1930s Movies
1930-31
Picture
"CIMARRON", "East Lynne", "The Front Page", "Skippy", "Trader Horn"
Actor:
LIONEL BARRYMORE in "A Free Soul", Jackie Cooper in "Skippy", Richard Dix in
"Cimarron", Fredric March in "The Royal Family of Broadway", Adolphe Menjou in
"The Front Page"
Actress:
MARIE DRESSLER in "Min and Bill", Marlene Dietrich in "Morocco", Irene Dunne in
"Cimarron", Ann Harding in "Holiday", Norma Shearer in "A Free Soul"
Director:
NORMAN TAUROG for "Skippy", Clarence Brown for "A Free Soul", Lewis Milestone
for "The Front Page", Wesley Ruggles for "Cimarron", Josef von Sternberg for
"Morocco"
1931-32
Picture
"GRAND HOTEL", "Arrowsmith", "Bad Girl", "The Champ", "Five Star Final", "One Hour
With You", "Shanghai Express", "The Smiling Lieutenant"
Actor:
FREDRIC MARCH in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and WALLACE BEERY in "The Champ"
(tie), Alfred Lunt in "The Guardsman"
Actress:
HELEN HAYES in "The Sin of Madelon Claudet", Marie Dressler in "Emma", Lynn
Fontanne in "The Guardsman"
Director:
FRANK BORZAGE for "Bad Girl", King Vidor for "The Champ", Josef von Sternberg for
"Shanghai Express"
Special Award: Walt Disney for the creation of Mickey Mouse
1932-33
Picture:
"CAVALCADE", "A Farewell to Arms", "42nd Street", "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain
Gang", "Lady for a Day", "Little Women", "The Private Life of Henry VIII", "She Done
Him Wrong", "Smilin' Through", "State Fair"
Actor:
CHARLES LAUGHTON in "The Private Life of Henry VIII", Leslie Howard in "Berkeley
Square", Paul Muni in "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang"
Actress:
KATHARINE HEPBURN in "Morning Glory", May Robson in "Lady for a Day", Diana
Wynyard in "Cavalcade"
Director:
FRANK LLOYD for "Cavalcade", Frank Capra for "Lady For a Day", George Cukor for
"Little Women"
1934
Picture:
"IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT", "The Barretts of Wimpole Street", "Cleopatra", "Flirtation
Walk", "The Gay Divorcee", "Here Comes the Navy", "The House of Rothschild",
"Imitation of Life", "One Night of Love", "The Thin Man", "Viva Villa!", "The White
Parade"
Actor:
CLARK GABLE in "It Happened One Night", Frank Morgan in "Affairs of Cellini",
William Powell in "The Thin Man"
Actress:
CLAUDETTE COLBERT in "It Happened One Night", Grace Moore in "One Night of
Love", Norma Shearer in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street, " (write-in candidate Bette
Davis in "Of Human Bondage")
Director:
FRANK CAPRA for "It Happened One Night", Victor Schertzinger for "One Night of
Love", W. S. Van Dyke for "The Thin Man"
1935
Picture:
"MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY", "Alice Adams", "The Broadway Melody of 1936",
"Captain Blood", "David Copperfield", "The Informer", "Lives of a Bengal Lancer", "A
Midsummer Night's Dream", "Les Miserables", "Naughty Marietta", "Ruggles of Red
Gap", "Top Hat"
Actor:
VICTOR MCLAGLEN in "The Informer", Clark Gable in "Mutiny on the Bounty", Charles
Laughton in "Mutiny on the Bounty", Franchot Tone in "Mutiny on the Bounty"
Actress:
BETTE DAVIS in "Dangerous", Elisabeth Bergner in "Escape Me Never", Claudette
Colbert in "Private Worlds", Katharine Hepburn in "Alice Adams", Miriam Hopkins in
"Becky Sharp", Merle Oberon in "The Dark Angel"
Director:
JOHN FORD for "The Informer", Michael Curtiz for "Captain Blood", Henry Hathaway
for "Lives of a Bengal Lancer", Frank Lloyd for "Mutiny on the Bounty"
1936
Picture:
"THE GREAT ZIEGFELD", "Anthony Adverse", "Dodsworth", "Libeled Lady", "Mr.
