Emil Jannings

With the triple whammy of the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals, the awards season has kicked into high gear. Following it all is the Notes on a Season column, which returns on a regular basis to track the progress of the awards contenders to...

From The Times: April 4, 1930 Mary Pickford and Warner Baxter gave the outstanding performances in motion pictures during the year ending July 31, 1929. The awards were announced last night at the annual merit award banquet of the Academy of Motion...

3-1/2stars (out of 4) "Piccadilly," a silent classic forgotten for decades, resurfaces this week at the Gene Siskel Center - and it's a must-see for film buffs. This sparkling revival of E.A. Dupont's 1929 British romantic crime-drama, in a...

When: May 16, 1929 Where: Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Host: Academy President Douglas Fairbanks and William C. DeMille Winners Best picture: "Wings"; best actress: Janet Gaynor for "Sunrise," "Seventh Heaven" and "Street Angel";...

MOVIES `THE BLUE ANGEL' A newly restored version of one of the great classics of movie eroticism is now at the Music Box: Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings 1930's "The Blue Angel." Jannings was regarded as the best film actor of his day when he...

Polish filmmakers recently have been making new versions of their country's beloved 19th century novels, none more cherished than those by Henryk Sienkiewicz. The veteran Jerzy Kawalerowicz, who turns 80 this year, has completed an elaborate version of...

Film fans, prepare for a busy, gratifying fall. In addition to the spate of remakes, sequels and prequels at the cineplex, the art-house calendar might as well be wrapped in a celluloid ribbon. Dates have yet to be finalized in most cases, but there are...

If anybody knows the whereabouts of the Oscar statuette for "Wings," the first film to win the best picture honor back on Feb. 17, 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences would love to hear from you. The academy wanted the early Oscar for...

denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Richard Barthelmess as Nickie Elkins in THE NOOSE First National Richard Barthelmess as The Patent Leather Kid in THE PATENT LEATHER KID First National Emil Jannings as General Dolgorucki/...