1933 Oscar Shouldabeens

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BEST PICTURE
Dinner at Eight
42nd Street
***M
Duck Soup
Lady for a Day

BEST DIRECTOR
George Cukor - Dinner at Eight
Lloyd Bacon - 42nd Street
***Fritz Lang - M
James Whale – The Invisible Man
Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack - King Kong

BEST ACTOR
John Barrymore – Counsellor at Law
James Cagney – Footlight Parade
Leslie Howard – Berkeley Square
***Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII
Fredric March – Design for Living

BEST ACTRESS
Henrietta Crosman - Pilgrimage
Greta Garbo - Queen Christina
Jean Harlow - Bombshell
***Katharine Hepburn - Little Women
Miriam Hopkins – The Story of Temple Drake
May Robson - Lady for a Day

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Barrymore - Dinner at Eight
Lionel Barrymore - Dinner at Eight
Warner Baxter – 42nd Street
Wallace Beery - Dinner at Eight
***Peter Lorre - M
Adolphe Menjou – Morning Glory

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Judith Anderson – Blood Money
Billie Burke - Dinner at Eight
***Marie Dressler - Dinner at Eight
Jean Harlow - Dinner at Eight
Edna May Oliver - Little Women

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Invisible Man
Blood Money
***Duck Soup
Footlight Parade
M

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Little Women
***Dinner at Eight
Design for Living
Lady for a Day
Queen Christina

BEST ENSEMBLE
Little Women
***Dinner at Eight
Footlight Parade
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Counsellor at Law

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Story of Temple Drake
The Invisible Man
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
***M
King Kong

BEST EDITING
***The Invisible Man
42nd Street
Duck Soup
M
King Kong

BEST ART DIRECTION
Little Women
42nd Street
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Queen Christina
***King Kong

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
***Little Women
42nd Street
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Queen Christina
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Liebelei

BEST MAKE UP
Little Women
***The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Lady for a Day
The Private Life of Henry VIII
42nd Street

BEST MUSIC SCORE
The Bitter Tea of General Yen – W.Franke Harling
Queen Christina – Herbert Stothart
***Little Women – Max Steiner
King Kong – Max Steiner
The Blood of a Poet – George Auric

BEST SONG
“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love” – Torch Singer
***“Heat Wave” – As Thousands Cheers
“Remember My Forgotten Man” – The Gold Diggers of 1933
“We’re In the Money” – The Gold Diggers of 1933
“Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” – Three Little Pigs
“Forty-Second Street” – 42nd Street

BEST SOUND
Cavalcade
***42nd Street
Footlight Parade
Queen Christina
King Kong

BEST FOREIGN FILM
***M – Germany
Liebelei - Germany
The Blood of a Poet - France

BEST EFFECTS
The Invisible Man
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Duck Soup
***King Kong
The Blood of a Poet
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BEST PICTURE
01. Design for Living (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)
02. Duck Soup (dir. Leo McCarey)
03. Man's Castle (dir. Frank Borzage)
04. Zero for Conduct (dir. Jean Vigo)
05. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (dir. Fritz Lang)
06. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (dir. Frank Capra)
07. Queen Christina (dir. Rouben Mamoulian)
08. The Invisible Man (dir. James Whale)
09. Liebelei (dir. Max Ophüls)
10. King Kong (dir. Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack)

BEST DIRECTOR
01. Ernst Lubitsch, Design for Living
02. Jean Vigo, Zero for Conduct
03. Fritz Lang, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
04. Frank Borzage, Man's Castle
05. Max Ophüls, Liebelei

BEST ACTOR
01. Spencer Tracy, Man's Castle
02. Claude Rains, The Invisible Man
03. Paul Robeson, The Emperor Jones
04. Fredric March, Design for Living
05. Nils Asther, The Bitter Tea of General Yen

BEST ACTRESS
01. Claudette Colbert, Torch Singer
02. Miriam Hopkins, Design for Living
03. Henrietta Crosman, Pilgrimage
04. Greta Garbo, Queen Christina
05. Katharine Hepburn, Little Women

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
01. Edward Everett Horton, Design for Living
02. Warren William, Lady for a Day
03. C. Aubrey Smith, Morning Glory
04. Lewis Stone, Queen Christina
05. Adolphe Menjou, Morning Glory

