Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

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This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films". The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One-reel" and "Best Short Subject, Two-reel". These categories referred to the running time of the short: a reel of film, in this context, being 1000 feet or less, or about 11 minutes. A third category "Best Short Subject, color" was used only for 1936 and 1937. From the initiation of short subject awards for 1932 until 1935 the terms were "Best Short Subject, comedy" and "Best Short Subject, novelty". Below is a list of Oscar-winning short films. The winning film is listed first, with the other nominated films for that year/category below.

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List of winners and nominees

1930s

1931/32 (5th)
- (Comedy) The Music Box - Hal Roach
  - The Loud Mouth - Mack Sennett
  - Scratch-As-Catch-Can
  - ~~Stout Hearts and Willing Hands~~ (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
  - Swing High
1932/33 (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

1940s

1940 (13th)
- (One-Reel) Quicker'n a Wink - Pete Smith
  - London Can Take It! - Warner Bros.
  - More About Nostradamus - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  - Siege - RKO Radio
- (Two-Reel) Teddy, the Rough Rider - Warner Bros.
  - Eyes of the Navy - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  - Service with the Colors - Warner Brothers
1941 (14th)
- (One-Reel) Of Pups and Puzzles - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  - Army Champions - Pete Smith
  - Beauty and the Beach - Paramount
  - Down on the Farm - Paramount
  - Forty Boys and a Song - Warner Bros.
  - Kings of the Turf - Warner Bros.
  - Sagebrush and Silver - 20th Century-Fox
- (Two-Reel) Main Street on the March! - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  - Alive in the Deep - Woodward Productions
  - Forbidden Passage - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  - The Gay Parisian - Warner Bros.
  - The Tanks Are Coming - Warner Bros.
1942 (15th)
- (One-Reel) Speaking of Animals and Their Families - Paramount
  - Desert Wonderland - 20th Century-Fox
  - Marines in the Making - Pete Smith
  - United States Marine Band - Warner Bros.
- (Two-Reel) Beyond the Line of Duty - Warner Bros.
  - Don't Talk - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  - Private Smith of the U.S.A. - RKO Radio
1943 (16th)
- (One-Reel) Amphibious Fighters - Grantland Rice
  - Cavalcade of Dance - Gordon Hollingshead
  - Champions Carry On - Edmund Reek
  - Hollywood in Uniform - Ralph Staub
  - Seeing Hands - Pete Smith
- (Two-Reel) Heavenly Music - Jerry Bresler, Sam Coslow
  - Letter to a Hero - Frederic Ullman
  - Mardi Gras - Walter MacEwen
  - Women at War - Gordon Hollingshead
1944 (17th)
- (One-Reel) Who's Who in Animal Land - Jerry Fairbanks
  - Blue Grass Gentlemen - Edmund Reek
  - Jammin' the Blues - Gordon Hollingshead
  - Movie Pests - Pete Smith
  - Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures - Ralph Staub
- (Two-Reel) I Won't Play - Gordon Hollingshead
  - Bombalera - Louis Harris
  - Main Street Today - Jerry Bresler
1945 (18th)
- (One-Reel) Stairway to Light - Herbert Moulton, Jerry Bresler
  - Along the Rainbow Trail - Edmund Reek
  - Screen Snapshots' 25th Anniversary - Ralph Staub
  - Story of a Dog - Gordon Hollingshead
  - White Rhapsody - Grantland Rice
  - Your National Gallery - Joseph O'Brien and Thomas Mead
- (Two-Reel) Star in the Night - Gordon Hollingshead
  - A Gun in His Hand - Chester Franklin
  - The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round - Jules White
  - The Little Witch - George Templeton
1946 (19th)
- (One-Reel) Facing Your Danger - Gordon Hollingshead
  - Dive-Hi Champs - Jack Eaton
  - Golden Horses - Edmund Reek
  - Smart as a Fox - Gordon Hollingshead
  - Sure Cures - Pete Smith
- (Two-Reel) A Boy and His Dog - Gordon Hollingshead
  - College Queen - George Templeton
  - Hiss and Yell - Jules White
  - The Luckiest Guy in the World - Jerry Bresler
1947 (20th)
- (One-Reel) Good-Bye Miss Turlock - Herbert Moulton
  - Brooklyn, U.S.A. - Thomas Mead
  - Moon Rockets - Jerry Fairbanks
  - Now You See It - Pete Smith
  - So You Want to Be in Pictures - Gordon Hollingshead
- (Two-Reel) Climbing the Matterhorn - Irving Allen
  - Champagne for Two - Harry Grey
  - Fight of the Wild Stallions - Thomas Mead
  - Give Us the Earth - Herbert Morgan
  - A Voice is Born - Ben Blake
1948 (21st)
- (One-Reel) Symphony of a City - Edmund H. Reek
  - Annie Was a Wonder - Herbert Moulton
  - Cinderella Horse - Gordon Hollingshead
  - So You Want to Be on the Radio - Gordon Hollingshead
  - You Can't Win - Pete Smith
- (Two-Reel) Seal Island - Walt Disney
  - Calgary Stampede - Gordon Hollingshead
  - Going to Blazes - Herbert Morgan
  - Samba Mania - Harry Grey
  - Snow Capers - Thomas Mead
1949 (22nd)
- (One-Reel) Aquatic House Party - Jack Eaton
  - Roller Derby Girl - Justin Herman
  - So You Think You're Not Guilty - Gordon Hollingshead
  - Spills and Chills - Walton C. Ament
  - Water Trix - Pete Smith
- (Two-Reel) Van Gogh - Gaston Diehl, Robert Haessens
  - Boy and the Eagle - William Lasky
  - Chase of Death - Irving Allen
  - The Grass is Always Greener - Gordon Hollingshead
  - Snow Carnival - Gordon Hollingshead

