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Oscar Short Films: 1930s

21 winners · 68 nominees · 8 ceremonies

1939 โ€” 11th Academy Awards →

  • 🏆 Winner Ferdinand the Bull Dick Rickard Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
  • 🏆 Winner That Mothers Might Live Short Subject, One-Reel
  • 🏆 Winner Declaration of Independence Short Subject, Two-Reel
  • Nominee The Pointer Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Peace on Earth Fred Quimby Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Detouring America Leon Schlesinger Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Mother Goose Goes Hollywood Wilfred Jackson Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Hunky and Spunky Dave Fleischer Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Good Scouts Jack King Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Timber Toppers Short Subject, One-Reel
  • Nominee The Great Heart Short Subject, One-Reel
  • Nominee They're Always Caught Short Subject, Two-Reel
  • Nominee Swingtime in the Movies Short Subject, Two-Reel

1938 โ€” 10th Academy Awards →

  • 🏆 Winner The Old Mill Wilfred Jackson Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
  • 🏆 Winner A Night at the Movies Short Subject, One-Reel
  • 🏆 Winner Torture Money Short Subject, Two-Reel
  • Nominee Mother Goose Goes Hollywood Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Hunky and Spunky Max Fleischer Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Good Scouts Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Brave Little Tailor Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee The Little Match Girl Arthur Davis, Sid Marcus Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Educated Fish Dave Fleischer Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Romance of Radium Short Subject, One-Reel
  • Nominee A Dog Named Rusty Short Subject, One-Reel
  • Nominee Should Wives Work? Short Subject, Two-Reel
  • Nominee Deep South Short Subject, Two-Reel

1937 โ€” 9th Academy Awards →

  • 🏆 Winner The Country Cousin Wilfred Jackson Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
  • 🏆 Winner Bored of Education Gordon Douglas Short Subject, One-Reel
  • 🏆 Winner The Public Pays Short Subject, Two-Reel
  • Nominee The Little Match Girl Charles Mintz Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Educated Fish Max Fleischer Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Sinbad the Sailor Dave Fleischer Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Old Mill Pond Hugh Harman Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Wanted โ€” A Master Short Subject, One-Reel
  • Nominee Wanted - A Master Pete Smith Short Subject, One-Reel
  • Nominee Wanted, A Master Short Subject, One-Reel
  • Nominee Moscow Moods Short Subject, One-Reel
  • Nominee Dummy Ache Short Subject, Two-Reel
  • Nominee Double or Nothing Short Subject, Two-Reel

1936 โ€” 8th Academy Awards →

  • 🏆 Winner Three Orphan Kittens David Hand Short Subject, Cartoon
  • 🏆 Winner How to Sleep Jack Chertok Short Subject, Comedy
  • 🏆 Winner Wings Over Mt. Everest Short Subject, Novelty
  • Nominee Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor Dave Fleischer Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee The Old Mill Pond Hugh Harman Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Who Killed Cock Robin? David Hand Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee The Calico Dragon Rudolf Ising Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Oh, My Nerves Jules White Short Subject, Comedy
  • Nominee Tit for Tat Short Subject, Comedy
  • Nominee Oh My Nerves Short Subject, Comedy
  • Nominee Camera Thrills Short Subject, Novelty
  • Nominee Audioscopiks Short Subject, Novelty

1935 โ€” 7th Academy Awards →

  • 🏆 Winner The Tortoise and the Hare Wilfred Jackson Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
  • 🏆 Winner La Cucaracha Lloyd Corrigan Short Subject, Comedy
  • 🏆 Winner City of Wax Short Subject, Novelty
  • Nominee Who Killed Cock Robin? Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee The Calico Dragon Rudolf Ising Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Jolly Little Elves Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Holiday Land Rudolf Ising Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee What, No Men! Short Subject, Comedy
  • Nominee Men in Black Raymond McCarey Short Subject, Comedy
  • Nominee Strikes and Spares Short Subject, Novelty
  • Nominee Bosom Friends Short Subject, Novelty

1934 โ€” 6th Academy Awards →

  • 🏆 Winner The Three Little Pigs Burt Gillett Short Subject, Cartoon
  • 🏆 Winner So This Is Harris! Short Subject, Comedy
  • 🏆 Winner Krakatoa Short Subject, Novelty
  • Nominee Jolly Little Elves Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Holiday Land Charles Mintz Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee The Merry Old Soul Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Building a Building David Hand Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee A Preferred List Short Subject, Comedy
  • Nominee Mister Mugg Short Subject, Comedy
  • Nominee The Sea Short Subject, Novelty
  • Nominee Menu Short Subject, Novelty

1933 โ€” 5th Academy Awards →

  • 🏆 Winner The Music Box James Parrott Short Subject, Comedy
  • 🏆 Winner Wrestling Swordfish Short Subject, Novelty
  • Nominee The Merry Old Soul Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Building a Building Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Scratch-As-Catch-Can Mark Sandrich Short Subject, Comedy
  • Nominee The Loud Mouth Walter Graham Short Subject, Comedy
  • Nominee Swing High Short Subject, Novelty
  • Nominee Screen Souvenirs Short Subject, Novelty

1932 โ€” 5th Academy Awards →

  • 🏆 Winner Flowers and Trees Burt Gillett Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
  • Nominee Mickey's Orphans Burt Gillett Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee It's Got Me Again! Rudolf Ising Short Subject, Cartoon
  • Nominee Stout Hearts and Willing Hands Short Subject, Comedy
  • Nominee Scratch-As-Catch-Can Short Subject, Comedy
  • Nominee The Loud Mouth Short Subject, Comedy
  • Nominee Swing High Short Subject, Novelty
  • Nominee Screen Souvenirs Short Subject, Novelty