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  • Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1929?

    Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1929?

    Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1929?

    1929 Pop Culture, History, and Defining Moments

    1929 was a pivotal chapter in history, marking the close of the Roaring Twenties and the start of dramatic global changes. Known for its stark contrasts, 1929 saw remarkable achievements in culture and technology as well as the beginnings of economic turmoil that would shape the decade to come. From iconic films and music to landmark historical events, the year offered a mix of optimism, innovation, and challenges.

    In entertainment, 1929 was a groundbreaking year for cinema as Hollywood fully embraced the era of “talkies,” with sound revolutionizing the film industry. Audiences flocked to theaters to see stars of the silver screen in new, immersive experiences. Meanwhile, music continued to thrive with the rise of jazz and big band sounds, as legendary artists captivated listeners with timeless melodies.

    Beyond the arts, 1929 saw significant advancements in aviation, science, and technology. These innovations brought the world closer together and reflected the bold spirit of the times. Yet, it was also a year that witnessed the stock market crash, which signaled the end of the economic boom in the 1920s and the onset of the Great Depression. Globally, cultural shifts and political events hinted at the changes shaping the coming decades.

    Ready to put your knowledge to the test? Take our 1929 trivia quiz and explore the moments that defined this extraordinary year. From pop culture highlights to historical milestones, see how well you know the events that shaped this fascinating period!

    29 Trivia Questions for 1929 History

    (answers)

    1. What happened on October 28, 1929?

    2. What was the Biggest Number One Song of 1929?

    3. What famous New York museum opened on November 7, 1929?

    4. In 1929, what was the average life expectancy in the United States?

    5. What was the highest-grossing movie of 1929?

    6. What was the average household income in 1929?

    7. What was the name of the Marx Brothers’ first movie?

    8. How many people lived in the United States in 1929?

    9. What mass-produced products made from celluloid were first produced by Sam Foster and sold in Atlantic City, New Jersey?

    10. What famous ‘Sailor Man’ comic strip and cartoon character debuted on January 17, 1929?

    11. What was the Bestselling Fiction Book in 1929?

    12. In 1929, Clarence Birdseye introduced “flash freezing” to the American public. What did he make by flash-freezing?

    13. What well-known Mexican artists were married on August 29, 1929?

    14. Animators of Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, Popeye the Sailor, and Superman, what studio was Disney’s biggest rival from the 1920s through the 1930s?

    15. How much did a Loaf of Bread cost in 1929?

    16. Author J.M. Barrie donated the copyrights of what character to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London in perpetuity?

    17. Who was the President of the United States in 1929?

    18. What is the Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, signed on July 27, 1929, known as?

    19. Who won the Stanley Cup in 1929?

    20. What major league baseball player was the first to hit 500 home runs in his career?

    21. Name the film that won the “Best Picture” of 1927/28 at the first Academy Awards?

    22. According to former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, what organization was in danger of failure because it was run by’ flapdoodlers’?

    23. One of the world’s most important and prestigious automobile races began in 1929. What is it?

    24. How much did an average Ford Model A cost in 1929?

    25. How much did a gallon of gas cost in 1929?

    26. What famous event occurred on February 14, 1929, in Chicago’s north side?

    27. What company used the slogan: “The pause that refreshes”?

    28. Who won the 1929 World Series?

    29. A newspaper comic strip adaptation of what Edgar Rice Burroughs character was first published on January 7, 1929?

    Trivia Team Bonus Questions:

    1. What property was established via the Lateran Treaty, answering “The Roman Question”?

    2. What Horse won the Kentucky Derby in 1929?

    3. Unaccustomed As We Are was the first sound comedy short film starring what comedy duo, released on May 4, 1929?

    4. What leading Marxist Soviet politician was exiled from the U.S.S.R. by Joseph Stalin?

    5. Who was the Pope in 1929?
    Pope Pius XI, February 6, 1922 – February 10, 1939

    6. What fictional character is a reporter and adventurer who travels around the world with his dog Snowy?
    Tintin, by Belgian cartoonist Hergé

