Overview Cards (by Year) Flashcards
May 1929
1st Academy Awards
Host: Douglas Fairbanks
Outstanding Picture: Wings
Best Unique and Artistic Picture:Sunrise
Best Directing (Comedy): Lewis MILESTON (Two Arabian Knights)
Best Directing (Dramatic): Frank BORZAGE (7th Heaven)
Best Actor: Emil JANNINGS (The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh)
Best Actress: Janet GAYNOR (7th Heaven and Sunrise)
Best Writing (Original): Ben HECHT (Underworld)
Best Writing (Adaptation): Benjamin GLAZER (7th Heaven)
Most Nominations: 7th Heaven (5)
Most Awards:7th Heaven and Sunrise (3 each)
April 1930
2nd Academy Awards
Host: William C DeMille
Best Picture: The Broadway Melody
Best Actor: Warner BAXTER (In Old Arizona)
Best Actress: Mary PICKFORD (Coquette)
Best Director: Frank LLOYD (The Divine Lady)
Best Writing: Hanns KRÄLY (The Patriot)
Most Nominations: In Old Arizona and The Patriot (5 each)
Most Awards: No film received more than one award
November 1930
3rd Academy Awards
Host: Conrad Nagel
Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Actor: George ARLISS (Disraeli)
Best Actress: Norma SHEARER (The Divorcee)
Best Director: Lewis MILESTONE (All Quiet on the Western Front)
Best Writing: Frances MARION (The Big House)
Most Nominations: The Love Parade (6)
Most Awards:All Quiet on the Western Front (2)
November 1931
4th Academy Awards
Host: Lawrence Grant
Best Picture: Cimarron
Best Actor: Lionel BARRYMORE (A Free Soul)
Best Actress: Marie DRESSLER (Min and Bill)
Best Director: Norman TAUROG (Skippy)
Best Original Story: John MONK (The Dawn Patrol)
Best Adapted Story: Howard ESTABROOK (Cimarron)
Most Nominations: Cimarron (7)
Most Awards:Cimarron (3)
November 1932
5th Academy Awards
Host: Conrad Nagel
Best Picture: Grand Hotel
Best Actor: Frederic MARCH (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) and Wallace BEERY (The Champ)
Best Actress: Helen HAYES (The Sin of Madelon Claudet)
Best Director: Victor BORZAGE (Bad Girl)
Best Original Story: Frances MARION (The Champ)
Best Adapted Story: Edwin J BURKE (Bad Girl)
Most Nominations: Arrowsmith and The Champ (4 each)
Most Awards:Bad Girl and The Champ (2 each)
March 1934
6th Academy Awards
Host: Will Rogers
Best Picture: Cavalcade
Best Actor: Charles LAUGHTON (The Private Life of Henry VIII)
Best Actress: Katharine HEPBURN (Morning Glory)
Best Director: Frank LLOYD (Cavalcade)
Best Original Story: Robert LORD (One Way Passage)
Best Adapted Story: Victor HEERMAN (Little Women)
Most Nominations: Cavalcade, A Farewell to Arms and Lady for a Day (4 each)
Most Awards:Cavalcade (3)
February 1935
7th Academy Awards
Host: Irvin S Cobb
Best Picture: It Happened One Night
Best Actor: Clark GABLE (It Happened One Night)
Best Actress: Claudette COLBERT (It Happened One Night)
Best Director: Frank CAPRA (It Happened One Night)
Best Original Story: Arthur CAESAR (Manhattan Melodrama)
Best Adapted Story: Robert RISKIN (It Happened One Night)
Best Score:One Night of Love
Best Song:“The Continental” (The Gay Divorcee)
Most Nominations: One Night of Love (6)
Most Awards:It Happened One Night (5)
March 1936
8th Academy Awards
Host: Frank Capra
Best Picture: Mutiny on the Bounty
Best Actor: Victor McLAGLEN (The Informer)
Best Actress: Bette DAVIS (Dangerous)
Best Director: John FORD (The Informer)
Best Original Story: Ben HECHT and Charles MacARTHUR (The Scoundrel)
Best Adaptation: Dudley NICHOLS (The informer)
Best Score:The informer
Best Song:“Lullaby of Broadway” (The Gold Diggers of 1935)
Most Nominations: Mutiny on the Bounty (8)
Most Awards:The Informer (4)
March 1937
9th Academy Awards
Host: George Jessel
Best Picture: The Great Ziegfield
Best Actor: Paul MUNI (The Story of Louis Pasteur)
Best Actress: Luise RAINER (The Great Ziegfeld)
Best Supporting Actor: Walter BRENNAN (Come and Get It)
Best Supporting Actress: Gale SONDERGAARD (Anthony Adverse)
Best Director: Frank CAPRA (Mr Deeds Goes to Town)
