The Oscar Project Podcast
A discussion of all the films nominated for Oscars, starting in 1929, plus interviews with filmmakers and authors writing about the film industry.
The Oscar Project Podcast
4.32-Kicking Off the 4th Oscars with Kevin Pettit
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Today's episode is the beginning of my conversations about the films nominated at the 4th Academy Awards. I'm joined by Kevin Pettit who writes the See You at the Movies newsletter and we break down some of the history of the 4th Academy Awards, a minor change to the writing categories, and all of the nominees.
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Nominees of the 4th Academy Awards (linked films will take you to where you can watch the film online as of the recording of this episode):
- Holiday
- The Dawn Patrol
- Laughter
- Whoopee!
- The Doorway to Hell
- Morocco
- Just Imagine
- Min and Bill
- The Royal Family of Broadway
- The Criminal Code
- Little Caesar
- Trader Horn
- Cimarron
- Tabu
- East Lynne
- The Front Page
- Skippy
- The Public Enemy
- Svengali
- A Free Soul
- Smart Money
Check out Oscar Wars by Michael Schulman that Kevin mentioned in the episode.