    7. Who was the Time Magazine Man of the Year in 1929?
    Owen D. Young

    8. Who was the American Vice-President in 1929?
    Charles G. Dawes (March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929) and Charles Curtis (March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933)

    9. Before the Wall Street Crash, what number did the Dow Jones Industrial Average peak at?

    10. What famous office got its own telephone in 1929?

    The Answers:

    29 Trivia Answers for 1929 History

    1. What happened on October 28, 1929?
    The Wall Street Crash (Black Monday) The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 13 percent.

    2. What was the Biggest Number One Song of 1929?
    Tip Toe Through The Tulips – Nick Lucas

    3. What famous New York museum opened on November 7, 1929?
    MOMA – Museum of Modern Art

    4. In 1929, what was the average life expectancy in the United States?
    Men -55.8 years, Women – 58.7 years.

    5. What was the highest-grossing movie of 1929?
    The Broadway Melody

    6. What was the average household income in 1929?
    $6,132.22

    7. What was the name of the Marx Brothers’ first movie?
    The Cocoanuts

    8. How many people lived in the United States in 1929?
    The population was an estimated 121,767,000 people.

    9. What mass-produced products made from celluloid were first produced by Sam Foster and sold in Atlantic City, New Jersey?
    Sunglasses

    10. What famous ‘Sailor Man’ comic strip and cartoon character debuted on January 17, 1929?
    Popeye the Sailor

    11. What was the Bestselling Fiction Book in 1929?
    The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

    12. In 1929, Clarence Birdseye introduced “flash freezing” to the American public. What did he make by flash-freezing?
    Frozen Foods

    13. What well-known Mexican artists were married on August 29, 1929?
    Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

    14. Animators of Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, Popeye the Sailor, and Superman, what studio was Disney’s biggest rival from the 1920s through the 1930s?
    Fleischer Studios

    15. How much did a Loaf of Bread cost in 1929?
    9 cents

    16. Author J.M. Barrie donated the copyrights of what character to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London in perpetuity?
    Peter Pan

    17. Who was the President of the United States in 1929?
    Calvin Coolidge (August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929) and Herbert Hoover (March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933)

    18. What is the Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, signed on July 27, 1929, known as?
    The Geneva Convention

    19. Who won the Stanley Cup in 1929?
    In 1929, The Boston Bruins won over the New York Rangers (2 games to none)

    20. What major league baseball player was the first to hit 500 home runs in his career?
    Babe Ruth

    21. Name the film that won the “Best Picture” of 1927/28 at the first Academy Awards?
    Wings

    22. According to former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, what organization was in danger of failure because it was run by’ flapdoodlers’?
    The League of Nations. The league formally dissolved on April 20, 1946.

    23. One of the world’s most important and prestigious automobile races began in 1929. What is it?
    Monaco Grand Prix

    24. How much did an average Ford Model A cost in 1929?
    $495 (Town Car $1400)

    25. How much did a gallon of gas cost in 1929?
    $0.21 per gallon

    26. What famous event occurred on February 14, 1929, in Chicago’s north side?
    The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre. Seven reputed gangsters were killed.

    27. What company used the slogan: “The pause that refreshes”?
    Coca Cola

    28. Who won the 1929 World Series?
    In 1929, The Philadelphia Athletics won, beating the Chicago Cubs (4 games to 1)

    29. A newspaper comic strip adaptation of what Edgar Rice Burroughs character was first published on January 7, 1929?
    Tarzan

    Trivia Team Bonus Questions:

    1. What property was established via the Lateran Treaty, answering “The Roman Question”?
    Vatican City

    2. What Horse won the Kentucky Derby in 1929?
    Clyde Van Dusen

    3. Unaccustomed As We Are was the first sound comedy short film starring what comedy duo, released on May 4, 1929?
    Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

