What is the only movie to win an Academy Award in a competitive category without being nominated?

zbeckabee

Grand Hotel won the Best Picture Oscar -- it is the only film to have won the Award [without winning any others] and not being nominated [in another category]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Hotel_%28film%29 Apr 11 07, 5:12 AM

peasypod

Yes, that's the one I thought of too, until I re-read the question again. I may be wrong, but the question asks for a film who has won an Academy Award for a category to which it was NOT nominated for in the first place. Could be I just need a little sleep... Apr 11 07, 5:31 AM

zbeckabee

Yup Peasy...that's what I put in the brackets. I figured they just hadn't read their source correctly because I couldn't find anything else. Apr 11 07, 8:56 AM

bottle_rocket

The question is worded correctly and I have it on good authority that there is an answer. Apr 11 07, 4:12 PM

spanishliz

There were no "officially announced" nominees for the second award ceremony, held in 1930, so it could be "The Broadway Melody" (1929) that won Best Picture at that event. http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/1930-1 Apr 11 07, 8:39 PM

zbeckabee

The Jazz Singer -- Special Academy Award to Warner Bros. production chief Darryl F. Zanuck "for producing The Jazz Singer, the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer_%281927_film%29#Awards_and_nominations Apr 11 07, 8:54 PM

bottle_rocket

It beat other officially nominated films and wasn't a special award. Apr 11 07, 9:33 PM

zbeckabee

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Achievement In Cinematography) Hal Mohr was a write-in candidate, and therefore isn't officially considered to have received a nomination, although he did receive the award. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Academy_Awards#Achievement_In_Cinematography Apr 12 07, 3:23 AM

bottle_rocket

Nice job, zbeckabee! Imagine how shocked and upset the nominees must have been. Apr 12 07, 3:49 AM