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1932–1933 Academy Awards

The 1932–1933 Academy Awards were presented March 16, 1934 at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.

Outstanding Production

Cavalcade (Fox)

A Farewell to Arms (Paramount)

42nd Street (Warner Bros.)

I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (Warner Bros.)

Lady for a Day (Columbia)

Little Women (RKO Radio)

The Private Life of Henry VIII (London Films; United Artists)

She Done Him Wrong (Paramount)

Smilin' Through (MGM)

State Fair (Fox)

Best Actor

Leslie Howard, Berkeley Square

Charles Laughton, The Private Life of Henry VIII

Paul Muni, I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang

Best Actress

Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory

May Robson, Lady for a Day

Diana Wynyard, Cavalcade

Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory

Archive Photos

Directing

Frank Capra, Lady for a Day

George Cukor, Little Women

Frank Lloyd, Cavalcade

Writing

Adaptation	Paul Green and Sonya Levien, State Fair
	Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason, Little Women
	Robert Riskin, Lady for a Day
Original Story	Robert Lord, One Way Passage
	Charles MacArthur, Rasputin and the Empress
	Frances Marion, The Prizefighter and the Lady

Cinematography

George J. Folsey, Reunion in Vienna

Charles Bryant Lang, Jr., A Farewell to Arms

Karl Struss, The Sign of the Cross

Art Direction

William S. Darling, Cavalcade

Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson, A Farewell to Arms

Cedric Gibbons, When Ladies Meet

Sound Recording

Paramount Studio Sound Dept., A Farewell to Arms

Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., 42nd Street

Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Gold Diggers of 1933

Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang

Assistant Director (tie)

Al Alborn, Warner Bros.

Charles Barton, Paramount

Scott Beal, Universal

Sidney S. Brod, Paramount

Charles Dorian, MGM

Benny Dull, MGM

Fred Fox, United Artists

Gordon Hollingshead, Warner Bros.

Percy Ikerd, Fox

Arthur Jacobson, Paramount

Eddie Killey, RKO Radio

Joe McDonough, Universal

W. J. Reiter, Universal

Frank X. Shaw, Warner Bros.

Benjamin Silvey, United Artists

Dewey Starkey, RKO Radio

William Tummel, Fox

John S. Waters, MGM

Short Subjects

Cartoon	Building a Building (Mickey Mouse Series) (Walt Disney Productions; United Artists)
	The Merry Old Soul (Oswald the Rabbit Series) (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal)
	The Three Little Pigs (Silly Symphony Series) (Walt Disney Productions; United Artists)
Comedy	Mister Mugg (Comedies Series) (Warren Doane, producer; Universal)
	A Preferred List (Headliner Series #5) (Louis Brock, producer; RKO Radio)
	So This Is Harris (Louis Brock, producer; RKO Radio)
Novelty	Krakatoa (Joe Rock, producer; Educational)
	Menu (Oddities Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM)
	The Sea (Battle for Life Series) (Educational)