    4. What leading Marxist Soviet politician was exiled from the U.S.S.R. by Joseph Stalin?
    Leon Trotsky

    5. Who was the Pope in 1929?
    Pope Pius XI, February 6, 1922 – February 10, 1939

    6. What fictional character is a reporter and adventurer who travels around the world with his dog Snowy?
    Tintin, by Belgian cartoonist Hergé

    7. Who was the Time Magazine Man of the Year in 1929?
    Owen D. Young

    8. Who was the American Vice-President in 1929?
    Charles G. Dawes (March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929) and Charles Curtis (March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933)

    9. Before the Wall Street Crash, what number did the Dow Jones Industrial Average peak at?
    381.17, a number not reached again until November 1954.

    10. What famous office got its own telephone in 1929?
    The Oval Office, in the Whitehouse.

  • 1929 History, Fun Facts and Trivia

    1929 History, Fun Facts and Trivia

    1929 History, Facts and Trivia

    Quick Facts from 1929

    • World Changing Event: The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24 and peaked on October 29, 1929.
    • Influential Songs include Pop Standards Singin’ in the Rain and When You’re Smiling.
    • The Movies to Watch include The Cocoanuts, Pandora’s Box, Blackmail, Hallelujah, and The Hollywood Revue of 1929
    • The Most Famous Person in America was probably Al Jolson
    • From 1928-1933, giant balloons were released into the air at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 1929, they were postmarked with a return address, and you won a prize if you found one and sent it back.
    • Notable books include All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.
    • Price of  Jell-O in 1929: 20 cents/3 packs
    • The Funny Duo were George Burns and Gracie Allen
    • The Galactic Observation: Astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble proposed the expanding universe theory.

    Top Ten Baby Names of 1929

    Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret, Robert, James, John, William, Charles

    US Life Expectancy

    (1929) Males: 55.8 years, Females: 58.7 years

    The Stars

    Josephine Baker, Clara Bow, Dolores Costello, Louise Brooks, Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Dolores Del Rio, Mary Eaton, Greta Garbo, Myrna Loy, Thelma Todd, Anna May Wong

    The Oscars

    The 1st Academy Awards rolled out the red carpet on May 16, 1929, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom Room with actor Douglas Fairbanks hosting the event. Wings, a silent war film, clinched the Best Picture category, making it the only silent film to win the prestigious award. Frank Borzage bagged the Best Director title for Seventh Heaven, a romantic drama that set trends for the genre. Regarding acting, Emil Jannings was the star, winning Best Actor for his roles in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. Janet Gaynor made history as the youngest Best Actress winner and was then, honored for her roles in Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise.

    Unlike today’s sprawling ceremonies, the initial event was a 15-minute affair attended by fewer than 300 guests. The term “Oscar” hadn’t even been coined yet, and the awards were officially known as “Academy Awards of Merit.” Interestingly, the awards had more nuanced categories in their early days; for example, there were two types of Best Picture awards—Outstanding Picture and Unique and Artistic Production. While Wings swooped the Outstanding Picture, Sunrise captured the Unique and Artistic category. So, the Academy Awards, initially a small, private affair, have evolved into a global spectacle, continuing to captivate audiences nearly a century later.

    Miss America

    none

    Time Magazine’s Man of the Year

    Owen D. Young

    Firsts, Inventions, and Wonders

    When first created in 1929, 7-Up (7 ounces of “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda.”) contained the mood-enhancing drug lithium citrate and did so until it was removed from the formula in 1950.

    Mickey Mouse was the first-ever cartoon character to speak. In The Karnival Kid, Mickey’s first words were, “Hot dogs!”

    Times New Roman is a modified version of Times Roman, a font created in 1929 for the British newspaper The Times. It was designed by Monotype to be used by rivals at Linotype on their typesetting machines.

    Popeye first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre, on January 17, 1929.

    Pine-Sol cleaner was invented.

    On November 9, in New York City, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) opened to the public.

