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|image             = 3rd Oscars.jpg
| number           = 3
| award            = Academy Awards
| date             = November 5, 1930
| site             = [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|The Ambassador Hotel]]<br>[[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| host             = [[Conrad Nagel]]
| best_picture     = ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]''
| most_wins        = ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' and ''[[The Big House (1930 film)|The Big House]]'' (2)
| most_nominations = ''[[The Love Parade]]'' (6)
| last             = 2nd
| next             = 4th
}}

The '''3rd Academy Awards''' were held on November 5, 1930, by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS), awarding films released between August 1, 1929, and July 31, 1930. AMPAS decided to hold the awards in November to move them closer to the eligibility period; therefore, the ceremony took place only seven months after the [[2nd Academy Awards]], making 1930 the only year in which two Academy Awards ceremonies were held. This was the first ceremony to be voted on by the full membership, rather than by the small clique that voted at the previous two ceremonies.<ref name="Oscars '29-30 Notes">{{cite book |last1=Wallechinsky |first1=David |last2=Wallace |first2=Irving |date=1975 |title=The People's Almanac |url=https://archive.org/details/peoplesalmanac00wall/page/832/mode/2up |location=Garden City, New York |publisher=Doubleday & Company, Inc. |page=833 |isbn=0-385-04060-1}}</ref>

''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' became the first film to win both Best Picture and Best Director, which would become common in later years. Lewis Milestone became the first person to win two Oscars, having won Best Director – Comedy at the [[1st Academy Awards]]. ''[[The Love Parade]]'' received six nominations, the greatest number of any film to that point, but did not win in any category.

[[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound Recording]] was introduced this year, making it the first new category since the inception of the Oscars. It was awarded to [[Douglas Shearer]], brother of Best Actress winner [[Norma Shearer]], making them the [[List of Academy Award-winning families|first sibling winners]] in Oscar history. [[Ruth Chatterton]]'s performance in ''[[Sarah and Son]]'', directed by [[Dorothy Arzner]], was the first nominee from a female-directed film.

A portion of the awards were filmed for the first time:<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt0mgFtdQwk The 3rd Academy Awards in 1930 - YouTube]</ref> [[Universal Pictures]] co-founder and president [[Carl Laemmle]] receiving a special Academy Award for ''All Quiet on the Western Front'', given to him by [[Louis B. Mayer]], vice president of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]; Norma Shearer winning Best Actress for ''[[The Divorcee]]'', and screenwriter [[Frances Marion]] winning [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Writing]] for ''[[The Big House (1930 film)|The Big House]]''.