Best Original Story: Pierre COLLINGS and Sheridan GIBNEY (The Story of Louis Pasteur)
Best Adapted Story: Pierre COLLINGS and Sheridan GIBNEY (The Story of Louis Pasteur)
Best Score:Anthony Adverse
Best Song:“The Way You Look Tonight” (Swing Time)
Most Nominations: Anthony Adverse, Dodsworth and The Great Ziegfeld (7 each)
Most Awards:Anthony Adverse (4)
March 1938
10th Academy Awards
Host: Bob Burns
Best Picture: The Life of Emile Zola
Best Actor: Spencer TRACY (Captains Courageous)
Best Actress: Luise RAINER (The Good Earth)
Best Supporting Actor: Joseph SCHILDKRAUT (The Life of Emile Zola)
Best Supporting Actress: Alice BRADY (In Old Chicago)
Best Director: Leo McCAREY (The Awful Truth)
Best Original Story: William A WELLMAN and Robert CARSON (A Star is Born)
Best Adapted Story: Heinz HERALD, Geza HERCZEG et. al (The Life of Emile Zola)
Best Score:One Hundred Men and a Girl
Best Song:“Sweet Leilani” (Waikiki Wedding)
Most Nominations: The Life of Emile Zola (10)
Most Awards:The Life of Emile Zola (3)
February 1939
11th Academy Awards
Host: N/A
(First Awards without an official host)
Best Picture: You Can’t Take it With You
Best Actor: Spencer TRACY (Boys Town)
Best Actress: Bette DAVIS (Jezebel)
Best Supporting Actor: Walter BRENNAN (Kentucky)
Best Supporting Actress: Fay BAINTER (Jezebel)
Best Director: Frank CAPRA (You Can’t Take it With You)
Best Original Story: Eleanore GRIFFIN and Dore SCHARY (Boys Town)
Best Adapted Story: George BERNARD SHAW, Ian DALRYMPLE et. al. (Pygmalion)
Best Score:The Adventures of Robin Hood
Best Song:“Thanks for the Memory” (The Big Broadcast of 1938)
Most Nominations: You Can’t Take it With You (7)
Most Awards:The Adventures of Robin Hood (3)
February 1940
12th Academy Awards
Host: Bob Hope
Best Picture: Gone With the Wind
Best Actor: Robert DONAT (Goodbye Mr Chips)
Best Actress: Vivien LEIGH (Gone With the Wind)
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas MITCHELL (Stagecoach)
Best Supporting Actress: Hattie McDANIEL (Gone With the Wind)
Best Director: Victor FLEMING (Gone With the Wind)
Best Original Story: Lewis R FOSTER (Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
Best Adapted Story: Sidney HOWARD (Gone With the Wind)
Best Scoring: Stagecoach
Best Original Score:The Wizard of Oz
Best Song:“Over the Rainbow” (The Wizard of Oz)
Most Nominations: Gone With the Wind (13)
Most Awards:Gone With the Wind (8)
February 1941
13th Academy Awards
Host: Bob Hope
Best Picture: Rebecca
Best Actor: James STEWART (The Philadelphia Story)
Best Actress: Ginger ROGERS (Kitty Foyle)
Best Supporting Actor: Walter BRENNAN (The Westerner)
Best Supporting Actress: Jane DARWELL (The Grapes of Wrath)
Best Director: John FORD (The Grapes of Wrath)
Best Original Screenplay: Preston STURGES (The Great McGinty)
Best Screenplay: Donald Ogden STEWART (The Philadelphia Story)
Best Scoring: Tin Pan Alley
Best Original Score:Pinocchio
Best Song:“When You Wish Upon a Star” (Pinocchio)
Most Nominations: Rebecca (11)
Most Awards:The Thief of Bagdad (3)
February 1942
14th Academy Awards
Host: Bob Hope
Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley
Best Actor: Gary Cooper (Sergeant York)
Best Actress: Joan FONTAINE (Suspicion)
Best Supporting Actor: Donald CRISP (How Green Was My Valley)
Best Supporting Actress: Mary ASTOR (The Great Lie)
Best Director: John FORD (How Green Was My Valley)
Best Original Screenplay: Herman J MANKIEWZICZ and Orson WELLES (Citizen Kane)
Best Screenplay: Sidney BUCHMAN and Seton I MILLER (Here Comes Mr Jordan)
Best Musical Scoring: Dumbo
Best Dramatic Scoring: All That Money Can Buy
Best Song:“The Last Time I Saw Paris” (Lady Be Good)
Most Nominations: Sergeant York (11)
Most Awards:How Green Was My Valley (5)
March 1943
15th Academy Awards
Host: Bob Hope
Best Picture: Mrs Miniver
Best Actor: James CAGNEY (Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Best Actress: Greer GARSON (Mrs Miniver)