    Tarzan and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D. comic strips debuted.

    Vatican City was founded in 1929.

    Alfred Hitchcock made the first recorded “That’s what she said” (as the girl said to the soldier) joke while filming his movie Blackmail.

    The Biggest Pop Artists of 1929 include

    Gus Arnheim & His Orchestra, Gene Austin, Eddie Cantor, Cliff Edwards, Ruth Etting, Johnny Hamp & His Orchestra, Bob Haring and His Orchestra, Libby Holman, Al Jolson, Helen Kane, Ted Lewis, and His Band, Nick Lucas, George Olson, and His Orchestra, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra, Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra, Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees, Ethel Waters, Ted Weems and His Orchestra, Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra

    Scandalous News

    On March 31, at New York City’s Easter Parade, a small group of young women proudly smoked cigarettes as they marched. Since smoking was considered a male-dominated activity then, these cigarettes were marketed as “Torches of Freedom” to help break the taboo and convince women to buy them. Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, who was nicknamed “the father of public relations,” created the #marketingploy

    Women were not legally considered ‘Persons’ in Canada until 1929.

    The US Supreme Court voted 8 -1 in favor of a Eugenics program requiring forced sterilization of citizens deemed not intelligent enough to reproduce.

    The Quote

    Mobster Frank Gusenberg told police, “Nobody shot me,” after being shot eight times at the St Valentine’s Day Massacre.

    US Politics

    March 4, 1929 (Monday): Inauguration of Herbert Hoover

    Pop Culture History

    John F Kennedy’s father, Joe Kennedy, sold his entire stock portfolio before the 1929 crash because “a shoeshine boy gave him some stock tips. And He figured that when the shoeshine boys have tips, the market is too popular for its good.”

    From 1928-1933, giant balloons were released into the air at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 1929, they were postmarked with a return address, and you won a prize if you found one and sent it back.

    THE SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE – Al Capone’s men allegedly killed seven other alleged gangsters in an apparent shooting on February 14th. This would have given Mr. Capone control of Chicago’s mob underworld, if such a thing, in fact, actually existed.

    The United States Congress established the Grand Teton National Park.

    Vladimir Zworykin invented the cathode-ray tube called the kinescope, the basis for 20th-century television screens.

    The Zildjian musical instrument company, which started in 1623 in Turkey and moved to the US in 1929, is widely recognized as the oldest family-owned business in America.

    An estimated 50% of all American films made before 1950 and over 90% of those made before 1929 are forever lost.

    The practice of identifying baseball players by number was started by the Yankees in 1929.  (originally corresponding to a player’s position in the batting order).

    Music and the Spoken Word is the longest-running continuous network program in the world. It debuted in 1929 and has made over 4,400 weekly broadcasts.

    When the Levee Breaks is a country blues song written and first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929, inspired by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Led Zeppelin covered it on their Led Zeppelin IV album.

    ‘Zombie’ was introduced to the Western world in The Magic Island by W.B. Seabrook in 1929.

    Rumor is that Louis B. Mayer “fixed” the first Academy Awards presentation.

    The first public demonstration of color TV was held at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York. The first images were a bouquet of roses and an American flag.

    Coco the Clown debuted at Bertram Mills Circus in Manchester, England.

    All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues) by Erich Maria Remarque, was published in book form.

    “Blue Chip” refers to high-value poker chips at the turn of the 20th century. It was first applied to stocks in 1929, shortly before the great stock market crash.

    The Countdown we use today was first seen in Fritz Lang’s Woman on the Moon.

    Strange, But True

    General Motors and Chevrolet were founded by the same man, William Durant, who later lost all his money in the stock market crash in 1929 and died nearly bankrupt while managing a bowling alley.

    Roger Babson correctly predicted the Wall Street Crash of 1929 using the unorthodox notion that gravity and Sir Isaac Newton’s law of action and reaction can be used to explain movement in the stock markets.

