Academy Award For Best Live Action Short Film - 1930s

1930s

• 1932 (5th)
  • (Comedy) The Music Box - Hal Roach
    • The Loud Mouth - Mack Sennett
    • Scratch-As-Catch-Can - RKO Radio
    • Stout Hearts and Willing Hands - RKO Radio (disqualified)
      • (This film was originally announced as one of the nominees in this category, but before the final voting was done, this film was disqualified and was replaced by another RKO Radio short, Scratch-As-Catch-Can. No documentation has been found in the Academy's records as to why this film was disqualified.)
  • (Novelty) Wrestling Swordfish - Mack Sennett
    • Screen Souvenirs - Paramount Publix
    • Swing High - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• 1933 (6th)
  • (Comedy) So This Is Harris! - Lou Brock
    • Mister Mugg - Warren Doane
    • A Preferred List - Lou Brock
  • (Novelty) Krakatoa - Joe Rock
    • Menu - Pete Smith
    • The Sea - Education
• 1934 (7th)
  • (Comedy) La Cucaracha - Kenneth Macgowan
    • Men in Black - Jules White
    • What, No Men! - Warner Bros.
  • (Novelty) City of Wax - Horace Woodard, Stacy Woodard
    • Bosom Friends - Skibo Productions
    • Strikes and Spares - Pete Smith
• 1935 (8th)
  • (Comedy) How to Sleep - Jack Chertok
    • Oh, My Nerves - Jules White
    • Tit for Tat - Hal Roach
  • (Novelty) Wings Over Everest - Gaumont British and Skibo Productions
    • Audioscopiks - Pete Smith
    • Camera Thrills - Universal
• 1936 (9th)
  • (Color) Give Me Liberty - Warner Bros.
    • La Fiesta de Santa Barbara - Lewis Lewyn
    • Popular Science J-6-2 - Paramount
  • (One-Reel) Bored of Education - Hal Roach
    • Moscow Moods - Paramount
    • Wanted – A Master - Pete Smith
  • (Two-Reel) The Public Pays - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Double or Nothing - Warner Bros.
    • Dummy Ache - RKO Radio
• 1937 (10th)
  • (Color) Penny Wisdom - Pete Smith
    • The Man Without a Country - Warner Bros.
    • Popular Science J-7-1 - Paramount
  • (One-Reel) The Private Life of the Gannets - Skibo Productions
    • A Night at the Movies - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Romance of Radium - Pete Smith
  • (Two-Reel) Torture Money - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Deep South - RKO Radio
    • Should Wives Work? - RKO Radio
• 1938 (11th)
  • (One-Reel) That Mothers Might Live - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • The Great Heart - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Timber Toppers - 20th Century-Fox
  • (Two-Reel) Declaration of Independence - Warner Bros.
    • Swingtime in the Movies - Warner Bros.
    • They're Always Caught - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• 1939 (12th)
  • (One-Reel) Busy Little Bears - Paramount
    • Information Please - RKO Radio
    • Prophet Without Honor - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Sword Fishing - Warner Bros.
  • (Two-Reel) Sons of Liberty - Warner Bros.
    • Drunk Driving - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Five Times Five - RKO Radio