Academy Award for Best Short Film - Live Action - 2 Reels
This is a list of short films that have received an
Oscar for best live action.
- 1936 The Public Pays - MGM
- 1937 Torture Money - MGM
- Deep South - RKO Radio
- Should Wives Work - RKO Radio
- 1938 Declaration of Independence - Warner Brothers
- 1939 Sons of Liberty - Warner Brothers
- Drunk Driving - MGM
- Five Times Five - RKO Radio
- 1940 Teddy, The Rough Rider - Warner Brothers
- 1941 Main Street on the March - MGM
- 1942 Beyond the Line of Duty - Warner Brothers
- Don’t Talk - MGM
- Private Smith of the U.S.A. - RKO Radio
- 1943 Heavenly Music - Jerry Bresler, Sam Coslow
- Letter to a Hero - Frederic Ullman
- Mardi Gras - Walter MacEwen
- Women at War - Gordon Hollingshead
- 1944 I Won’t Play - Gordon Hollingshead
- Bombalera - Louis Harris
- Main Street Today - Jerry Bresler
- 1945 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 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 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 Seal Island - Walt Disney
- Calgary Stampede - Gordon Hollingshead
- Going to Blazes - Herbert Morgan
- Samba Mania - Harry Grey
- Snow Capers - Thomas Mead
- 1949 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
- 1950 In Beaver Valley - Walt Disney
- Grandma Moses - Falcon Films
- My Country ‘Tis of Thee - Gordon Hollingshead
- 1951 Nature’s Half Acre - Walt Disney
- Balzac - Les Films Du Compass
- Danger Under the Sea - Thomas Mead
- 1952 Water Birds - Walt Disney
- Bridge of Time - London Films
- Devil Take Us – Herbert Morgan
- Thar She Blows! - Gordon Hollingshead
- 1953 Bear Country - Walt Disney
- Ben and Me - Walt Disney
- Return to Glennascaul – Mayer Kingsley, Inc
- Vesuvius Express - Otto Lang
- Winter Paradise - Cedric Francis
- 1954 A Time Out of War – Dennis Sanders, Terry Sanders
- Beauty and the Bull - Cedric Francis
- Jet Carrier - Otto Lang
- Siam - Walt Disney
- 1955 Face of Lincoln - William Blume
- 24-Hour Alert - Cedric Francis
- The Battle of Gettysburg - Dore Schary
- On the Twelfth Day - George Arthur
- Switzerland - Walt Disney
- 1956 The Bespoke Overcoat - George Arthur
- Cow Dog - Larry Lansburgh
- The Dark Wave - John Healy
- Samoa - Walt Disney
See also: Academy Award.