Best Supporting Actor: Van HEFLIN (Johnny Eager)
Best Supporting Actress: Teresa WRIGHT(Mrs Miniver)
Best Director: William WYLER (Mrs Miniver)
Best Original Screenplay: Michael KANIN and Ring LARDNER Jnr (Woman of the Year)
Best Screenplay: George FROESCHEL, James HILTON et. al. (Mrs Miniver)
Best Musical Scoring: Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: Now, Voyager
Best Song:“White Christmas” (Holiday Inn)
Most Nominations: Mrs Miniver (12)
Most Awards:Mrs Miniver (6)
March 1944
16th Academy Awards
Host: Jack Benny
Best Picture: Casablanca
Best Actor: Paul LUKAS (Watch on the Rhine)
Best Actress: Jennifer Jones (The Song of Bernadette)
Best Supporting Actor: Charles COBURN (The More the Merrier)
Best Supporting Actress: Katina PAXINOU (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
Best Director: Michael CURTIZ (Casablanca)
Best Original Screenplay: Norman KRASNA (Princess O’Rourke)
Best Screenplay: Julius J EPSTEIN, Philip G EPSTEIN et. al. (Casablanca)
Best Musical Scoring: This is the Army
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: The Song of Bernadette
Best Song:“You’ll Never Know” (Hello, Frisco, Hello)
Most Nominations: The Song of Bernadette (12)
Most Awards:The Song of Bernadette (4)
March 1945
17th Academy Awards
Hosts: John Cromwell and Bob Hope
Best Picture: Going My Way
Best Actor: Bing CROSBY (Going My Way)
Best Actress: Ingrid BERGMAN (Gaslight)
Best Supporting Actor: Barry FITZGERALD (Going My Way)
Best Supporting Actress: Ethel BARRYMORE (None But the Lonely Heart)
Best Director: Leo McCAREY (Going My Way)
Best Original Screenplay: Lamar TROTTI (Wilson)
Best Screenplay: Frank BUTLER and Frank CAVETT (Going My Way
Best Musical Scoring: Cover Girl
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: Since You Went Away
Best Song:“Swinging on a Star” (Going My Way)
Most Nominations: Going My Way and Wilson (10 each)
Most Awards:Going My Way (7)
March 1946
18th Academy Awards
Hosts: James Stewart and Bob Hope
Best Picture: The Lost Weekend
Best Actor: Ray MILLAND (The Lost Weekend)
Best Actress: Joan CRAWFORD (Mildred Pierce)
Best Supporting Actor: James DUNN (A Tree Grows in Brookyln)
Best Supporting Actress: Anne REVERE (National Velvet)
Best Director: Billy WILDER (The Lost Weekend)
Best Original Screenplay: Richard SCHWEIZER (Marie-Louise)
Best Screenplay: Charles BRACKETT and Billy WILDER (The Lost Weekend)
Best Musical Scoring: Anchors Away
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: Spellbound
Best Song:“It Might as Well Be Spring” (State Fair)
Most Nominations: The Bells of St Mary’s (8)
Most Awards:The Lost Weekend (4)
March 1947
19th Academy Awards
Hosts: Jack Benny
Best Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Actor: Fredric MARCH (The Best Yewars of Our Lives)
Best Actress: Olivia de HAVILLAND (To Each His Own)
Best Supporting Actor: Harold RUSSELL (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Best Supporting Actress: Anne BAXTER (The Razor’s Edge)
Best Director: William WYLER (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Best Original Screenplay: Muriel BOX and Sydney BOX (The Seventh Veil)
Best Screenplay: Robert E SHERWOOD (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Best Musical Scoring: The Jolson Story
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Song:“On the Athcison, Topeka and Santa Fe” (The Harvey Girls)
Most Nominations: The Best Years of Our Lives (8)
Most Awards:The Best Years of Our Lives (7)
March 1948
20th Academy Awards
Hosts: Agnes Moorehead and Dick Powell
Best Picture: Gentleman’s Agreement
Best Actor: Ronald COLMAN (A Double Life)
Best Actress: Loretta YOUNG (The Farmer’s Daughter)
Best Supporting Actor: Edward GWENN (Miracle on 34th Street)
Best Supporting Actress: Celeste HOLM (Gentleman’s Agreement)
Best Director: Eliza KAZAN (Gentleman’s Agreement)
