This week we're at the 1929 Academy Awards as we watch three films that were all nominated for Best Picture. We take the Best Picture Winner and discuss in depth our thoughts while comparing it to two of the other nominees as we sample a craft brew from Firestone Walker in Marina Del Rey, CA.

Films:

The Broadway Melody (Released: 1929) - 1929 Oscars Best Film Winner

- - Director: Harry Beaumont

- - Starring: Bessie Love, Anita Page, Charles King, & Eddie Kane

- - Plot: A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.

Alibi (Released: 1929) - 1929 Oscars Best Film Nominee

- - Director: Roland West

- - Starring: Chester Morris, Eleanor Griffith, Regis Toomey, Purnell Pratt, & Pat O’Malley

- - Plot: Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, is released from prison and marries the police sergeant’s daughter. Shortly after marriage, Chick is accused of murdering a policeman during a robbery while he was at the theater with his wife. Will the alibi hold as the detective squad employs its most sophisticated and barbaric techniques to bring him to justice?

In Old Arizona (Released: 1928) - 1929 Oscars Best Film Nominee

- - Director: Irving Cummings & Raoul Walsh

- - Starring: Edmund Lowe, Warner Baxter, Dorothy Burgess, & Soledad Jiménez

- - Plot: A charming, happy-go-lucky bandit in old Arizona plays cat-and-mouse with an Army Sergeant trying to catch him while he romances a local beauty.

Brewery: Firestone Walker

- - Beer: Oaktoberfest

In this Podcast we compare the Best Picture Winner with two of the other nominees at the Academy Awards each year and deep dive into each film to discuss whether we agree with the film that took home the Oscar.

We also compare three of the highest grossing films for the same year to determine if the Oscars picked the best film of that year, or did moviegoers spend their money on a better movie at the theaters.