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
01. Olga Tschechowa, Liebelei
02. Edna May Oliver, Little Women
03. Elsa Lanchester, The Private Life of Henry VIII
04. Jean Parker, Little Women
05. Judith Anderson, Blood Money

BEST SCREENPLAY
01. Design for Living (Ben Hecht, based on the play by Noël Coward)
02. Duck Soup (Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar, additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman & Nat Perrin)
03. Man's Castle (Jo Swerling, based on the play by Lawrence Hazard)
04. Bombshell (John Lee Mahin & Jules Furthman, based on the play by Caroline Francke & Mack Crane)
05. Sons of the Desert (Frank Craven, Byron Morgan)

BEST FILM EDITING
01. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Conrad von Molo, Lothar Wolff)
02. King Kong (Ted Cheesman)
03. Zero for Conduct (Jean Vigo)
04. Footlight Parade (George Amy)
05. The Invisible Man (Ted J. Kent)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
01. Man's Castle (Joseph H. August)
02. The Invisible Man (Arthur Edeson)
03. Zero for Conduct (Boris Kaufman)
04. Liebelei (Franz Planer)
05. King Kong (Edward Linden, J. O. Taylor, Vernon L. Walker)

BEST ART DIRECTION
01. Queen Christina (Alexander Toluboff)
02. Little Women (Van Nest Polglase)
03. Mystery of the Wax Museum (Anton Grot)
04. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Emil Hasler, Karl Vollbrecht)
05. Liebelei (Gabriel Pellon)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
01. Queen Christina (Adrian)
02. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Robert Kalloch, Edward Stevenson)
03. Gold Diggers of 1933 (Orry-Kelly)
04. Liebelei (Adolf Braun)
05. Alice in Wonderland (Newt Jones, Wally Westmore)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
01. Queen Christina (Herbert Stothart)
02. King Kong (Max Steiner)
03. Zero for Conduct (Maurice Jaubert)
04. Little Women (Max Steiner)
05. Gold Diggers of 1933 (music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
01. Gold Diggers of 1933 ("Remember My Forgotten Man," music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin, performed by Etta Moten, Joan Blondell)
02. Gold Diggers of 1933 ("The Gold Diggers Song (We're in the Money)," music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin, performed by Ginger Rogers)
03. Three Little Pigs ("Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?," music and lyrics by Frank Churchill & Ted Sears)
04. Flying Down to Rio ("Carioca," music by Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Gus Kahn & Edward Eliscu, performed by Alice Gentle, Movita, & Etta Moten)
05. Duck Soup ("The Country's Going to War," music by Harry Ruby, lyrics by Bert Kalmar, performed by Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, & Zeppo Marx)

BEST SOUND
01. Footlight Parade (Oliver S. Garretson)
02. Gold Diggers of 1933 (Nathan Levinson)
03. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Adolf Jansen, Conrad von Molo)
04. The Invisible Man (Gilbert Kurland, William Hedgcock)
05. King Kong (Murray Spivack, Earl A. Wolcott)

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
01. Mystery of the Wax Museum (Ray Romero, Perc Westmore)
02. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Franz Siebert)
03. Alice in Wonderland (Newt Jones, Wally Westmore)
04. Liebelei (Charlotte Pfefferkorn)
05. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Norbert A. Myles)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
01. King Kong (Willis H. O'Brien)
02. The Invisible Man (John P. Fulton)
03. Son of Kong (Willis H. O'Brien)
04. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Ernst Kunstmann)
05. Mystery of the Wax Museum (Rex Wimpy)

RESULTS
7 nominations: Liebelei (1 win), The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1 win)
6 nominations: Design for Living (4 wins), The Invisible Man (1 win), King Kong (1 win), Queen Christina (3 wins)
5 nominations: Gold Diggers of 1933 (1 win), Little Women, Zero for Conduct
4 nominations: The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Man's Castle (2 wins)
3 nominations: Duck Soup, Mystery of the Wax Museum (1 win)
2 nominations: Alice in Wonderland, Footlight Parade (1 win), Morning Glory
1 nomination: Blood Money, Bombshell, The Emperor Jones, Flying Down to Rio, Lady for a Day, Pilgrimage, The Private Life of Henry VIII, Son of Kong, Sons of the Desert, Three Little Pigs, Torch Singer (1 win)
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Magila,