1950s

1950 (23rd)
- (One-Reel) Grandad of Races - Gordon Hollingshead
  - Blaze Busters - Robert Youngson
  - Wrong Way Butch - Pete Smith
- (Two-Reel) In Beaver Valley - Walt Disney
  - Grandma Moses - Falcon Films
  - My Country 'Tis of Thee - Gordon Hollingshead
1951 (24th)
- (One-Reel) World of Kids - Robert Youngson
  - Ridin' the Rails - Jack Eaton
  - The Story of Time - Robert G. Leffingwell
- (Two-Reel) Nature's Half Acre - Walt Disney
  - Balzac - Les Films Du Compass
  - Danger Under the Sea - Thomas Mead
1952 (25th)
- (One-Reel) Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer - Boris Vermont
  - Athletes of the Saddle - Jack Eaton
  - Desert Killer - Gordon Hollingshead
  - Neighbours - National Film Board of Canada - Norman McLaren
  - Royal Scotland - Crown Film Unit
- (Two-Reel) Water Birds - Walt Disney
  - Bridge of Time - London Films
  - Devil Take Us - Herbert Morgan
  - Thar She Blows! - Gordon Hollingshead
1953 (26th)
- (One-Reel) The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture - Johnny Green
  - Christ among the Primitives - Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi
  - Herring Hunt - National Film Board of Canada
  - Joy of Living - Boris Vermont
  - Wee Water Wonders - Jack Eaton
- (Two-Reel) Bear Country - Walt Disney
  - Ben and Me - Walt Disney
  - Return to Glennascaul - Mayer Kingsley, Inc.
  - Vesuvius Express - Otto Lang
  - Winter Paradise - Cedric Francis
1954 (27th)
- (One-Reel) This Mechanical Age - Robert Youngson
  - The First Piano Quartette - Otto Lang
  - The Strauss Fantasy - Johnny Green
- (Two-Reel) A Time Out of War - Denis Sanders, Terry Sanders
  - Beauty and the Bull - Cedric Francis
  - Jet Carrier - Otto Lang
  - Siam - Walt Disney
1955 (28th)
- (One-Reel) Survival City - Edmund Reek
  - Gadgets Galore - Robert Youngson
  - 3rd Ave. El - Carson Davidson
  - Three Kisses - Justin Herman
- (Two-Reel) The Face of Lincoln - Wilbur T. Blume
  - 24-Hour Alert - Cedric Francis
  - The Battle of Gettysburg - Dore Schary
  - On the Twelfth Day - George K. Arthur
  - Switzerland - Walt Disney
1956 (29th)
- (One-Reel) Crashing the Water Barrier - Konstantin Kalser
  - I Never Forget a Face - Robert Youngson
  - Time Stood Still - Cedric Francis
- (Two-Reel) The Bespoke Overcoat - Romulus Films
  - Cow Dog - Larry Lansburgh
  - The Dark Wave - John Healy
  - Samoa - Walt Disney
1957 (30th) The Wetback Hound - Walt Disney Productions - Larry Lansburgh
- A Chairy Tale - National Film Board of Canada - Norman McLaren
- City of Gold - National Film Board of Canada - Tom Daly
- Foothold on Antarctica - World Wide Pictures - James Carr
- Portugal - Walt Disney Productions - Ben Sharpsteen
1958 (31st) Grand Canyon - Walt Disney Productions - Walt Disney
- Journey Into Spring - British Transport Films - Ian Ferguson
- The Kiss - John Hayes (director) (as John Patrick Hayes)
- Snows of Aorangi - New Zealand Screen Board
- T Is for Tumbleweed - James A. Lebenthal
1959 (32nd) The Golden Fish - Jacques-Yves Cousteau
- Between the Tides - British Transport Films - Ian Ferguson
- Mysteries of the Deep - Walt Disney Productions - Walt Disney
- The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film - Peter Sellers
- Skyscraper - Tishman Realty & Construction - Shirley Clarke, Willard Van Dyke and Irving Jacoby

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

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Superlatives

For this Academy Award category, the following superlatives emerge:

Most awards: Walt Disney - 6 awards (resulting from 12 nominations)
Most nominations: Gordon Hollingshead - 20 nominations (resulting in 5 awards)

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References

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Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

Monday, January 22, 2018