Oscar Nominated Short Subject (One-Reel)
This nomination category took place between the 9th - 29th Academy Awards Ceremonies (1937-1957). One reel was short films up to 10min.
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- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsDarla HoodEugene 'Porky' LeeGeorge 'Spanky' McFarlandSpanky and Alfalfa fake a tooth-ache to get out of school.
- DirectorFred WallerStarsYasha Bunchuk
- DirectorArthur J. OrnitzGunther von FritschStarsPete SmithHorace B. CarpenterDave O'BrienA dog living in a junk yard finds out that all stray dogs will be exterminated by 3 o' clock that afternoon, so sets off to find a master before the deadline.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsPete SmithMargaret BertAndré CheronThis Oscar-nominated short film tells the story of the discovery of radium and how it is used in medicine.
- DirectorJulian HuxleyStarsA.L. AlexanderA 1934 GB production that was picked up in 1937 by Educational for 20th Century Fox distribution about the gannet, (a beautiful white and exceedingly graceful bird deemed the best fisherman in the world), that inhabits a small rocky island off the coast of Wales. One of the few Educational releases that actually was shown in schools, and one would have had to play hookey every day in order to miss seeing this as a Texas school kid in the 40's and 50's. Footage from this short used in many other wild-life films also.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsRobert BenchleyKing BaggotJack BaxleyA man and his wife have a less-than-enjoyable time at the movies.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsJohn NesbittShepperd StrudwickRudolph AndersThe story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, a pioneer in medical hygiene who paid the price from colleagues who refused to believe him.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsCarey WilsonTom NealCarey Wilson tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien who suffered a living death in order to bring hope and God's comfort to the lepers confined on Molokai Island.
- DirectorJohn A. HaeselerStarsFrank CrumitThree bear cubs are observed exploring the forests of the Sierra Nevadas, encountering other wildlife, and invading the kitchen of a local ranch house.
- StarsClifton FadimanRex StoutJohn KieranA film version of the popular radio quiz show Information Please. A panel of famous "experts" - including author Rex Stout and comedian Oscar Levant - answer trivia questions and try to identify things like a tune on a piano, and what type of animals several modelled fur coats were made from. Prize winnings were in support of the Will Rogers Memorial Fund.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsCarey WilsonTom NealThis is the story of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American Naval officer, who developed the first maps that charted the oceans' winds and currents.
- StarsHoward HillRonald ReaganA group of men are on the sailboat the Scirocco heading down the Pacific coast to go fishing, but not just ordinary fishing. Among the group is archer Howard Hill who has used this skill in the past for big game hunting. Hill practices his archery skill by using a life preserver as a target, and by shooting flying fish gliding above the water. This practice is all in the preparation for the main target, the great blue marlin, which Hill plans on shooting with a specially rigged bow and arrow like harpoon, before the marlin is brought in by conventional rod and reel. After Hill gets to reel one in, he gives the turn to one of his less experienced crew. Regardless of if they get the fish, the act of marlin fishing is fraught with danger as the marlin tries to win the battle.
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsHarry WattStarsQuentin ReynoldsKing George VIQueen Elizabeth the Queen MotherA tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsJohn BurtonHans ConriedJimmy DimeThis short starts with a short biography of Nostradamus and highlights some of his prophecies that came true in his own day (e.g., telling a young priest that many years later he would become Pope Sixtus V). Then we come to the present and learn that Nostradamus' writings foretold WWI. Several of his prophecies are then applied to the events leading to WWII, as well as to current war events.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsHarold E. EdgertonClarence CurtisTex HarrisIn this Pete Smith Specialty, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events that occur too fast to be seen by the naked eye. Examples shown here include a bullet in flight as it shatters a light bulb, the moment of impact when a kicker kicks a football, and a the motion of a hummingbird's wings as it hovers.
- DirectorJulien BryanStarsJulien BryanA short film which documents the siege of Warsaw at the beginning of World War II.
- DirectorPaul VogelStarsPete SmithThis MGM short, part of the A Pete Smith Specialty series, focuses on the young men who have signed up to serve their country. Speed, teamwork and accuracy are the hallmark of all army units and this is demonstrated by different army squads - a rifle squad, a machine gun squad, a mortar squad, anti-tank gunners and shore batteries - all of which work with the fluidity of athletes and athletic teams.
