1927 - 1942 Academy Awards

ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES AWARDS

Director, Actress, Actor

1927-28 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: Frank Borzage ( Seventh Heaven) and Lewis Milestone ( Two Arabian Knights)

Best Actress: Janet Gaynor ( Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, Sunrise)

Best Actor: Emil Jannings ( The Way of All Flesh, The Last Command)

1928-29 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: Frank Lloyd ( Weary River, Divine Lady, Drag)

Best Actress: Mary Pickford ( Coquette)

Best Actor: Warner Baxter ( In Old Arizona)

1929-30 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: Lewis Milestone ( All Quiet on the Western Front)

Best Actress: Norma Shearer ( The Divorcee)

Best Actor: George Arliss ( Disraeli)

1930-31 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: Norman Taurog ( Skippy)

Best Actress: Marie Dressler ( Min and Bill)

Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore ( A Free Soul)

1931-32 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: Frank Borzage ( Bad Girl)

Best Actress: Helen Hayes ( The Sin of Madelon Claudet)

Best Actor: Fredric March ( Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

1932-33 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: Frank Lloyd ( Cavalcade)

Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn ( Morning Glory)

Best Actor: Charles Laughton ( The Private Life of Henry VIII)

1933-34 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: Frank Capra ( It Happened One Night)

Best Actress: Claudette Colbert ( It Happened One Night)

Best Actor: Clark Gable ( It Happened One Night)

1934-35 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: John Ford ( The Informer)

Best Actress: Bette Davis ( Dangerous)

Best Actor: Victor McLaglen ( The Informer)

1935-36 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: Frank Capra ( Mr. Deeds Goes to Town)

Best Actress: Luise Rainer ( The Great Ziegfeld)

Best Actor: Paul Muni ( The Story of Louis Pasteur)

1936-37 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: Leo McCarey ( The Awful Truth)

Best Actress: Luise Rainer ( The Good Earth)

Best Actor: Spencer Tracy ( Captains Courageous)

1937-38 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: Frank Capra ( You Can't Take It With You)

Best Actress: Bette Davis ( Jezebel)

Best Actor: Spencer Tracy ( Boys Town)

1938-39 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: Victor Fleming ( Gone With the Wind)

Best Actress: Vivien Leigh ( Gone With the Wind)

Best Actor: Robert Donat ( Good-bye Mr. Chips)

1939-40 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: John Ford ( The Grapes of Wrath)

Best Actress: Ginger Rogers ( Kitty Foyle)

Best Actor: James Stewart ( The Philadelphia Story)

1940-41 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: John Ford ( How Green Was My Valley)

Best Actress: Joan Fontaine ( Suspicion)

Best Actor: Gary Cooper ( Sergeant York)

1941-42 Academy Awards Winners

Best Director: William Wyler ( Mrs. Miniver)

Best Actress: Greer Garson ( Mrs. Miniver)

Best Actor: James Cagner ( Yankee Doodle Dandy)