Academy Awards®
Awards for 1932 - 1933


Picture
* Winfield Sheehan - Studio Head, CAVALCADE
Adolph Zukor - Studio Head, A FAREWELL TO ARMS
Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer, Hal Wallis - Producer, 42ND STREET
Hal B. Wallis - Producer, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG
Frank Capra - Producer, LADY FOR A DAY
Merian C. Cooper - Producer, Kenneth MacGowan - Producer, LITTLE WOMEN
Alexander Korda - Producer, THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII
William LeBaron - Producer, SHE DONE HIM WRONG
Irving Thalberg - Producer, SMILIN' THROUGH
Winfield Sheehan - Studio Head, STATE FAIR

Actor
Leslie Howard, BERKELEY SQUARE
* Charles Laughton, THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII
Paul Muni, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG

Actress
* Katharine Hepburn, MORNING GLORY
May Robson, LADY FOR A DAY
Diana Wynyard, CAVALCADE


Director
Frank Capra, LADY FOR A DAY
George Cukor, LITTLE WOMEN
* Frank Lloyd, CAVALCADE

Writing - Original Story
* Robert Lord, ONE WAY PASSAGE
Frances Marion, THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADY
Charles MacArthur, RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS

Writing - Adaptation
Robert Riskin, LADY FOR A DAY
* Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason, LITTLE WOMEN
Paul Green, Sonya Levien, STATE FAIR

Art Direction
* William S. Darling - Art Direction, CAVALCADE
Hans Dreier - Art Direction, Roland Anderson - Art Direction, A FAREWELL TO ARMS
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, WHEN LADIES MEET

Cinematography
* Charles Bryant Lang, Jr., A FAREWELL TO ARMS
George Folsey, REUNION IN VIENNA
Karl Struss, THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

Assistant Director
This award was instituted in 1932-1933.
Multiple award given this year only. Titles of films were not specified.
* Charles Barton (Paramount Pictures)
* Scott Beal (Universal Pictures)
* Charles Dorian (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
* Fred Fox (United Artists)
* Gordon Hollingshead (Warner Bros.)
* Dewey Starkey (RKO Pictures)
* William Tummel (Fox Film Corporation)

Animated Short
Walt Disney - Producer, BUILDING A BUILDING
Walter Lantz - Producer, THE MERRY OLD SOUL
* Walt Disney - Producer, THE THREE LITTLE PIGS

Short Subjects - Novelty
* Educational, KRAKATOA
Pete Smith - Producer, MENU
Educational, THE SEA

Short Subjects - Comedy
Universal, MISTER MUGG
RKO Radio, PREFERRED LIST
* RKO Radio, SO THIS IS HARRIS

Sound Recording
* Harold C. Lewis, A FAREWELL TO ARMS
Nathan Levinson, 42ND STREET
Nathan Levinson, GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
Nathan Levinson, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG

Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1932-1933.

Class II (Plaque)
* Electrical Research Products Inc.
For their wide-range recording and reproducing system.
* RCA-Victor Company Inc.
For their high-fidelity recording and reproducing system.

Class III (Citation)
* Fox Film Corporation, Fred Jackman, Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
Sidney Sanders (RKO Studios Inc.)
For their development and effective use of the translucent cellulose screen in composite photography.

Honorary and Other Awards
No award given for 1933.