Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mhemberero ye1st Academy Awards yakaitwa muna 1929 naJanet Gaynor achigamuchira mubairo nokuda kwemabasa ake mu"7th Heaven", "Street Angel", uye "". Parizvino, vakasarudzwa vanosarudzwa nevhoti imwe chete inotakurika mukati mebazi revatambi veAMPAS; vanokunda vanosarudzwa nevhoti yakawanda kubva kunhengo dzese dzekuvhota dzeAcademy. Mumakore matatu okutanga emibairo, vatambi vechikadzi vakasarudzwa sevakanakisisa mumapoka avo. Panguva iyoyo, basa ravo rose mukati menguva yekukodzera (mafirimu anosvika matatu, mune dzimwe nguva) akanyorwa mushure memubairo. Zvisinei, mukati memhemberero yechitatu
rakaitwa muna 1930, rimwe chete remafirimu iwayo ndiro rakataurwa mumubayiro wokupedzisira womukundi mumwe nomumwe, kunyange zvazvo mumwe nomumwe wavakundi vanoshanda akanga ane mafirimu maviri anotevera mazita avo pamabhoti.