Danny Peary's "Alternate Oscars": Best Picture nominees (1927-1939)

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These are the movies that film critic Danny Peary nominated for “best picture” from 1927-28 to 1939 in his book “Alternate Oscars” from 1993. I’ve put the winners at the head of each year, with the non-winning nominees following in alphabetical order.

  1. 1.
    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

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  2. 2.
    The Circus (2 Disc Special Edition)
    by Charles Chaplin

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  3. 3.
    The Crowd
    by King Vidor

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  4. 4.
    The Wind
    by Victor Sjöström

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  5. 5.
    The Wedding March
    by Erich von Stroheim

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  6. 6.
    All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal Cinema Classics)
    by Lewis Milestone

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  7. 7.
    City Lights (2 Disc Special Edition)
    by Charles Chaplin

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  8. 8.
    The Criminal Code
    by Howard Hawks

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  9. 9.
    Tabu (1931)
    by F.W. Murnau

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  11. 11.
    Grand Hotel (Snap case)

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  12. 12.
    King Kong (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Ernest B. Schoedsack

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  13. 13.
    Dinner at Eight
    by George Cukor

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  14. 14.
    Duck Soup
    by Leo McCarey

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  15. 15.
    42nd Street (Keep Case)
    by Lloyd Bacon

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  16. 16.
    I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
    by Mervyn LeRoy

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  17. 17.
    Queen Christina
    by Rouben Mamoulian

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  18. 19.
    The Scarlet Empress - Criterion Collection
    by Josef von Sternberg

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  19. 20.
    The Gay Divorcee
    by Mark Sandrich

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  20. 21.
    It Happened One Night
    by Frank Capra

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  21. 22.
    It's a Gift
    by Norman Z. McLeod

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  22. 23.
    Twentieth Century
    by Howard Hawks

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  24. 26.
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    Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
    by directed by Clyde Bruckman, starring W. C. Fields

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  25. 27.
    Mutiny on the Bounty
    by Frank Lloyd

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  26. 28.
    A Night at the Opera
    by Sam Wood

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  27. 29.
    Top Hat
    by Mark Sandrich

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  29. 31.
    Libeled Lady
    by Jack Conway

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  30. 32.
    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
    by Frank Capra

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  31. 33.
    Swing Time
    by George Stevens

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  32. 34.
    Stage Door
    by Gregory La Cava

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  33. 35.
    The Awful Truth
    by Leo McCarey

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  34. 36.
    A Star Is Born

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  35. 37.
    The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz

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  36. 38.
    Angels With Dirty Faces
    by Michael Curtiz

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  37. 39.
    Grand Illusion - Criterion Collection
    by Jean Renoir

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  38. 41.
    The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Victor Fleming

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  39. 42.
    Destry Rides Again
    by George Marshall

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  40. 43.
    Gone With the Wind (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by George Cukor

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  41. 44.
    Gunga Din
    by George Stevens

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  42. 46.
    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    by Frank Capra

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  43. 47.
    Stagecoach (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by John Ford

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  44. 48.
    The Women (Keepcase)
    by George Cukor

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Created by RobT2 on Dec 02, 2007.
 

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