- DirectorLeslie M. RoushStarsJohnny LongJohnny Long and His OrchestraHelen YoungThis Paramount Headliner short (in-house number A1-1) was filmed at Jones Beach and features a background of pretty girls, bathing suits and the ocean. Johnny Long and His Orchestra provide the music for five songs, including "Kiss the Boys Goodbye", and Helen Young and Bob Huston provide the vocals.
- DirectorIrving AllenStarsThe Robert Mitchell Boy ChoirRobert MitchellKen CarpenterA tribute to the Robert Mitchell Choir School of Hollywood, which trains talented young boys in the musical arts in addition to regular academic studies.
- DirectorDel FrazierStarsKnox ManningThis entry in "The Sports Parade" series, shows us how Mortimer, a Standardbred horse, is trained for harness racing.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsJohn NesbittEddy ChandlerMark DanielsThis short film showcases how the war department utilized animals to assist with aptitude testing to match people with suitable jobs in the national defense effort prior to the USA entering World War II.
- DirectorFrank Hurley
- DirectorTex AveryLou LillyStarsSara BernerMel BlancBernice HansenPart of Tex Avery's "Speaking of Animals" series of animated shorts. A collection of puns, sight gags and slapstick jokes involving pigs, cows, chickens and other animals on a farm.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsUnited States Marine BandWilliam F. SantelmannThomas HolcombVarious configurations of the United States Marine Band, including marching band, choir, and symphony orchestra, perform patriotic songs on the National Mall. The performances are intercut with footage of the Marine Corps in training.
- DirectorHerbert PolesieStarsPete SmithR.E. 'Dick' HanleyCharles HorvathA look at U.S. Marine Corps combat training during the first year of World War II, including conditioning techniques adapted from athletics, hand-to-hand combat tactics, and traditional drills.
- DirectorJack Kuhne
- DirectorRussell T. ErvinStarsTed Husing
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsVelozYolandaArt GilmoreBallroom dancers Veloz and Yolanda perform the various dance fads of the first half of the twentieth century.
- DirectorGunther von FritschStarsBarbara BedfordWilliam BishopRobert FrazerTells the story of Ben Helwig and his important contribution to the American war effort. Ben's story starts in the Great Depression when he, a young teen, is separated from his parents leaving him for a better life at an institution as they search for work. A freak baseball accident at the home leads to Benny losing sight permanently in one eye, followed by losing sight permanently in the other eye. As Ben is despondent over his new life situation, his mother realizes that she has to do something to make him feel productive again, she turning to one of his old favorite pastimes of building model planes, with his hands, sensitive to his new situation, taking over as his eyes in they being able to "see" things through touch. Thus begins his unusual road to doing complex and precision machine work in factories when he grows into an adult.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsEddie AlbertDesi ArnazGene AutrySeveral prominent actors are seen in their new roles as WWII military officers and enlisted men. Highlights include Robert Stack (a former amateur skeet shooting champion) displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone Power as a Marine drill instructor; Rudy Vallee leading a military band; and Glenn Ford in the everyday grind of a Marine private.
- StarsEd ThorgersenA documentary about how American sports figures are contributing to the war effort.
- DirectorLou LillyStarsSara BernerPinto ColvigHarry LangAn Academy Award-winning Paramount Headliner short featuring a tour of the animal kingdom with the animals tossing around quips and jokes via dubbing and special effects. The narration is by Ken Carpenter, and the ending is a rendition of "Cow-Cow Boogie" by a "cow soloist" and some cow-pasture harmonizers.
- DirectorWill JasonStarsPete SmithWilliam BaileyMargaret BertA humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.
- DirectorGjon MiliStarsLester YoungGeorge 'Red' CallenderHarry EdisonCreated under the guidance of jazz impresario and Verve Records founder Norman Granz, this short captures the spontaneity of a jam session and is one of few film records of black jazzers of the day including tenor sax legend Lester Young.
- DirectorTom CummiskeyStarsEd Thorgersen
- StarsLowell ThomasThis 1946 entry in the "Movietone Adventures" series of shorts was in Technicolor when originally released. Narrated by Lowell Thomas, it is a trip from Medicine Hat in southern Utah down the rapids of the San Juan River ending with a view of the Rainbow Bridge, hence the title and the use of Tehnicolor.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsCecil B. DeMilleLouella ParsonsWalt DisneyA look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in the series are featured, along with a montage of film greats who have passed away in the intervening years.
- DirectorSammy LeeStarsJohn NesbittHarry CordingLotte Palfi AndorThe story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Phillipe Pinel, whose initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.
