Century Film Project

So, once again the Academy Award nominations have been announced, so once again I announce the nominees for the Century Awards. This year, incidentally, I saw several Oscar nominees – all in categories like “production design” and “visual effects” and “makeup and hairstyling.” So yeah, whatever.

Some basic ground rules, once again: I do not have categories for animation or shorts. Those movies are treated like everything else, since they were on a more even playing field at the time. I didn’t actually watch any animation for 1916, so that’s moot anyway, but lots of shorts (mostly comedy) have been nominated in various categories. I only watched one documentary this year, so that category’s a gimme, but I have included it as a nominee in a number of other areas, including Best Picture (because it really is good enough to be considered for it). Oh, and I make no distinction between English and “foreign language” films, since with Intertitles it makes minimal difference.

I do reserve the right to make changes in the final weeks as there are still a few more 1916 films I hope to get around to watching. If you have any opinions on these nominations, or suggestions for things I should watch (especially if they can be seen for free on the Internet), please do write a comment.

Best Documentary

1. Battle of the Somme

Best Makeup/Hairstyling

1. Intolerance
2. Queen of Spades
3. Waiters Ball
4. The Danger Girl
5. Snow White

Best Costume Design

1. Intolerance
2. The Curse of Quon Gwon
3. Queen of Spades
4. Snow White
5. Joan the Woman

Best Production Design

1. Intolerance
2. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea
3. One A.M.
4. Joan the Woman
5. The Captive God

Best Stunts

1. The Matrimaniac
2. Flirting with Fate
3. His Picture in the Papers
4. Reggie Mixes In
5. The Poison Man (Les Vampires)
6. The Rink

Best Film Editing

1. Intolerance
2. East Is East
3. His Picture in the Papers
4. The Battle of the Somme
5. The Bloody Wedding (Les Vampires)

Best Cinematography

1. Eugene Gaudio, for “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”
2. Elgin Lessley, for “He Did and He Didn’t”
3. Billy Bitzer, for “Intolerance”
4. Joseph H. August, for “Hell’s Hinges”
5. Carl Hoffmann, for “Homunculus”

Best Visual Effects (includes animation)

1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
2. The Spectre (Les Vampires)
3. The Devil’s Needle
4. Homunculus
5. The Mysterious Shadow (Judex)

Best Screenplay

1. East Is East
2. Hell’s Hinges
3. The Curse of Quon Gwon
4. A Life for A Life
5. Joan the Woman

Best Supporting Actress

1. Lidiia Koroneva, in “A Life for a Life”
2. Louise Glaum, in “Return of Draw Egan”
3. Constance Talmadge, in “Intolerance”
4. Marion E. Wong, in “The Curse of Quon Gwon”
5. Musidora, in “The Lord of Thunder” (Les Vampires)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Al St. John, in “Fatty and Mabel Adrift”
2. Robert McKim, in “The Return of Draw Egan”
3. Eric Campbell, in “The Count”
4. Marcel Levésque, in “The Bloody Wedding”
5. Ernest Maupain, in “Sherlock Holmes”

Best Leading Actor

1. William Gillette, in “Sherlock Holmes”
2. Charlie Chaplin, in “The Vagabond”
3. Olaf Fønss, in “Homonculus”
4. Henry Edwards, in “East Is East”
5. William S. Hart, in “Hell’s Hinges”

Best Leading Actress

1. Vera Kholodnaia, in “A Life for a Life”
2. Florence Turner, in “East Is East”
3. Geraldine Farrar, in “Joan the Woman”
4. Marguerite Clark, in “Snow White”
5. Violet Wong, in “The Curse of Quon Gwon”

Best Director

1. Evgeni Bauer, for “A Life for a Life”
2. Yakov Protazonov, for “Queen of Spades”
3. Marion E. Wong, for “The Curse of Quon Gwon”
4. Cecil B. DeMille, for “Joan the Woman”
5. Charles Swickard and William S. Hart, for “Hell’s Hinges”

Best Picture

1. “Intolerance”
2. “Hell’s Hinges”
3. “The Curse of Quon Gwon”
4. “East Is East”
5. “A Life for a Life”
6. “Joan the Woman”
7. “Homunculus”
8. “Sherlock Holmes”
9. “The Battle of the Somme”
10. “The Return of Draw Egan”