Thanks for pointing out my mistake. I'll update the details now.
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Sara Allgood wasn't in The Invisible Man. I think you mean Una O'Connor.
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Best Film

1. Duck Soup
2. Queen Christina
3. Zoo in Budapest
4. Blood Money
5. Wild Boys of the Road

Best Director

1. Leo McCarey, Duck Soup
2. Rouben Mamoulian, Queen Christina
3. Rowland V. Lee, Zoo in Budapest
4. Rowland Brown, Blood Money
5. William Wellman, Wild Boys of the Road

Best Actor

1. Claude Rains, The Invisible Man
2. Groucho Marx, Duck Soup
3. George Bancroft, Blood Money
4. Edward G. Robinson, The Little Giant
5. Wallace Beery, The Bowery

Best Actress

1. Henrietta Crosman, Pilgrimage
2. Greta Garbo, Queen Christina
3. Marie Dressler, Dinner at Eight
4. Jean Harlow, Dinner at Eight
5. Loretta Young, Zoo in Budapest

Best Supporting Actor

1. Chick Chandler, Blood Money
2. Norman Foster, Pilgrimage
3. Harpo Marx, Duck Soup
4. Chico Marx, Duck Soup
5. Lionel Barrymore, Dinner at Eight

Best Supporting Actress

1. Margaret Dumont, Duck Soup
2. Judith Anderson, Blood Money
3. Mary Astor, The Little Giant
4. Billie Burke, Dinner at Eight
5. Edna May Oliver, Little Women

Best Screenplay

1. Duck Soup
2. Queen Christina
3. Zoo in Budapest
4. Blood Money
5. Wild Boys of the Road

Best Screenplay Adaptation

1. The Invisible Man
2. 42nd Street
3. Pilgrimage
4. The Bowrey
5. Dinner at Eight

Best Cinematography

1. Queen Christina
2. 42nd Street
3. King Kong
4. The Invisible Man
5. Duck Soup

Best Editing

1. Duck Soup
2. Queen Christina
3. Blood Money
4. Wild Boys of the Road
5. King Kong

Best Sound

1. Duck Soup
2. King Kong
3. Wild Boys of the Road
4. 42nd Street
5. Zoo in Budapest

Best Art Direction

1. Queen Christina
2. Duck Soup
3. King Kong
4. 42nd Street
5. Dinner at Eight

Best Costume Design

1. Queen Christina
2. Dinner at Eight
3. 42nd Street
4. Duck Soup
5. The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Best Music

1. Queen Christina
2. 42nd Street
3. King Kong
4. Duck Soup
5. The Invisible Man
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Picture:
Bombshell
Design For Living
Dinner At Eight
Footlight Parade
M

Actor:
John Barrymore –Counsellor At Law
James Cagney – Footlight Parade
Charles Laughton – The Private Life Of Henry VIII
Peter Lorre – M
Fredric March – Design For Living

Actress:
Greta Garbo – Queen Christina
Jean Harlow - Bombshell
Katharine Hepburn – Little Women
Miriam Hopkins – Design For Living
Barbara Stanwyck –The Bitter Tea Of General Yen

Supporting Actor:
Lionel Barrymore – Dinner At Eight
Edward Everett Horton – Design For Living
Bela Lugosi – Island Of Lost Souls
Harpo Marx – Duck Soup
Frank Morgan – Bombshell

Supporting Actress:
Joan Blondell – Footlight Parade
Marie Dressler – Dinner At Eight
Jean Harlow - Dinner At Eight
Elsa Lanchester – The Private Life Of Henry VIII
Myrna Loy - Topaze

Director:
Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack – King Kong
George Cukor – Dinner At Eight
Fritz Lang - M
Ernst Lubitsch – Design For Living
James Whale – The Invisible Man

Original Screenplay:
Rene Clair – July 14
Jean Cocteau – The Blood Of A Poet
Frank Craven & Byron Morgan – Sons Of The Desert
Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby – Duck Soup
Manuel Seff & James Seymour – Footlight Parade

