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1933

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The 5th Academy Awards | 1933
Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel
Friday, November 18, 1932
Honoring movies released from August 1, 1931 - July 31, 1932.
Highlights
Special Award
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Walt Disney

for the creation of Mickey Mouse

Best Actor
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The Champ

Wallace Beery, with Lionel Barrymore and Master of Ceremonies Conrad Nagel

Best Actress
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Helen Hayes

Memorable Moments
Fredric March
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Best Actor winner for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with wife Florence Eldridge

Lee Garmes
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Cinematography winner for Shanghai Express

Hal Roach
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Short Film winner for The Music Box, with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Wallace Beery
The Champ
Winner
Fredric March
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Nominees
Alfred Lunt
The Guardsman
Actress
Winner
Helen Hayes
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Nominees
Marie Dressler
Emma
Nominees
Lynn Fontanne
The Guardsman
Art Direction
Winner
Transatlantic
Gordon Wiles
Nominees
Lazare Meerson
Nominees
Arrowsmith
Richard Day
Cinematography
Winner
Shanghai Express
Lee Garmes
Nominees
Arrowsmith
Ray June
Nominees
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Karl Struss
Directing
Winner
Bad Girl
Frank Borzage
Nominees
The Champ
King Vidor
Nominees
Shanghai Express
Josef Von Sternberg
Outstanding Production
Winner
Grand Hotel
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Arrowsmith
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Nominees
Bad Girl
Fox
Nominees
The Champ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Five Star Final
First National
Nominees
One Hour with You
Paramount Publix
Nominees
Shanghai Express
Paramount Publix
Nominees
The Smiling Lieutenant
Paramount Publix
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Flowers and Trees
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
It's Got Me Again
Leon Schlesinger, Producer
Nominees
Mickey's Orphans
Walt Disney, Producer
Short Subject (Comedy)
Winner
The Music Box
Hal Roach, Producer
Nominees
The Loud Mouth
Mack Sennett, Producer
Nominees
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
RKO Radio
Short Subject (Novelty)
Winner
Wrestling Swordfish
Mack Sennett, Producer
Nominees
Screen Souvenirs
Paramount Publix
Nominees
Swing High
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sound Recording
Winner
Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department
Nominees
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
Nominees
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
Nominees
Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department
Writing (Adaptation)
Winner
Bad Girl
Edwin Burke
Nominees
Arrowsmith
Sidney Howard
Nominees
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein
Writing (Original Story)
Winner
The Champ
Frances Marion
Nominees
Lady and Gent
Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
Nominees
The Star Witness
Lucien Hubbard
Nominees
What Price Hollywood?
Adela Rogers St. Johns, Jane Murfin

A

Arrowsmith
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction - Richard Day
  • Cinematography - Ray June
  • Outstanding Production - Samuel Goldwyn Productions
  • Writing (Adaptation) - Sidney Howard

B

Bad Girl
3 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Directing - Frank Borzage
  • * Writing (Adaptation) - Edwin Burke
  • Outstanding Production - Fox

C

The Champ
4 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Actor - Wallace Beery
  • * Writing (Original Story) - Frances Marion
  • Directing - King Vidor
  • Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

D

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actor - Fredric March
  • Cinematography - Karl Struss
  • Writing (Adaptation) - Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein

E

Emma
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Marie Dressler

F

Five Star Final
1 NOMINATION
  • Outstanding Production - First National
Flowers and Trees
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer

G

Grand Hotel
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Guardsman
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor - Alfred Lunt
  • Actress - Lynn Fontanne

I

It's Got Me Again
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Leon Schlesinger, Producer

L

Lady and Gent
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Story) - Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
The Loud Mouth
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Comedy) - Mack Sennett, Producer

M

Mickey's Orphans
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
The Music Box
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Comedy) - Hal Roach, Producer

O

One Hour with You
1 NOMINATION
  • Outstanding Production - Paramount Publix

S

Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Comedy) - RKO Radio
Screen Souvenirs
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Novelty) - Paramount Publix
Shanghai Express
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Cinematography - Lee Garmes
  • Directing - Josef Von Sternberg
  • Outstanding Production - Paramount Publix
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Actress - Helen Hayes
The Smiling Lieutenant
1 NOMINATION
  • Outstanding Production - Paramount Publix
The Star Witness
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Story) - Lucien Hubbard
Swing High
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Novelty) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

T

Transatlantic
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Art Direction - Gordon Wiles

W

What Price Hollywood?
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Story) - Adela Rogers St. Johns, Jane Murfin
Wrestling Swordfish
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Novelty) - Mack Sennett, Producer
No Films Found