Best Original Screenplay: Sidney SHELDON (The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer)
Best Screenplay: George SEATON (Miracle on 34th Street)
Best Musical Scoring: Mother Wore Tights
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: A Double Life
Best Song:“Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” (Song of the South)
Foreign Language Honorary Award: Shoeshine (Italy / Italian)
Most Nominations: Gentleman’s Agreement (8)
Most Awards:Gentleman’s Agreement and Miracle on 34th Street (3 each)
March 1949
21st Academy Awards
Hosts: Robert Montgomery
Best Picture: Hamlet
Best Actor: Laurence OLIVIER (Hamlet)
Best Actress: Jane WYMAN (Johnny Belinda)
Best Supporting Actor: Walter HUSTON (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
Best Supporting Actress: Claire TREVOR (Key Largo)
Best Director: John HUSTON (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
Best Screenplay: John HUSTON (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
Best Musical Scoring: Easter Parade
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: The Red Shoes
Best Song:“Buttons and Bows” (The Paleface)
Foreign Language Honorary Award: Monsieur Vincent (France / French)
Most Nominations: Johnny Belinda (12)
Most Awards:Hamlet (4)
March 1950
22nd Academy Awards
Hosts: Paul Douglas
Best Picture: All the King’s Men
Best Actor: Broderick CRAWFORD (All the King’s Men)
Best Actress: Olivia de HAVILLAND (The Heiress)
Best Supporting Actor: Dean JAGGER (Twelve O’Clock High)
Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCAMBRIDGE (All the King’s Men)
Best Director: Joseph L MANKIEWICZ (A Letter to Three Wives)
Best Screenplay: Joseph L MANKIEWICZ (A Letter to Three Wives)
Best Story and Screenplay: Robert PIROSH (Battleground)
Best Musical Scoring: On the Town
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: The Heiress
Best Song:“Baby, it’s Cold Outside” (Neptune’s Daughter)
Foreign Language Honorary Award: The Bicycle Thief (Italy / Italian)
Most Nominations: The Heiress (8)
Most Awards:The Heiress (4)
March 1951
23rd Academy Awards
Hosts: Fred Astaire
Best Picture: All About Eve
Best Actor: José FERRER (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Best Actress: Judy HOLLIDAY (Born Yesterday)
Best Supporting Actor: George SANDERS (All About Eve)
Best Supporting Actress: Josephine HULL (Harvey)
Best Director: Joseph L MANKIEWICZ (All About Eve)
Best Screenplay: Joseph L MANKIEWICZ (All About Eve)
Best Story and Screenplay: Charles BRACKETT, Billy WILDER and anor. (Sunset Boulevard)
Best Musical Scoring: Annie Get Your Gun
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: Sunset Boulevard
Best Song:“Mona Lisa” (Captain Carey, USA)
Foreign Language Honorary Award: The Walls of Malapaga (Italy and France / Italian and French
Most Nominations: All About Eve (14)
Most Awards:All About Eve (6)
March 1952
24th Academy Awards
Hosts: Danny Kaye
Best Picture: An American in Paris
Best Actor: Humphrey BOGART (The African Queen)
Best Actress: Vivien LEIGH (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Best Supporting Actor: Karl MALDEN (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Best Supporting Actress: Kim HUNTER (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Best Director: George STEVENS (A Place in the Sun)
Best Screenplay: Michael WILSON and Harry BROWN (A Place in the Sun)
Best Story and Screenplay: Alan Jay LERNER (An American in Paris)
Best Musical Scoring: An American in Paris
Best Dramatic / Comedy Scoring: A Place in the Sun
Best Song:“In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” (Here Comes the Groom)
Foreign Language Honorary Award: Rashomon (Japan / Japanese)
Most Nominations: A Streetcare Named Desire (12)
Most Awards:An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun (6 each)





















