- StarsKnox ManningWe watch the life of a Coast Guard dog, from the dog's point of view, from induction to graduation and then into a jungle to hunt for an enemy sniper. To pass muster, dogs must be of a certain size, then they go through basic training, canine calisthenics, carrying and leaping, attacking and assisting escapes, self-possession under gunfire, and working with various handlers. The handlers, too, learn skills. After graduation, the dog is ready for duty in a jungle across the Pacific. The dog's keen eyesight, hearing, and sense of smell make it an ideal warrior.
- DirectorJack EatonStarsTed HusingSkiiing on New Hampshire's Cannon Mountain.
- DirectorThomas MeadStarsJack Costello
- DirectorRussell T. ErvinStarsTed HusingThis short starts with the various rivers, lakes, and pools where children of the day learn how to swim and dive, and ends with amateur men and women diving.
- DirectorEdwin E. OlsenStarsKnox ManningNorman NevillsEdwin E. OlsenPart of the Warner Brothers Sports Parade series, this short film chronicles the attempt by a group of men to navigate the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to Lake Mead. Led by Norman D. Nevills, 9 men undertake a 19-day trip in three specialty-built rowboats through the more than 200 rapids, some of which run at 30 m.p.h. Along the way, they see the remnants of previous expeditions including wrecked boats and even a skeleton. They also visit now-abandoned Pueblo Indian cave dwellings.
- StarsKnox ManningA fox cub experiences life in the forest.
- DirectorDave O'BrienStarsPete SmithDave O'BrienGeorge BruggemanDocumentary showing different "home remedies" for various ills.
- DirectorTom CummiskeyStarsEd Thorgersen
- DirectorArthur CohenStarsTed de CorsiaNarrated by Ted de Corsia, this documentary short tells the life of 1947 Brooklyn, New York, and Coney Island.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJohn NesbittNana BryantFred FisherOscar-winning short film has an adult looking back fondly at his childhood when he was taught in a one-room schoolhouse by Miss Turlock, a stern, but caring and respected teacher.
- DirectorRobert CarlisleStarsGayne WhitmanThis short is one of Paramount's "Popular Science" series (number L6-5, or the fifth one of the 1946-47 production season) and begins by showling moon rockets, weighing 30 tons, aflight in the ionosphere, with mounted color cameras recording pictures hundreds of miles above the earth. Coming back to earth, it discourses on modern bathroom fixtures, and then demostrates a one-man hay-bailer.
- DirectorRichard L. CassellStarsPete SmithThis Pete Smith Specialty demonstrates the uses of micro- and macrophotography. We see extreme closeups of the mechanical workings of a tiny wristwatch, the surface of a cat's tongue, and several insects.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonArt GilmoreJack CarsonAspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Brothers and must settle for being a stand-in.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsKathleen FreemanHoward NegleyRuth LeeIn this entry in the Passing Parade series, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Annie Swenson, who worked as a cook/housekeeper in the Nesbitt home when he was growing up. Annie was one of thousands of Scandinavian immigrant girls who came to America in the early years of the 20th century in search of a better life.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonPhyllis CoatesGeorge FordJoe McDoakes and his wife love to participate in radio show contests, but something seems to interfere every time they are lucky enough to be chosen as participants.
- DirectorDave O'BrienStarsPete SmithDave O'BrienA series of mishaps happening to a homeowner, while he take a relaxing day off from the office. The trouble is about to begin when he starts to rest at home.
- DirectorArne SucksdorffStarsMats BjörneA short impression of Stockholm.
- DirectorCharles T. TregoStarsPete SmithCharles T. TregoPreston PetersenIn this Pete Smith Specialty, cameraman Charles T. Trego films water skiing champion Preston Petersen, as he and two unnamed female skiers perform various tricks and feats of skill in their sport.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonPhyllis CoatesDouglas FowleyJoe McDoakes (George O'Hanlon) pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.
- DirectorJustin HermanStarsJean PorterMidge BrasuhnA short subject film about how mid-twentieth century women are making advances and careers in Roller Derby.
- DirectorErnest CortsThis short is about a visionary indoor/outdoor combo swimming pool in a California home that is equipped with cutting edge modern mid-20th century features.
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsDan DonaldsonDare-devils perform zany stunts.
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsDwight WeistA documentary about firemen and some of the spectacular blazes they fight.
- DirectorAndré de la VarreStarsArt GilmoreThe annual horse race held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena is highlighted in all its color, pomp, and pageantry.
