Alibi is a 1929 American crime film directed by Roland West. The screenplay was written by West and C. Gardner Sullivan, who adapted the 1927 Broadway stage play, Nightstick, written by Elaine Sterne
Theatrical release poster
Alibi ad in The Film Daily, 1929
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since the awards debuted on May 16, 1929. This award goes to the p
Alibi (1929 film)
…DeWitt Jennings as Officer O'Brien (uncredited) The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, including for Best Picture (Roland West), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Chester Morris) and Best Art Direction (William Cameron Menzies).Time praised it as "more credible than…
The 98th recipients: Paul Thomas Anderson (pictured), Adam Somner (posth.), and Sara Murphy
Harvey Weinstein (pictured in 2014)
Jeffrey Katzenberg (pictured in 2022) was responsible for Beauty and the Beast being nominated for Best Picture