3.28-The Return of the Oscars and Lost Nominees of 1928-1929 with Lewis Beer

Today's episode is the beginning of my conversations about the films nominated at the 2nd Academy Awards. I'm joined by Lewis Beer who writes the Slow Moving Pictures newsletter and we break down some of the history of the 2nd Academy Awards, all of the nominees, and take some time to discuss some of the missing or hard to find films that won't be covered in individual episodes this season.

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Nominees of the 2nd Academy Awards (linked films will take you to where you can watch the film online as of the recording of this episode):

• A Woman of Affairs
• Alibi
• Coquette
• Drag (unavailable)
• Dynamite
• Four Devils (unavailable but documentary Murnau's 4 Devils: Traces of a Lost Film is on YouTube)
• In Old Arizona
• Madame X
• Our Dancing Daughters
• Sal of Singapore (archive print only)
• Skyscraper
• Street Angel
• The Awakening (partial archive print only)
• The Barker (archive print only)
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey (archive print only)
• The Broadway Melody
• The Cop (unavailable)
• The Divine Lady
• The Hollywood Revue of 1929
• The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
• The Leatherneck
• The Letter
• The Patriot (unavailable)
• The Valiant
• Thunderbolt
• Weary River
• White Shadows in the South Seas
• Wonder of Women (unavailable)