    Princeton researchers successfully turned a live cat into a functioning telephone.

    Nobel Prize Winners

    Physics – Louis de Broglie
    Chemistry- Arthur Harden, Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin
    Physiology or Medicine – Christiaan Eijkman, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
    Literature – Thomas Mann
    Peace – Frank Billings Kellogg

    Popular and Best-selling Books From 1929

    A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
    All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
    The Bishop Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine
    Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis
    Dark Hester by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
    Peder Victorious by O. E. Rolvaag
    Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
    Roper’s Row by Warwick Deeping
    The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

    Sports

    World Series Champions: Philadelphia Athletics
    Stanley Cup Champs: Boston Bruins
    U.S. Open Golf: Bobby Jones
    U.S. Tennis (Men/Ladies): William (Bill) T. Tilden/Helen Wills
    Wimbledon (Men/Women): Henri Cochet/Helen Wills
    NCAA Football Champions: Notre Dame
    Kentucky Derby Winner: Clyde Van Dusen
    Boston Marathon Winner: Johnny Miles Time: 2:33:08

    More 1929 Facts & History Resources:

    Most Popular Baby Names (BabyCenter.com)
    Popular and Notable Books (popculture.us)
    Broadway Shows that Opened in 1929
    1929 Calendar, courtesy of Time and Date.com
    Fact Monster
    1920s Fads (BabyCenter.com)
    1920s, Infoplease.com World History
    1929 in Movies (according to IMDB)
    Retrowaste Vintage Culture
    1920s Slang
    Wikipedia 1929

  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was the most severe economic downturn in modern history, lasting for a decade and affecting countries worldwide. It began in the United States after the stock market crash of 1929 and eventually led to profound social, political, and economic changes.

    • The stock market crash on “Black Tuesday,” October 29, 1929, marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
    • Several factors contributed to the crisis, including a decline in consumer spending, a severe drought causing the Dust Bowl, and a collapse in global trade due to protectionist policies.
    • The unemployment rate in the United States peaked at around 25% in 1933, with millions of people losing their jobs, homes, and life savings.
    • The Depression affected countries around the world, including European nations struggling with the aftermath of World War I and reparations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.
    • President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” program, launched in 1933, introduced a series of social, economic, and regulatory reforms aimed at providing relief, recovery, and reform.
    • The New Deal established key institutions and programs such as the Social Security Administration, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
    • The Great Depression had a significant impact on popular culture, with movies, music, and literature reflecting the hardships and hope of the era; examples include the films “The Grapes of Wrath” and “It Happened One Night,” the song “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” and John Steinbeck’s novels.
    • The Depression also led to the rise of labor unions and the creation of social safety nets, including unemployment insurance and welfare programs.
    • It took the onset of World War II and increased government spending on defense to finally pull the world economy out of the Great Depression.

    In summary, the Great Depression was a devastating global economic crisis that lasted a decade and had far-reaching social, political, and economic consequences. The period saw the implementation of significant reforms, the rise of labor unions, and an impact on popular culture that still resonates today.

  • 1929 Music: Popular Music, Songs and Artists

    1929 Music: Popular Music, Songs and Artists

    1929 Popular Music, Songs and Artists

    Bert Ambrose
    Tip Toe Through The Tulips
    Written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke (music), the song was recorded by Nick Lucas in May of 1929. Lucas introduced the song in the 1929 talkie Gold Deggirs of Broadway. The song would stay at number one for 10 weeks on the charts. In 1969 Tiny Tim would bring this song back to charts with his recording. The song became popular again after Tiny Tim performed it on Rowan and Martins Laugh-In.

    Cliff Edwards
    Singin’ in the Rain

    Not many songs have as varied a history as Singin in the Rain. It’s up-tempo music with lyrics full of hope that would continue to be remembered throughout the 20th century and into the 21st. The song was turned into a film in 1952 starring Debbie Reynolds and Gene Kelly. The film is considered by many as one of the best movies ever made.