- DirectorDave O'BrienStarsPete SmithDave O'BrienThis Pete Smith Specialty was produced in cooperation with the US Department of Labor. Using humor, it shows what can happen when tools and machinery are misused and safety devices are ignored.
- DirectorJack EatonStarsTed HusingWalt DisneyThis is a Grantland Rice Sportscope from Paramount about hobbyists building steam locomotives, scaled one inch to the foot, by members of the Southern California branch of the Live Steam Model Locomotives Club. The models are powerful enough for the hobbyists to ride over the expensive-and-expansive tracks they also build to scale. Many of these models are perfect working replicas of of the locomotives used on the United States railway system. This short features Walt Disney, one of the experts on model-train building, working on his scaled-down 'Diamond Slacker", and taking kids to ride on his elaborate miniature system. There is not one inch nor one frame of animation in this short, and Walt Disney was not involved beyond being one of the subject model-builders.
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsDwight Weist
- Mankind's numerous ways of measuring the passage of time through history are depicted through stop-motion animation, from ancient sundials to simple mechanical devices, up through complex modern timepieces.
- DirectorJack EatonStarsWard WilsonThis Grantland Rice Sportlight visits the internationally famous Mexican Army Equestrian Teams as it puts on a demonstration if the finest in horsemanship.
- DirectorLarry LansburghStarsArt GilmoreMarvin GlennA hunter tracks a sheep-killing cougar.
- DirectorJean OserAn innovative profile of the painter Johannes Vermeer.
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsGrant MunroJean Paul LadouceurA surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
- DirectorGerard Bryant
- DirectorVincenzo Lucci-ChiarissiPrimitive sculptures trace the evolution of religious motives in early man.
- DirectorRussell T. ErvinStarsWard Wilson
- DirectorJulian BiggsStarsBruno GerussiThe operations of a herring boat, and of her crew, are typical of the ships and crews that dot the coastal waters of British Columbia. This film goes out to sea to tell the story of the trawler Western Girl, of her skipper and his men, and their race to get their catch before the quota is taken and the fishing area closed. We see the cooperation necessary in an enterprise that has a great element of risk, for though there is big money in herring when the catch is good, competition is keen and the outlay heavy; one man's mistake may mean severe loss.
- DirectorJean Oser
- StarsJohnny GreenThe MGM Symphony OrchestraJohnny Green conducts the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the title work.
- DirectorOtto LangStarsGlauco D'AttiliEdward EdsonAdam GarnerAnother of the CinemaScope shorts in Technicolor that 20th Century-Fox churned out in a hurry to get them booked with their CinemaScope features to make a full bill of CinemaScope in theatres. The 1st Piano Quartette (Adan Garner, Edward Edson, Frank Mittler and Glauco D'Attilli)play Lecuona's "Malaguena", Debussy's "Clair de Lune" and John Phillip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever." As with a few others, house-man Otto Lang produced and directed, or took a credit more likely belonging to the cameraman or editor.
- StarsThe MGM Symphony OrchestraJohnny GreenJohn DehnerJohnny Green leads the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a medley of waltzes and other familiar pieces by three members of the Strauss family.
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsWard WilsonDwight Weist
- DirectorCarson DavidsonStarsRobert FleuryJoseph TulOsmond BeckwithThis Oscar-nominated short is a selection of images of, on and around New York's 3rd Ave El throughout a day showing a variety of the riders and many scenes of New York around the tracks.
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsDwight WeistWard WilsonBarney OldfieldAssembled from dozens of film clips, with voice-over narration, this short film is a humorous "little history of a very big event, the coming of the automobile." It highlights the first few decades of autos and their impact in the U.S.
- DirectorAnthony Muto
- DirectorJustin HermanA young hurler relates an account of the sport in the fictional Irish town of Ballykilly.
- DirectorKonstantin KalserStarsJay JacksonDonald CampbellLeo VillaThis Oscar-winning short documentary follows the exploits of Donald Campbell on Lake Mead, Nevada in his boat Bluebird as he attempts to be the first to successfully set a water speed record in excess of 200 mph.
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsDwight WeistWard WilsonHiram JohnsonA look at various famous figures in the 1920s, including political figures, entertainers, writers, adventurers and inventors, beginning with the 1920 presidential campaign and including various newsmakers.
- DirectorAndré de la VarreStarsMarvin Miller"Scope Gem" tour of Dinkelsbuhl, Germany.