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All Academy Award nominees for Best Live Action Short Film

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 Live Action Short Film
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  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in The Music Box (1932)

    1. The Music Box

    193229mApprovedShort
    7.9 (8.4K)
    Like the legendary Sisyphus, deliverymen Laurel and Hardy struggle to push a large crated piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs.
    DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDinah
    Winner
  • The Loud Mouth (1932)

    2. The Loud Mouth

    193220mShort
    6.0 (37)
    Del Lord, famous director of the Three Stooges shorts, directed this story of one man in various comical vignettes playing the "loud mouth" - a guy who can't keep a secret and is always getting himself in trouble with everyone he comes in contact with by shouting out his opinions and criticizing strangers to their face.
    DirectorDel LordStarsMatt McHughMarjorie KaneFranklin Pangborn
  • Scratch-As-Catch-Can (1931)

    3. Scratch-As-Catch-Can

    193119mShort
    5.4 (86)
    A couple of down-at-heel specimens (Clark and McCullough) take on the job of insurance men, and, after exploiting their wrestling powers, manage to sell insurance to the president of the company employing them and to one who has hitherto proved unapproachable.
    DirectorMark SandrichStarsBobby ClarkPaul McCulloughJames Finlayson
  • Wrestling Swordfish (1931)

    4. Wrestling Swordfish

    19318mShort
    4.9 (37)
    Winner
  • Screen Souvenirs (1932)

    5. Screen Souvenirs

    1932Short
    5.0 (33)
    Old silent movies were edited and given silly soundtracks in this Paramount short subject series that ran from1931 to 1934. Of interest is that some now lost films are included here and are at least partially saved.
  • The Flying Codonas in Swing High (1932)

    6. Swing High

    193210mApprovedShort
    6.5 (207)
    The Flying Codonas, fourth generation of a family of trapeze artists, practice and perform amazing feats high in the air. Close-up and slow motion photography show how it's done.
    DirectorJack CummingsStarsThe Flying CodonasPete SmithEdward Codona
  • So This Is Harris (1933)

    7. So This Is Harris

    193328mApprovedShort
    5.6 (166)
    Walter can't stand the singing of Phil Harris - unfortunately, he can't seem to escape it, even on the golf course. His golf partner sympathizes, but when Walter discovers that the fellow is Harris himself, he quickly realizes that Harris' appeal with female fans might be turned to his advantage - but only if Harris will play along.
    DirectorMark SandrichStarsPhil HarrisWalter CatlettHelen Collins
    Winner
  • Mister Mugg (1933)

    8. Mister Mugg

    193320mShort
    6.1 (18)
    DirectorJames W. HorneStarsJames GleasonDorothy ChristyBen Alexander
  • Dorothy Lee in A Preferred List (1933)

    9. A Preferred List

    193320mApprovedShort
    6.9 (22)
    DirectorLeigh JasonStarsKen MurrayDorothy LeeChick Chandler
  • Krakatoa (1933)

    10. Krakatoa

    193323mShort
    6.3 (59)
    Documentary describing the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Dutch East Indies, destroying 70% of the island and its surrounding archipelago.
    StarsGraham McNameeJoseph Cotten
    Winner
  • Menu (1933)

    11. Menu

    193310mApprovedShort
    6.1 (341)
    A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.
    DirectorNick GrindeStarsPete SmithLuis AlberniUna Merkel
  • The Sea (1933)

    12. The Sea

    19339mShort
    6.2 (15)
    A variety of sea creatures are filmed in their natural habitat. Included are seaweed, a sea snail, crabs, a starfish opening a mussel, a sea anemone eating an eel, a sea urchin, hermit crab, an octopus fleeing a crab, and a sea cucumber.
    DirectorsWanda JakubowskaStanislaw WohlStacy WoodardStarGayne Whitman
  • La Cucaracha (1934)

    13. La Cucaracha

    193420mApprovedShort
    5.7 (407)
    Senor Martinez, a famous theater owner, visits a local cafe in Mexico because of its reputation for good food and to audition the famous dancer who performs there.
    DirectorLloyd CorriganStarsSteffi DunaDon AlvaradoPaul Porcasi
    Winner
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, and Jeanie Roberts in Men in Black (1934)

    14. Men in Black

    193419mApprovedShort
    7.6 (1.6K)
    The stooges become doctors, at a large hospital, where they disrupt patients and staff alike.
    DirectorRay McCareyStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly Howard
  • What, No Men? (1935)

    15. What, No Men?

    193521mApprovedShort
    6.0 (83)
    A bill collector and a policeman are captured by a group of mad scientists and taken to an all-female Indian tribe for study.
    DirectorRalph StaubStarsEl BrendelWini ShawPhil Regan
  • City of Wax (1934)

    16. City of Wax

    19349mNot RatedShort
    6.3 (120)
    The life-cycle of a honey bee depicted in closeup.
    DirectorsHorace WoodardStacy WoodardStarGayne Whitman
    Winner
  • Bosom Friends (1934)

    17. Bosom Friends

    193410mShort
    Through the adorably persuasive antics of a menagerie of cats, dogs, monkeys, lion cubs, and other animals great and small, Bosom Friends delivers a species-transcending message of tolerance. (Source: UCLA Film & Television Archive)
    StarJames F. Clemenger
  • Strikes and Spares (1934)

    18. Strikes and Spares

    19349mApprovedShort
    6.3 (281)
    This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the ball down the alley. He then performs several trick shots.
    DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsPete SmithAndy VaripapaBuster Brodie
  • How to Sleep (1935)

    19. How to Sleep

    193511mApprovedShort
    6.3 (789)
    A humorous look at the problems people have trying to sleep.
    DirectorNick GrindeStarRobert Benchley
    Winner
  • Oh, My Nerves (1935)

    20. Oh, My Nerves

    193518mApprovedShort
    5.4 (20)
    Monty's nerves are shot, so he decides to go on a nice, relaxing trip to the country. Unfortunately, his brother-in-law Tom brings along the rest of the family. Comic chaos ensues. "Oh, My Nerves" was remade by the 3 Stooges as "Idiots Deluxe" (1945) and "Guns a Poppin'" (1957).
    DirectorDel LordStarsMonte CollinsTom KennedyRuth Hiatt
  • Tit for Tat (1935)

    21. Tit for Tat

    193519mApprovedShort
    7.5 (2.6K)
    After the events in Them Thar Hills (1934), Stan and Ollie encounter their old nemesis, whose grocery shop is next to their home-appliances store. Nobody can let bygones be bygones, and a war breaks out. Will those tit-for-tat battles ever end?
    DirectorCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae Busch
  • Wings Over Everest (1934)

    22. Wings Over Everest

    193422mShort
    6.0 (150)
    A documentary about the first flight over Mt Everest.
    DirectorsGeoffrey BarkasIvor MontaguStarsAlexander JohnDavid TimsonMichael Kilgarriff
    Winner
  • Audioscopiks (1935)

    23. Audioscopiks

    19358mApprovedShort
    5.7 (222)
    After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects move towards the camera, including a ladder being shoved out a window, the slide on a trombone, a woman on a swing, and a thrown baseball.
    DirectorsJacob LeventhalJohn NorlingStarPete Smith
  • Camera Thrills (1935)

    24. Camera Thrills

    193525mShort
    5.2 (25)
    StarGraham McNamee
  • John Litel in Give Me Liberty (1936)

    25. Give Me Liberty

    193622mApprovedShort
    6.2 (281)
    Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.
    DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsJohn LitelNedda HarriganCarlyle Moore Jr.
    Winner

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