    The song was originally written by Arthur Freed lyrics and music by Nacio Herb Brown, and published in 1929. There are suggestions that the song was written and performed as early as 1927. Cliff Edwards would perform the song in the 1929 film musical The Hollywood Revue of 1929. This performance would be the opening of the film That’s Entertainment a retrospective of MGM musicals. The song would again be used in the film Speak Easily starring Jimmy Durante and again by Judy Garland in the film Little Nellie Kellie.

    The song was used in the second season of GLEE as a mash-up with Umbrella. The song was sung by Mathew Morrison and Gwyneth Paltrow.

    Eddie Cantor
    Makin Whoopie
    First popularized by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical Whoopee!. Walter Donaldson (music) and Gus Kahn( lyrics) for the song as well as for the entire musical. The song would go on to be recorded by Frank Sinatra, and as a duet by Danny Thomas and Doris Day. The song is about sexual intimacy both its good and its bad sides.

    Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders
    If I Had A Talking Picture of You
    If I Had a Talking Picture of You was by Lew Brown, B.G. Desilva, Ray Henderson. This song was probably inspired by the introduction of talking movies in 1929. It would later be sung as a period song for Peter Davidson’s title character of Campion in the BBC series.

    Fats Waller
    Ain’t Misbehavin
    Fats Waller was a composer and songwriter that left a large library of great music that will live on forever after his much too short a life. Waller would be the first to record the song but he also performed the song in the 1943 film Stormy Weather. The song would go on to be recorded by such different artists as Johnny Ray and Bill Haley and The Comets. The song would also be the title of a musical revue in 1978 that showcased the jazz songs on the period.

    Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees
    Marie
    This song was written by the great Irving Berlin in 1929. It would go on to be recorded by such artists as The Mills Brothers and Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra. One reason this recording is particularly memorable is because it is the first time Rudy Vallee would make his mark on the charts. Vallee would go on to make quite an impression on American culture as many would enjoy his songs as well as his personal style. One of the big crazes he started was the full-length raccoon coat.

    Louis Armstrong
    The Basin Street Blues
    This song was originally written and published in 1926 but made its hit when Louis Armstrong made his recording in 1929. The song is actually about the Red Light District in The French Quarter of New Orleans.

    Top Artists and Songs of 1929

    Al Jolson
    I’m In Seventh Heaven
    Little Pal
    Liza (All The Clouds’ll Roll)
    Arnold Johnson and his Orchestra
    Breakaway
    Ben Selvin
    My Sin
    Bert Ambrose and his Orchestra
    Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips With Me
    Bessie Smith
    Nobody Knows When You’re Down and Out
    Take It Right Back
    Bob Harring and the Copley Plaza Orchestra
    Pagan Love Song
    Charley Patton
    Pony Blues
    Clarence Smith
    Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie
    Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike)
    Singin’ In The Rain
    Coon-Sanders Orchestra
    Little Orphan Annie
    Eddie Cantor
    Makin’ Whoopee
    Ethel Waters
    Am I Blue?
    Fats Waller
    Ain’t Misbehaving
    Handful of Keys
    Gene Austin
    Carolina Moon
    Wedding Bells Are Breaking Uo That Old Gang of Mine
    George Olson
    A Precious Little Thing Called Love
    Gus Arnheim and his Orchestra
    Sleepy Valley
    Guy Lombardo
    Sweethearts on Parade
    Jimmy Rogers
    Waiting For A Train
    Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders
    If I Had A talking Picture of You
    Leo Reisman
    Ain’t Misbehavin’
    The Wedding of the Painted Doll
    Louis Armstrong
    Basin Street Blues
    St James Infirmary
    When You’re Smiling
    Marion Harris
    Nobody’s Using It Now
    Maurice Chevalier
    Louise
    Meade Lux Lewis
    Honky Tonk Train Blues
    Nat Shilkret
    You Were Meant For Me
    Nick Lucas
    Painting the Clouds With Sunshine
    Tip Toe Thru The Tulips With Me
    Paul Whiteman
    Great Day
    Peter Dawson
    The Admiral’s Room
    Rudy Valley and his Connecticut Yankees
    Coquette
    Deep Night
    Honey
    Lonely Troubador
    Marie
    Ruth Etting
    Exactly Like You
    Stanley Lupino
    I Lift Up My Finger and I Say Tweet Tweet
    The Carter Family
    I’m Thinking Tonight of Two Blue Eyes
  • 1929 Oscars 1st Academy Awards

