article: 1st Academy Awards
links: Richard Barthelmess Merian C. Cooper Irving Thalberg Douglas Fairbanks Academy Award for Best Director Howard Hughes Warner Bros. Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Art Direction Janet Gaynor Emil Jannings The Jazz Singer (1927 film) Louis B. Mayer Wings (film) Two Arabian Knights Academy Award for Best Actress Time Inc. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Academy Award for Best Picture Charlie Chaplin Academy Award Gloria Swanson Paramount Pictures The Racket Los Angeles Time (magazine) Academy Award for Best Actor Frank Borzage California Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Seventh Heaven (1927 film)