Winner '29–'30:
First Saw It:
All Quiet on the Western Front
July 18, 1999, on home video
Bridesmaids: The Big House, Disraeli, The Divorcée, The Love Parade
My Vote: All Quiet..., handily, though The Big House and The Love Parade are terrific
Overlooked: The White Hell of Pitz Palü, The Devil's Holiday, Hallelujah!


All Quiet on the Western Front
Director: Lewis Milestone. Cast: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolfheim, Ben Alexander, William Bakewell, Walter Rogers, Slim Sumerville, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Owen Davis Jr., Richard Alexander, Scott Kolk, Harold Goodwin, Russell Gleason, William Irving, Beryl Mercer, Edwin Maxwell, Poupée Andriot, Renée Damonde. Screenplay: George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson, and Del Andrews (based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque).

Photo © 1930 Universal Pictures
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A


Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
Best Picture
Best Director: Lewis Milestone
Best Screenplay: George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson, and Del Andrews
Best Cinematography: Arthur Edeson

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