The best from the first 10 Oscar winners
I have just watched "The Life of Emil Zola" and thus have checked out the first 10 Oscar winners for the best picture. I must say "Zola" is so far the best out of those 10. It is a movie which for me defines an "Oscar movie": captivating story with a happy end, wonderful performances (especially that of Muni), memorable scenes (freeing of Dreyfuss, Zola's court speech), proper length.
Compared to its very average precedessor, "The Great Ziegfeld", "Zola" appears even more magnificent.