== Winners and nominees==
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Nominees were announced on September 19, 1930. Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''boldface'''.<ref name="Oscars1930">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1931 |title=The 3rd Academy Awards (1930) Nominees and Winners |access-date=March 22, 2014 |publisher=Oscars.org ([[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113041225/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1931 |archive-date=November 13, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Official Academy Awards Database|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/}} Reader must select "1929/30" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search".</ref>
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Picture|Outstanding Production]]}}
*'''''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' – [[Carl Laemmle]], for [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]'''{{double dagger}}
** ''[[The Big House (1930 film)|The Big House]]'' – [[Irving Thalberg]] for [[Cosmopolitan Productions|Cosmopolitan]]
** ''[[Disraeli (1929 film)|Disraeli]]'' – [[Jack L. Warner]] and [[Darryl F. Zanuck]] for [[Warner Bros.]]
** ''[[The Divorcee]]'' – [[Robert Z. Leonard]] for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
** ''[[The Love Parade]]'' – [[Ernst Lubitsch]] for [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Famous Lasky]]
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Directing]]}}
*'''[[Lewis Milestone]]&nbsp;– ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'''''{{double dagger}}
** [[Clarence Brown]]&nbsp;– ''[[Anna Christie (1930 English-language film)|Anna Christie]]''
** [[Robert Z. Leonard|Robert Leonard]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Divorcee]]''
** [[King Vidor]]&nbsp;– ''[[Hallelujah (film)|Hallelujah]]''
** [[Ernst Lubitsch]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Love Parade]]''
** Clarence Brown&nbsp;– ''[[Romance (1930 film)|Romance]]''
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| valign="top" width="50%" |{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]}}
*'''[[George Arliss]]&nbsp;– ''[[Disraeli (1929 film)|Disraeli]]'' as [[Benjamin Disraeli]]'''{{double dagger}}
** George Arliss&nbsp;– ''[[The Green Goddess (1930 film)|The Green Goddess]]'' as The Raja
** [[Wallace Beery]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Big House (1930 film)|The Big House]]'' as Butch
** [[Maurice Chevalier]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Big Pond]]'' as Pierre Mirande and ''[[The Love Parade]]'' as The Count Alfred Renard
** [[Ronald Colman]]&nbsp;– ''[[Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)|Bulldog Drummond]]'' as Hugh Drummond and ''[[Condemned (1929 film)|Condemned]]'' as Michel
** [[Lawrence Tibbett]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Rogue Song]]'' as Yegor
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]}}
*'''[[Norma Shearer]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Divorcee]]'' as Jerry Martin'''{{double dagger}}
**[[Nancy Carroll]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Devil's Holiday]]'' as Hallie Hobart
** [[Ruth Chatterton]]&nbsp;– ''[[Sarah and Son]]'' as Sarah Storm
** [[Greta Garbo]]&nbsp;– ''[[Anna Christie (1930 English-language film)|Anna Christie]]'' as Anna Christie and ''[[Romance (1930 film)|Romance]]'' as Rita Cavallini
** Norma Shearer&nbsp;– ''[[Their Own Desire]]'' as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
** [[Gloria Swanson]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Trespasser (1929 film)|The Trespasser]]'' as Marion Donnell
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Writing]]}}
*'''''[[The Big House (1930 film)|The Big House]]''&nbsp;– [[Frances Marion]]'''{{double dagger}}
** ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]''&nbsp;– [[George Abbott]], [[Maxwell Anderson]], and [[Del Andrews]], based on [[All Quiet on the Western Front|the novel]] by [[Erich Maria Remarque]]
** ''[[Disraeli (1929 film)|Disraeli]]''&nbsp;– [[Julien Josephson]], based on [[Disraeli (play)|the play]] by [[Louis N. Parker]]
** ''[[The Divorcee]]''&nbsp;– [[John Meehan (screenwriter)|John Meehan]], based on the novel ''Ex-Wife'' by [[Ursula Parrott]]
** ''[[Street of Chance (1930 film)|Street of Chance]]''&nbsp;– [[Howard Estabrook]], based on a story by Oliver H. P. Garrett
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound Recording]]}}
*'''''[[The Big House (1930 film)|The Big House]]''&nbsp;– [[Douglas Shearer]]'''{{double dagger}}
** ''[[The Case of Sergeant Grischa (film)|The Case of Sergeant Grischa]]''&nbsp;– [[John Tribby|John E. Tribby]]
** ''[[The Love Parade]]''&nbsp;– [[Franklin Hansen]]
** ''[[Raffles (1930 film)|Raffles]]''&nbsp;– [[Oscar Lagerstrom]]
** ''[[Song of the Flame (film)|Song of the Flame]]''&nbsp;– [[George Groves (sound engineer)|George Groves]]
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]}}
*'''''[[King of Jazz]]''&nbsp;– [[Herman Rosse]]'''{{double dagger}}
** ''[[Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)|Bulldog Drummond]]''&nbsp;– [[William Cameron Menzies]]
** ''[[The Love Parade]]''&nbsp;– [[Hans Dreier]]
** ''[[Sally (1929 film)|Sally]]''&nbsp;– [[Jack Okey]]
** ''[[The Vagabond King (1930 film)|The Vagabond King]]''&nbsp;– Hans Dreier
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{{Award category|#F9EFAA|[[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]}}
*'''''[[With Byrd at the South Pole]]''&nbsp;– [[Joseph T. Rucker]] and [[Willard Van der Veer]]'''{{double dagger}}
** ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]''&nbsp;– [[Arthur Edeson]]
** ''[[Anna Christie (1930 English-language film)|Anna Christie]]''&nbsp;– [[William Daniels (cinematographer)|William Daniels]]
** ''[[Hell's Angels (film)|Hell's Angels]]''&nbsp;– [[Tony Gaudio]] and [[Harry Perry (cinematographer)|Harry Perry]]
** ''[[The Love Parade]]''&nbsp;– [[Victor Milner]]
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== Multiple nominations and awards ==
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center; float:left; margin-right:1em;"
|+Films with multiple nominations
|-
! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film
|-
|6
|''[[The Love Parade]]''
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"| 4
|''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]''
|-
|''[[The Big House (1930 film)|The Big House]]''
|-
|''[[The Divorcee]]''
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 3
|''[[Disraeli (1929 film)|Disraeli]]'' 
|-
|''[[Anna Christie (1930 English-language film)|Anna Christie]]''
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 2
|''[[Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)|Bulldog Drummond]]''
|-
|''[[Romance (1930 film)|Romance]]''
|}

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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center; float:left; margin-right:1em;"
|+ Films with multiple wins
|-
! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Wins
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 2
|''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]''
|-
|''[[The Big House (1930 film)|The Big House]]''
|}

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== See also ==

* [[1929 in film]]
* [[1930 in film]]

==References==
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