With the announcement of the 2025 Oscars nominees fast approaching,predictions of likely Oscars winnersmay be challenged.

Decades later, she is still the youngest person to be honored by an Oscar award.

This is likely because it was honorary rather than a true competitive category.

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The award focused on one particular song that was choreographed and filmed by a dedicated dance director.

The 1929 award went to Roy Pomeroy for his creation of the effects in the 1927 movieWings.

While Best Engineering Effects was scrapped after the first ceremony, 10 years later a similar category appeared.

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Because of the overall Best Score category, there’s not really any reason to bring this one back.

The award was meant to highlight the high artistic quality of the film and its general cultural significance.

The Novelty category served as a combination of all the short film genres aside from cartoon and comedy.

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The Novelty category served as a combination of all the short film genres aside from cartoon and comedy.

Today any film under 40 minutes can be considered in the Best Short Film categories.

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Luise Rainer as Anna Held surrounded by showgirls in The Great Ziegfeld.

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