Academy Award Oscar trophy

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The 3rd Academy Awards

November 5, 1930  •  Fiesta Room, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles  •  Hosted by Conrad Nagel

2
Ceremonies
1930
Year
All Quiet on the Western Front won Best Picture and Director
The 2nd ceremony (April 1930) honored The Broadway Melody — Warner Baxter and Mary Pickford won acting
Norma Shearer won Best Actress for The Divorcee
Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
All Quiet on the Western Front
Carl Laemmle Jr., producer
The Big House
The Divorcee
The Love Parade
Best Director
Winner
Lewis Milestone
All Quiet on the Western Front
Clarence Brown— Anna Christie
Robert Z. Leonard— The Divorcee
Ernst Lubitsch— The Love Parade
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
George Arliss
Disraeli
Lawrence Tibbett— The Rogue Song
Ronald Colman— Bulldog Drummond
Best Actress
Winner
Norma Shearer
The Divorcee
Nancy Carroll— The Devil's Holiday
Ruth Chatterton— Sarah and Son
Greta Garbo— Anna Christie
Writing
Best Writing (Adaptation)
Winner
Frances Marion
The Big House
Best Writing (Original Story)
Winner
Frances Marion
The Big House
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Joseph T. Rucker & Willard Van der Veer
With Byrd at the South Pole
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Herman Rosse
King of Jazz
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Dept.
The Big House