The Best Picture Podcast

Eric, Ike, and Sean rank and discuss the ten nominees for Oustanding Production of 1932-33. Once again, the nominees are 42nd Street, Cavalcade, 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, and State Fair.

Director: Henry King Producer: Winfield R. Sheehan Screenplay: Sonya Levien, Paul Green, Frank Craven, Julien Josephson, Henry Wales Photography: Hal Mohr, Joseph A. Valentine Music: Louis De Francesco Cast: Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, Lew Ayres, Sally Eilers, Norman Foster Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 100%/Audience: 54%

Director: Sidney Franklin Producers: Albert Lewin, Irving Thalberg Screenplay: Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart, James B. Fagan, John L. Balderston, Frances Marion, John Meehan Photography: Lee Garmes Music: William Axt Cast: Norma Shearer, Frederic March, Leslie Howard, O.P. Heggie, Ralph Forbes Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 80%/Audience: 69%

Director: Lowell Sherman Producer: William LeBaron Screenplay: Mae West, Harvey F. Thew, John Bright Photography: Charles Lang Music: John Leipold Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 93%/Audience: 53%

Director: Alexander Korda Producers: Alexander Korda, Ludovico Toeplitz Screenplay: Lajos Biro, Arthur Wimperis Photography: Georges Perinal Music: Kurt Schroder Cast: Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie, Elsa Lanchester, Binnie Barnes Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 94%/Audience: 74%

Director: George Cukor Producer: Merian C. Cooper, Kenneth Macgowan Screenplay: Sarah J. Mason, Victor Heerman, Del Andrews, Alfred Block, Charles Brackett, Salisbury Field, David Hempstead, Jane Murfin, G.B. Stern, Wanda Tuchock, John Twist Photography: Henry W. Gerrard Music: Max Steiner Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Edna May Oliver, Jean Parker Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 89%/Audience: 78%

Director: Frank Capra Producer: Harry Cohn Screenplay: Robert Riskin Photography: Joseph Walker Music: Howard Jackson Cast: Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 100%/Audience: 79%

Director: Mervyn LeRoy Producer: Hal B. Wallis Screenplay: Howard J. Green, Brown Holmes, Sheridan Gibney Photography: Sol Polito Music: Bernhard Kaun Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis, Preston Foster Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 96%/Audience: 91%

Director: Frank Borzage Producer: Frank Borzage Screenplay: Benjamin Glazer, Oliver H.P. Garrett Photography: Charles Lang Cast: Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adlophe Menjou, Mary Philips, Jack La Rue Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 88%/Audience: 53%

Director: Frank Lloyd Producer: Frank Lloyd Screenplay: Reginald Berkeley Photography: John F. Seitz Music: Peter Brunelli, Louise De Francesco, Arthur Lange, J.S. Kamecnik Cast: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Beryl Mercer Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 62%/Audience: 26%