Academy Awards

1929 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerUnderworldBen HechtBoisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.Amazon1929 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesThe Last CommandLajos BiróAmazon

1931 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerThe Dawn PatrolJohn Monk SaundersWorld War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but Courtney is soon promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.Amazon1931 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesLaughterHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastAmazonSmart MoneyLucien HubbardAmazonThe Doorway to HellRowland BrownAmazonThe Public EnemyJohn BrightAmazon

1932 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerThe ChampFrances MarionAn alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.Amazon1932 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesLady and GentGrover JonesAmazonThe Star WitnessLucien HubbardAmazonWhat Price Hollywood?Adela Rogers St. JohnsAmazon

1934 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerOne Way PassageRobert LordA terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.Amazon1934 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesRasputin and the EmpressCharles MacArthurAmazonThe Prizefighter and the LadyFrances MarionAmazon

1935 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerManhattan MelodramaArthur CaesarThe friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.Amazon1935 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesHide-OutMauri GrashinAmazonThe Richest Girl in the WorldNorman KrasnaAmazon

1936 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerThe ScoundrelBen HechtA ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a "restless" spirit for being unloved. A heavenly power gives him a month on Earth to find one person to shed a tear for him before his fate is sealed.Amazon1936 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesBroadway Melody of 1936Moss HartAmazonG' MenDarryl F. ZanuckAmazonThe Gay DeceptionDon HartmanAmazon

1937 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerThe Story of Louis PasteurPierre CollingsThe biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.Amazon1937 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesFuryNorman KrasnaAmazonSan FranciscoRobert E. HopkinsAmazonThe Great ZiegfeldWilliam Anthony McGuireAmazonThree Smart GirlsAdele ComandiniAmazon