    1929 Oscars 1st Academy Awards

    1929 Oscars 1st Academy Awards

    Winners announced on May 16, 1929
    Held at: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom Room.
    Host: Actor Douglas Fairbanks.
    Eligibility Year: 1927/1928

    Trivia:

    • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Foundation were started by MGM boss, Louis B. Mayer.
    • There were 230 original members of the Academy.
    • Adolph Hitler was such a big fan of Charlie Chaplin that he trimmed down his handlebar mustache.
    • The Oscar Statuette was designed by MGM’s art director, Cedric Gibbons. It is 14 inches tall and weighs 7 pounds.
    • Best Actor Emil Jannings could not compete for talking roles with his German accent. He went back to Germany and became a Nazi propagandist. After the war, we had very little demand for his talents.
    • “You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet” was the first line ever heard in a feature film, The Jazz Singer
    • 7th Heaven earned 5 nominations, winning 3

    1929 Oscar Nominees and Winners

    Outstanding Picture:
    Wings – Lucien Hubbard for Paramount Pictures (WINNER)
    7th Heaven – William Fox for Fox Film Corporation
    The Racket – Howard Hughes for The Caddo Company
    Best Unique and Artistic Picture:
    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans – William Fox for Fox Film Corporation (WINNER)
    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness – Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack for Paramount Pictures
    The Crowd – Irving Thalberg for MGM
    Best Director, Comedy Picture:
    Lewis Milestone – Two Arabian Knights (WINNER)
    Ted Wilde – Speedy
    Best Director, Dramatic Picture:
    Frank Borzage – 7th Heaven (WINNER)
    King Vidor – The Crowd
    Herbert Brenon – Sorrell and Son
    Best Actor:
    Emil Jannings – The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh (WINNER)
    Richard Barthelmess – The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid
    Best Actress:
    Janet Gaynor – 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (WINNER)
    Louise Dresser – A Ship Comes In
    Gloria Swanson – Sadie Thompson
    Best Original Story:
    Underworld – Ben Hecht (WINNER)
    The Last Command – Lajos Bíró
    Best Adaptation:
    7th Heaven – Benjamin Glazer, based on the play by Austin Strong (WINNER)
    Glorious Betsy – Anthony Coldeway, based on the play by Rida Johnson Young
    The Jazz Singer – Alfred A. Cohn, based on the story “The Day of Atonement” and the play The Jazz Singer by Samson Raphaelson
    Best Art Direction:
    The Dove and Tempest – William Cameron Menzies (WINNER)
    7th Heaven – Harry Oliver
    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans – Rochus Gliese
    Best Cinematography:
    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans – Charles Rosher and Karl Struss (WINNER)
    The Devil Dancer – George Barnes
    The Magic Flame – George Barnes
    Sadie Thompson – George Barnes
    Best Engineering Effects:
    Wings – Roy Pomeroy (WINNER)
    (No specific film) – Ralph Hammeras
    (No specific film) – Nugent Slaughter
    Best Title Writing:
    (No specific film) – Joseph W. Farnham (WINNER)
    (No specific film) – George Marion Jr.
    The Private Life of Helen of Troy – Gerald Duffy (posthumous nomination)
    Honorary Awards:
    Charlie Chaplin “For versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus”.
    Warner Brothers Production “For producing The Jazz Singer, the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry”.
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