Deeds Goes to Town", "Romeo and Juliet", "San Francisco", "The Story of Louis
Pasteur", "A Tale of Two Cities", "Three Smart Girls"
Actor:
PAUL MUNI in "The Story of Louis Pasteur", Gary Cooper in "Mr. Deeds Goes to
Town", Walter Huston in "Dodsworth", William Powell in "My Man Godfrey", Spencer
Tracy in "San Francisco"
Actress:
LUISE RAINER in "The Great Ziegfeld", Irene Dunne in "Theodora Goes Wild",
Gladys George in "Valiant Is the Word for Carrie", Carole Lombard in "My Man
Godfrey", Norma Shearer in "Romeo and Juliet"
Supporting Actor:
WALTER BRENNAN in "Come and Get It", Mischa Auer in "My Man Godfrey", Stuart
Erwin in "Pigskin Parade", Basil Rathbone in "Romeo and Juliet", Akim Tamiroff in
"The General Died at Dawn"
Supporting Actress:
GALE SONDERGAARD in "Anthony Adverse", Beulah Bondi in "The Gorgeous
Hussy", Alice Brady in "My Man Godfrey", Bonita Granville in "These Three," Maria
Ouspenskaya in "Dodsworth"
Director:
FRANK CAPRA for "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", Gregory La Cava for "My Man Godfrey",
Robert Z. Leonard for "The Great Ziegfeld", W. S. Van Dyke for "San Francisco",
William Wyler for "Dodsworth"
1937
Picture:
THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, "The Awful Truth", "Captains Courageous", "Dead End",
"The Good Earth", "In Old Chicago", "Lost Horizon", "One Hundred Men and a Girl",
"Stage Door", "A Star is Born"
Actor:
SPENCER TRACY in "Captains Courageous", Charles Boyer in "Conquest", Fredric
March in "A Star is Born", Robert Montgomery in "Night Must Fall", Paul Muni in "The
Life of Emile Zola"
Actress:
LUISE RAINER in "The Good Earth", Irene Dunne in "The Awful Truth", Greta Garbo in
"Camille", Janet Gaynor in "A Star is Born", Barbara Stanwyck in "Stella Dallas"
Supporting Actor:
JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT in "The Life of Emile Zola", Ralph Bellamy in "The Awful
Truth", Thomas Mitchell in "The Hurricane", H. B. Warner in "Lost Horizon", Roland
Young in "Topper"
Supporting Actress:
ALICE BRADY in "In Old Chicago", Andrea Leeds in "Stage Door", Anne Shirley in
"Stella Dallas", Claire Trevor in "Dead End", May Whitty in "Night Must Fall"
Director
: LEO MCCAREY for "The Awful Truth", William Dieterle for "The Life of Emile Zola",
Sidney Franklin for "The Good Earth", Gregory La Cava for "Stage Door", William
Wellmann for "A Star is Born"
1938
Picture:
"YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU", "The Adventures of Robin Hood", "Alexander's
Ragtime Band", "Boys Town", "The Citadel", "Four Daughters", "Grand Illusion",
"Jezebel", "Pygmalion", "Test Pilot"
Actor:
SPENCER TRACY in "Boys Town", Charles Boyer in "Algiers", James Cagney in
"Angels With Dirty Faces", Robert Donat in "The Citadel", Leslie Howard in
"Pygmalion"
Actress:
BETTE DAVIS in "Jezebel", Fay Bainter in "White Banners", Wendy Hiller in
"Pygmalion", Norma Shearer in "Marie Antoinette", Margaret Sullavan in "Three
Comrades"
Supporting Actor:
WALTER BRENNAN in "Kentucky", John Garfield in "Four Daughters", Gene Lockhart
in "Algiers", Robert Morley in "Marie Antoinette", Basil Rathbone in "If I Were King"
Supporting Actress:
FAY BAINTER in "Jezebel", Beulah Bondi in "Of Human Hearts", Billie Burke in
"Merrily We Live", Spring Byington in "You Can't Take it With You", Miliza Korjus in
"The Great Waltz"
Director:
FRANK CAPRA for "You Can't Take It With You", Michael Curtiz for "Angels With Dirty
Faces", Michael Curtiz for "Four Daughters", Norman Taurog for "Boys Town", King
Vidor for "The Citadel"
1939
Picture:
"GONE WITH THE WIND", "Dark Victory", "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", "Love Affair", "Mr.
Smith Goes to Washington", "Ninotchka", "Of Mice and Men", "Stagecoach", "The
Wizard of Oz", "Wuthering Heights"
Actor:
ROBERT DONAT in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", Clark Gable in "Gone With The Wind",
Laurence Olivier in "Wuthering Heights", Mickey Rooney in "Babes in Arms", James
Stewart in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
Actress:
VIVIEN LEIGH in "Gone With The Wind", Bette Davis in "Dark Victory", Irene Dunne in
"Love Affair", Greta Garbo in "Ninotchka", Greer Garson in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
Supporting Actor:
THOMAS MITCHELL in "Stagecoach", Brian Aherne in "Juarez", Harry Carey in "Mr.
Smith Goes to Washington", Brian Donlevy in "Beau Geste", Claude Rains in "Mr.
Smith Goes to Washington"
Supporting Actress:
HATTIE MCDANIEL in "Gone With The Wind", Olivia de Havilland in "Gone With The
Wind", Geraldine Fitzgerald in "Wuthering Heights", Edna May Oliver in "Drums Along
the Mohawk", Maria Ouspenskaya in "Love Affair"
Director:
VICTOR FLEMING for "Gone With The Wind", Frank Capra for "Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington", John Ford for "Stagecoach", Sam Wood for "Goodbye, Mr. Chips",
William Wyler for "Wuthering Heights"
