The Barkleys of Broadway was nominated for one Oscar, Color Cinematography by Harry Stradling.

First National

 

Set in a carnival, George Fitzmaurice's romantic drama stars Douglas Fairbanks and Betty Compson, who was nominated for Best Actress.

 

With a long experience to her credit, Compson (and the industry) regarded her part as a comeback performance, and the nomination helped to revive her career for a brief time in such films as “The Docks of New York” with George Bancroft, and “Weary River” with Richard Bathelmes.

 

Betty Compson was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar, but the winner was Mary Pickford for “Coquette.”

 

 

Rovira Beleta's film was Spain's entry for the Foreign Oscar, a tragic Gypsy romantic tale told in song and dance, and accompanied by music from Manuel de Falla.

Dance director LeRoy Printz probably was nominated for the sequence of the “Vienna Waltz.”

 

Absence of Malice received three Oscar Nominations: Best Actor for Paul Newman, Supporting Actress for Melinda Dillon and Screenplay (Original) by Kurt Luedtke.

 

Oscar Awards: None

 

Oscar Context:

 

The winner of the Best Actor Oscar was Henry Fonda for the melodrama “On Golden Pond.”  Maureen Stapleton won the Supporting Actress Oscar for Warren Beatty's epic “Reds.”

 

The Original Screenplay Oscar went to Colin Welland for the British film “Chariots of Fire,” which also won Best Picture.