Academy Award Winners, 1930-19391930-31 Best Production (Picture) Winner: Cimarron Nominees: East Lynne, The Front Page, Skippy, Trader Horn Best Actor Winner: Lionel Barrymore in A Free Soul Nominees: Jackie Cooper in Skippy, Richard Dix in Cimarron, Fredric March in The Royal Family of Broadway, Adolphe Menjou in The Front Page Best Actress Winner: Marie Dressler in Min and Bill Nominees: Marlene Dietrich in Morocco, Irene Dunne in Cimarron, Ann Harding in Holiday, Norma Shearer in A Free Soul Best Director Winner: Norman Taurog for Skippy Nominees: Clarence Brown for A Free Soul, Lewis Milestone for The Front Page, Wesley Ruggles for Cimarron, Josef von Sternberg for Morocco 1931-32 Best Production (Picture) Winner: Grand Hotel Nominees: Arrowsmith, Bad Girl, The Champ, Five Star Final, One Hour With You, Shanghai Express, The Smiling Lieutenant Best Actor Winner: Fredric March in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Wallace Beery in The Champ (tie) Nominees: Alfred Lunt in The Guardsman Best Actress Winner: Helen Hayes in The Sin of Madelon Claudet Nominees: Marie Dressler in Emma, Lynn Fontanne in The Guardsman Best Director Winner: Frank Borzage for Bad Girl Nominees: King Vidor for The Champ, Josef von Sternberg for Shanghai Express Special Award Walt Disney for creating Mickey Mouse 1932-33 Best Picture Winner: Cavalcade Nominees: 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 Best Actor Winner: Charles Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII Nominees: Leslie Howard in Berkeley Square, Paul Muni in I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang Best Actress Winner: Katharine Hepburn in Morning Glory Nominees: May Robson in Lady for a Day, Diana Wynyard in Cavalcade Best Director Winner: Frank Lloyd for Cavalcade Nominees: Frank Capra for Lady For a Day, George Cukor for Little Women 1934 Best Picture Winner: It Happened One Night Nominees: 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 Best Actor Winner: Clark Gable in It Happened One Night Nominees: Frank Morgan in Affairs of Cellini, William Powell in The Thin Man Best Actress Winner: Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night Nominees: Grace Moore in One Night of Love, Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street Best Director Winner: Frank Capra for It Happened One Night Nominees: Victor Schertzinger for One Night of Love, W. 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Van Dyke for The Thin Man 1935 Best Picture Winner: Mutiny On The Bounty Nominees: 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 Best Actor Winner: Victor Mclaglen in The Informer Nominees: Clark Gable in Mutiny on the Bounty, Charles Laughton in Mutiny on the Bounty, Franchot Tone in Mutiny on the Bounty Best Actress Winner: Bette Davis in Dangerous Nominees: 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 Best Director Winner: John Ford for The Informer Nominees: Michael Curtiz for Captain Blood, Henry Hathaway for Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Frank Lloyd for Mutiny on the Bounty 1936 Best Picture Winner: The Great Ziegfeld Nominees: 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 Best Actor Winner: Paul Muni in The Story of Louis Pasteur Nominees: Gary Cooper in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Walter Huston in Dodsworth, William Powell in My Man Godfrey, Spencer Tracy in San Francisco Best Actress Winner: Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld Nominees: 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 Best Supporting Actor Winner: Walter Brennan in Come and Get It Nominees: 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 Best Supporting Actress Winner: Gale Sondergaard in Anthony Adverse Nominees: Beulah Bondi in The Gorgeous Hussy, Alice Brady in My Man Godfrey, Bonita Granville in These Three, Maria Ouspenskaya in Dodsworth Best Director Winner: Frank Capra for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Nominees: 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 Best Picture Winner: The Life Of Emile Zola Nominees: 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 Best Actor Winner: Spencer Tracy in Captains Courageous Nominees: 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 Best Actress Winner: Luise Rainer in The Good Earth Nominees: Irene Dunne in The Awful Truth, Greta Garbo in Camille, Janet Gaynor in A Star is Born, Barbara Stanwyck in Stella Dallas Best Supporting Actor Winner: Joseph Schildkraut in The Life of Emile Zola Nominees: Ralph Bellamy in The Awful Truth, Thomas Mitchell in The Hurricane, H. B. Warner in Lost Horizon, Roland Young in Topper Best Supporting Actress Winner: Alice Brady in In Old Chicago Nominees: Andrea Leeds in Stage Door, Anne Shirley in Stella Dallas, Claire Trevor in Dead End, May Whitty in Night Must Fall Best Director Winner: Leo McCarey for The Awful Truth Nominees: 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 Best Picture Winner: You Can't Take It With You Nominees: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Boys Town, The Citadel, Four Daughters, Grand Illusion, Jezebel, Pygmalion, Test Pilot Best Actor Winner: Spencer Tracy in Boys Town Nominees: Charles Boyer in Algiers, James Cagney in Angels With Dirty Faces, Robert Donat in The Citadel, Leslie Howard in Pygmalion Best Actress Winner: Bette Davis in Jezebel Nominees: Fay Bainter in White Banners, Wendy Hiller in Pygmalion, Norma Shearer in Marie Antoinette, Margaret Sullavan in Three Comrades Best Supporting Actor Winner: Walter Brennan in Kentucky Nominees: John Garfield in Four Daughters, Gene Lockhart in Algiers, Robert Morley in Marie Antoinette, Basil Rathbone in If I Were King Best Supporting Actress Winner: Fay Bainter in Jezebel Nominees: 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 Best Director Winner: Frank Capra for You Can't Take It With You Nominees: Michael Curtiz for Angels With Dirty Faces, Michael Curtiz for Four Daughters, Norman Taurog for Boys Town, King Vidor for The Citadel 1939 Best Picture Winner: Gone With The Wind Nominees: Dark Victory, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Love Affair, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men, Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights Best Actor Winner: Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips Nominees: 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 Best Actress Winner: Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind Nominees: Bette Davis in Dark Victory, Irene Dunne in Love Affair, Greta Garbo in Ninotchka, Greer Garson in Goodbye, Mr. Chips Best Supporting Actor Winner: Thomas Mitchell in Stagecoach Nominees: 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 Best Supporting Actress Winner:Hattie Mcdaniel in Gone With The Wind Nominees: 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 Best Director Winner: Victor Fleming for Gone With The Wind Nominees: Frank Capra for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, John Ford for Stagecoach, Sam Wood for Goodbye, Mr. Chips, William Wyler for Wuthering Heights Return from Oscar Winners 1930-1939 to Oscar Winners Main Page |