Academy Award Oscar trophy

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The 6th Academy Awards

March 16, 1933  •  Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles  •  Hosted by Will Rogers

10
Categories
1933
Year
Cavalcade swept Picture, Director, and Art Direction
Katharine Hepburn won her first of four Best Actress Oscars
Charles Laughton won Best Actor in his first Oscar-nominated role
Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Cavalcade
Winfield Sheehan, producer
42nd Street
A Farewell to Arms
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Lady for a Day
Little Women
The Private Life of Henry VIII
She Done Him Wrong
Smilin' Through
State Fair
Best Director
Winner
Frank Lloyd
Cavalcade
Frank Capra— Lady for a Day
George Cukor— Little Women
Paul Sloane— If I Were Free
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Charles Laughton
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Leslie Howard— Berkeley Square
Paul Muni— I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Best Actress
Winner
Katharine Hepburn
Morning Glory
May Robson— Lady for a Day
Diana Wynyard— Cavalcade
Writing
Best Writing (Original Story)
Winner
Robert Lord
One Way Passage
Best Writing (Adaptation)
Winner
Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman
Little Women
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Charles Bryant Lang Jr.
A Farewell to Arms
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
William S. Darling
Cavalcade
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Harold C. Lewis, Paramount Sound Dept.
A Farewell to Arms
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Three Little Pigs
Walt Disney / UA