1st Academy Awards

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Academy Awards ceremony award ceremony

The 1st Academy Awards was the inaugural ceremony of the Oscars, honoring outstanding film achievements for the 1927–1928 period and establishing the foundation for the modern Academy Awards tradition.

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1st Academy Awards canonical 6
First Academy Awards 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ
award ceremony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1929 Academy Awards ⓘ
1st Academy Awards ⓘ
surface form: First Academy Awards
awardFor Excellence in cinematic achievements ⓘ
awardsAnnouncedInAdvance yes ⓘ
bestActorWinner Emil Jannings ⓘ
bestActorWinningRole The Last Command (1955 film) ⓘ
surface form: The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh
bestActressWinner Janet Gaynor ⓘ
bestActressWinningRole Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ⓘ
bestDirectorComedyPictureFilm Two Arabian Knights ⓘ
bestDirectorComedyPictureWinner Lewis Milestone ⓘ
bestDirectorDramaticPictureFilm Seventh Heaven ⓘ
bestDirectorDramaticPictureWinner Frank Borzage ⓘ
bestPictureWinner Wings ⓘ
broadcastOnRadio no ⓘ
ceremonyType private dinner banquet ⓘ
city Hollywood ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
currencyOfTicketPrice US dollar ⓘ
date 1929-05-16 ⓘ
designerOfStatuette Cedric Gibbons ⓘ
duration about 15 minutes ⓘ
establishedTradition modern Academy Awards format ⓘ
firstTelevised no ⓘ
followedBy 2nd Academy Awards ⓘ
honoredFilmPeriodEnd 1928-07-31 ⓘ
honoredFilmPeriodStart 1927-08-01 ⓘ
honoredFilmYears 1927–1928 ⓘ
host Douglas Fairbanks ⓘ
William C. deMille ⓘ
surface form: William C. DeMille
industry film industry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel ⓘ
mainAwardNameAtTime Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award of Merit
numberOfGuests 270 ⓘ
officialName 1st Academy Awards self-link ⓘ
organizer Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
outstandingPictureWinner Wings ⓘ
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
sculptorOfStatuette George Stanley ⓘ
sequenceInSeries 1 ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
statuetteNickname Oscar ⓘ
ticketPrice 5 ⓘ
uniqueAndArtisticPictureWinner Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ⓘ
venue Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel ⓘ
surface form: Blossom Room, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
year 1929 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story → firstCeremonyName → 1st Academy Awards ⓘ
1st Academy Awards → officialName → 1st Academy Awards self-link ⓘ
1st Academy Awards → alsoKnownAs → 1st Academy Awards ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Academy Awards
Seventh Heaven → partOf → 1st Academy Awards ⓘ
Academy Awards statuette → firstAwardedAt → 1st Academy Awards ⓘ
The Crowd → academyAwardsYear → 1st Academy Awards ⓘ
Wings → academyAwardsCeremony → 1st Academy Awards ⓘ