Adapted Screenplay:
Jules Furthman & John E. Mahin – Bombshell
Ben Hecht – Design For Living
Fritz Lang & Thea von Harbou -M
Herman Mankiewicz & Frances Marion - Dinner At Eight
R.C. Sherriff - The Invisible Man
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Post by Big Magilla »

Also absent from the 1932-33 list were Marie Dressler and Jean Harlow in Dinner at Eight, Harlow in Red Dust, Helen Hayes in A Farewell to Arms, Barbara Stanwyck in The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus, Irene Dunne in Back Street, Mae West in She Done Him Wrong, Miriam Hopkins in Trouble in Paradise and Kay Francis in One Way Passage, so Garbo's nomination may not have been assured even in a five way race.

As for 1934, MGM had Garbo's arch rival, Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street, to promote. More popular than Garbo at the time, whose late 1934 release was The Painted Veil, were Myrna Loy in The Thin Man, Marlene Dietrich in The Scarlet Empress, Carole Lombard in Twentieth Century and, of course, Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage.




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Post by Reza »

Surely Garbo and the film wouldn't have been old news by the end of 1934 - i.e. if they couldn't qualify for the period 1932-33?

She could easily have made it to the list instead of Diana Wynyard (Cavalcade) during 1932-33 or Grace Moore (One Night of Love) in the 1934 race!

And why the sudden drop in nominees to only 3 in the acting categories during these years? It was lopsided during 1935 - 4 nominees in the best actor category and 6 in the best actress category. Very weird!




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One of the reasons figuring out Oscar eligibility drives me nuts. Perhaps Damien has something in his notes from his research that can settle the question once and for all.

All Louis B. Mayer had to do to keep it out of Oscar consideration was not release it in L.A. by the cut-off date for 1933. By the end of 1934 it would have been old news.




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For the Oscar historians out there:
A question was raised on another board as to why Queen Christina and its star Greta Garbo were not nominated for Academy Awards. The film received no nominations whatsoever, and from what I can see, it is considered by some to be Garbo's best film and one of her best performances. I have not seen it myself.

I attempted to find the answer, and only discovered that it was released in New York on Dec. 26, 1933. I do not know when it played in L.A.

The Academy Awards eligibility period changed to a calander year format on Jan 1, 1934. The 1932-33 award period ran seventeen months.

Question: Did Queen Christina meet eligibility requirements for 1932-33? INSIDE OSCAR doesn't list it as an eligible film not receiving a Nomination for either 1932-33 or 1934.

If it was eligible for 1932-33 did its very late release cause it to get overlooked?

Did MGM and the Louis B. Mayer machine keep it off the ballot or block its nomination in some other way? He was a thorn in Garbo's side during her peak years.

Was there a backlash against Garbo for insisting on John Gilbert as her leading man over the hired newcomer Laurance Olivier?

Maybe it is as simple as it just wasn't considered good enough to garner any nominations back then, but somehow I think it was more than that.




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Finally managed to watch Lady For a Day. A delightful film with the marvellous May Robson. Have amended my list below and added her and the funny Guy Kibbee to it.

I didn't know she was from Australia. Wonder why she wasn't made a Dame? After all Judith Anderson was given that honor.




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Cavalcade is little more than a photographed stage play. For my money, second leads Una O'Connor and Herbert Mundin steal the show from the stiff upper lipped Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook.
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Today nobody ever seems to mention Cavalcade anymore. The film appears to have a reputation for being stuffy in that typical Merchant Ivory way. In fact it is a very good film, nostalgic and atmospheric and quite moving with a superb cast. It also has a strong anti-war message. Acting honors go to just about everyone in the large cast but especially to Diana Wynyard (who has a remarkable resemblance to Deborah Kerr - or should it be the other way round?) and Una O'Connor. Glad I got a video copy of this great film.

It's now on my list below for the best of 1933.




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Most crtitics and film historians cite Counsellor-at-Law as Barrymore's best 1933 performance and Twentieth Century as his best overall screen performance, but I love him in Topaze. It's so far from the Barrymore we expect, more like something Clifton Webb might do, that I find it absolutely endearing. He and Myrna Loy make a perfect team.



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I've never liked John Barrymore in Topaze.



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