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All Academy Award nominees for Best Sound

by corbaseball12-348-457583 • Created 1 year ago • Modified 3 months ago
Here are all the films that have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound
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  • Wallace Beery, Leila Hyams, and Chester Morris in The Big House (1930)

    1. The Big House

    19301h 27mApproved74Metascore
    7.1 (2.8K)
    A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
    DirectorsGeorge W. HillWard WingStarsChester MorrisWallace BeeryLewis Stone
    Winner
  • Betty Compson and Chester Morris in The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)

    2. The Case of Sergeant Grischa

    19301h 31mPassed
    6.7 (65)
    Sergeant Gischa Patrotkin (Chester Morris), a simple-minded Russian soldier, escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp. He hides out for awhile with a peasant girl named Babka (Betty Compson), but finally his longing for his homeland overcomes him. Wearing the identity of a dead Russian spy he is soon recaptured by the Germans and sentenced to death. The German ruthlessness and disdain for justice is driven home when proof of his innocence of being the spy is brushed aside.
    DirectorHerbert BrenonStarsChester MorrisBetty CompsonAlec B. Francis
  • The Love Parade (1929)

    3. The Love Parade

    19291h 47mPassed
    7.0 (2.8K)
    The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldLupino Lane
  • Ronald Colman and Kay Francis in Raffles (1930)

    4. Raffles

    19301h 12m
    6.4 (1.2K)
    A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from that life, but an old friend comes to him with a predicament that entails him committing one last job.
    DirectorsGeorge FitzmauriceHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsRonald ColmanKay FrancisDavid Torrence
  • The Song of the Flame (1930)

    5. The Song of the Flame

    19301h 36m
    5.6 (66)
    This was a screen version of the 1925 operetta by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Herbert Stohart, and George Gershwin. The story of the movie is about a peasant who is known as "The Flame" who leads a revolution in Russia. This peasant who is in love with a Russian prince saves his life by agreeing to sacrifice her virginity to an evil fellow-conspirator. This was an all Technicolor musical which was had a sequence in Vitascope (a Warner Brother's wide screen process).
    DirectorAlan CroslandStarsAlexander GrayBernice ClaireNoah Beery
  • Jackie Cooper in Skippy (1931)

    6. Skippy

    19311h 25mPassed
    6.3 (1.1K)
    Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.
    DirectorNorman TaurogStarsJackie CooperRobert CooganMitzi Green
    Winner-Note: Paramount Pictures, the studio that made this film, won an Oscar for Best Sound, but no specific film was mentioned. This film is here for reference purposes only.
  • Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, and Duncan Renaldo in Trader Horn (1931)

    7. Trader Horn

    19312h 2mApproved
    6.1 (1.3K)
    Two white traders in the darkest Africa of the 1870s find a missionary's daughter, who was captured as a child by a savage tribe and now worshiped as a goddess.
    DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsHarry CareyEdwina BoothDuncan Renaldo
    Note: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the studio that made this film, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Sound, but no specific film was mentioned. This film is here for reference purposes only.
  • Irene Dunne and Richard Dix in Cimarron (1931)

    8. Cimarron

    19312h 3mApproved70Metascore
    5.8 (7.4K)
    A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
    DirectorWesley RugglesStarsRichard DixIrene DunneEstelle Taylor
    Note: RKO Pictures, the studio that made this film, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Sound, but no specific film was mentioned. This film is here for reference purposes only.
  • Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, and Adolphe Menjou in The Front Page (1931)

    9. The Front Page

    19311h 41mApproved76Metascore
    6.7 (3.7K)
    A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
    DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsAdolphe MenjouPat O'BrienMary Brian
    Note: Samuel Goldwyn, and United Artists the studio that made this film, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Sound, but no specific film was mentioned. This film is here for reference purposes only.
  • Maurice Chevalier in The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

    10. The Smiling Lieutenant

    19311h 33mPassed
    7.1 (4.3K)
    An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierClaudette ColbertMiriam Hopkins
    Winner-Note: Paramount Pictures, the studio that made this film, won an Oscar for Best Sound, but no specific film was mentioned. This film is here for reference purposes only.
  • Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, and Irene Rich in The Champ (1931)

    11. The Champ

    19311h 26mApproved
    7.2 (3.8K)
    An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
    DirectorKing VidorStarsWallace BeeryJackie CooperIrene Rich
    Note: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the studio that made this film, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Sound, but no specific film was mentioned. This film is here for reference purposes only.
  • The Runaround (1931)

    12. The Runaround

    19311h 22m
    Although convinced that millionaire Fred White, who has been pursuing her avidly, is interested only in having an affair, chorus girl Evelyn tells fellow chorine Margy that she will eventually "nab" him in marriage. At the same time, Fred shows his cynical club friend Howard a diamond bracelet to which he has attached his apartment key and wagers that, after giving Evelyn the bracelet, he will "propose" successfully to her. Howard, who is sure that Evelyn only wants the millionaire's cash, wagers enough money to cover not only the cost of the bracelet but, in case Fred's "proposal" works, the apartment as well. That night, Fred makes a skilled proposal but is rejected by Evelyn, who also refuses the bracelet and the key. At the end of evening, however, Evelyn surprises Fred with a future invitation for a home-cooked dinner. Unknown to Fred, Evelyn and Margy are plotting to use the dinner and Lou, an old character actor, to trick him into marriage. During the dinner, Lou suddenly shows up and introduces himself to Fred as Evelyn's out-of-town father. When Lou then "assumes" that Fred is Evelyn's husband, Fred, anxious to win his bet with Howard, confirms the actor's seeming misconception. Later, however, Fred tries to take advantage of Lou's apparent confusion and stay the night with Evelyn. Appealing to Fred's sense of fair play, Evelyn convinces him to spend the night at his club and return the next morning to "play husband" for Lou. Fred then realizes that he truly loves Evelyn and makes her a genuine proposal of marriage. Evelyn, too, has fallen in love and, while accepting Fred's proposal, dreads confessing her ruse. Howard, meanwhile, has grown suspicious of Lou and gets him drunk at Fred's "stag" dinner. Once intoxicated, Lou reveals himself as an actor and exposes Evelyn's trick to Fred. As revenge against Evelyn, Fred, Howard and other club members decide that, during the "forever after hold his peace" part of the marriage ceremony, they will all stand up and speak. However, because she does not want to marry under false pretenses, Evelyn leaves Fred waiting at the church. Fred pursues Evelyn to her home and persuades her to go ahead with the marriage. At the church, Fred then shows his friends a letter that Evelyn had written to him confessing her hoax, and the wedding proceeds without further incident.
    DirectorWilliam James CraftStarsGeoffrey KerrMary BrianJohnny Hines
    Note: RKO, the studio that made this film, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Sound, but no specific film was mentioned. This film is here for reference purposes only.
  • Walter Huston, Dickie Moore, and Frances Starr in The Star Witness (1931)

