert Z. Leonard for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – The Divorcee Ernst Lubitsch for Paramount Pictures – The Love Parade	Lewis Milestone – All Quiet on the Western Front Clarence Brown – Anna Christie Clarence Brown – Romance Robert Z. Leonard – The Divorcee Ernst Lubitsch – The Love Parade King Vidor – Hallelujah!
Best Actor	Best Actress
George Arliss – Disraeli George Arliss – The Green Goddess Wallace Beery – The Big House Maurice Chevalier – The Big Pond Maurice Chevalier – The Love Parade Ronald Colman – Bulldog Drummond Ronald Colman – Condemned Lawrence Tibbett – The Rogue Song	Norma Shearer – The Divorcee Nancy Carroll – The Devil's Holiday Ruth Chatterton – Sarah and Son Greta Garbo – Anna Christie Greta Garbo – Romance Norma Shearer – Their Own Desire Gloria Swanson – The Trespasser
Best Writing	Best Sound Recording
The Big House – Frances Marion All Quiet on the Western Front – George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson and Del Andrews Disraeli – Julien Josephson The Divorcee – John Meehan Street of Chance – Howard Estabrook	The Big House – Douglas Shearer The Case of Sergeant Grischa – John E. Tribby The Love Parade – Franklin Hansen Raffles – Oscar Lagerstrom The Song of the Flame – George Groves
Best Cinematography	Best Art Direction
With Byrd at the South Pole – Joseph T. Rucker and Willard Van der Veer All Quiet on the Western Front – Arthur Edeson Anna Christie – William H. Daniels Hell's Angels – Tony Gaudio and Harry Perry The Love Parade – Victor Milner	The King of Jazz – Herman Rosse Bulldog Drummond – William Cameron Menzies The Love Parade – Hans Dreier Sally – Jack Okey The Vagabond King – Hans Dreier

Multiple nominations and awards

The following eight films received multiple nominations:

• 6 nominations: The Love Parade
• 4 nominations: All Quiet on the Western Front, The Big House, and The Divorcee
• 3 nominations: Disraeli and Anna Christie
• 2 nominations: Bulldog Drummond and Romance

The following two films received multiple awards:

• 2 awards: All Quiet on the Western Front and The Big House

See also

• 1929 in film
• 1930 in film
• Academy Awards
• Academy Honorary Award
• Governors Awards
• List of Academy Awards ceremonies

References

• Academy Awards Database