    13. The Star Witness

    19311h 8mPassed
    6.2 (778)
    Members of a family witness two murders, but the gang uses threats, violence and kidnapping to try to keep the members from testifying.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsWalter HustonFrances StarrGrant Mitchell
    Note: Warner Bros., the studio that made this film, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Sound, but no specific film was mentioned. This film is here for reference purposes only.
  • Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes in A Farewell to Arms (1932)

    14. A Farewell to Arms

    19321h 20mApproved
    6.4 (7.3K)
    An American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I.
    DirectorFrank BorzageStarsGary CooperHelen HayesAdolphe Menjou
    Winner
  • Warner Baxter, George Brent, Bebe Daniels, Allen Jenkins, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Ned Sparks, and George E. Stone in 42nd Street (1933)

    15. 42nd Street

    19331h 29mApproved83Metascore
    7.3 (14K)
    When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsWarner BaxterBebe DanielsGeorge Brent
  • Edna Callahan, Maxine Cantway, Margaret Cathew, Virginia Dabney, Marlo Dwyer, Muriel Gordon, Mildred Dixon, and Kathy Cunningham in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

    16. Gold Diggers of 1933

    19331h 37mPassed
    7.7 (9.6K)
    A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.
    DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsWarren WilliamJoan BlondellAline MacMahon
  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

    17. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    19321h 32mApproved
    8.2 (15K)
    A World War I veteran and aspiring engineer tries to re-enter civilian life. After being unwillingly caught up in a robbery, he suffers the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, struggling to clear his name and prove his worth.
    DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsPaul MuniGlenda FarrellHelen Vinson
  • Grace Moore in One Night of Love (1934)

    18. One Night of Love

    19341h 24mApproved
    5.6 (808)
    Mary, an aspiring opera singer, trains under famed maestro Guilio Monterverdi. Their professional relationship turns romantic amid hard work and clashes, but jealousy and misunderstandings hinder their love's expression.
    DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsGrace MooreTullio CarminatiLyle Talbot
    Winner
  • Constance Bennett and Fredric March in The Affairs of Cellini (1934)

    19. The Affairs of Cellini

    19341h 19mApproved
    6.0 (517)
    The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
    DirectorGregory La CavaStarsConstance BennettFredric MarchFrank Morgan
  • Claudette Colbert, Henry Wilcoxon, and Warren William in Cleopatra (1934)

    20. Cleopatra

    19341h 40mApproved
    6.8 (5K)
    The man-hungry Queen of Egypt leads Julius Caesar and Marc Antony astray, amid scenes of DeMillean splendor.
    DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsClaudette ColbertWarren WilliamHenry Wilcoxon
  • Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell in Flirtation Walk (1934)

    21. Flirtation Walk

    19341h 37mApproved
    5.6 (975)
    Musical-romance with Powell as a private in Hawaii involved with general's daughter Keeler. They break up to avoid scandal but reunite years later when he produces a play at West Point starring her.
    DirectorFrank BorzageStarsDick PowellRuby KeelerPat O'Brien
  • Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Gay Divorcee (1934)

    22. The Gay Divorcee

    19341h 47mApproved80Metascore
    7.3 (9.1K)
    A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
    DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersAlice Brady
  • Claudette Colbert and Warren William in Imitation of Life (1934)

    23. Imitation of Life

    19341h 51mApproved72Metascore
    7.5 (6K)
    A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
    DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsClaudette ColbertWarren WilliamRochelle Hudson
  • Wallace Beery in Viva Villa! (1934)

    24. Viva Villa!

    19341h 55mPassed
    6.3 (1.7K)
    After enacting revenge on the overseer who murdered his father, Pancho Villa becomes a bandit, earning the respect of the poor by brutally attacking the wealthy.
    DirectorsJack ConwayHoward HawksWilliam A. WellmanStarsWallace BeeryFay WrayLeo Carrillo
  • Astrid Allwyn, John Boles, Noel Francis, Muriel Kirkland, Dorothy Wilson, Loretta Young, and Polly Ann Young in The White Parade (1934)

    25. The White Parade

    19341h 20mApproved
    6.5 (130)
    The title represents the hopeful, ambitious students at a hospital training school and is primarily a story of the stern discipline and laborious physical and mental toil they endure in order to become nurses and join the White Parade. It is told mainly through the character of June Arden, who finds romance with Ronald Hall III along the way, with side stories of the other girls who find failure, success, laughter, and tears along the way. The forerunner of umpteen dozens of TV series over the past 40 years.
    DirectorIrving CummingsStarsLoretta YoungJohn BolesDorothy Wilson

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