The Academy improved on its new(ish) category by singling out both visual technicians and sound technicians among the nominees.
The nominees were ...
- The Blue Bird, photographic effects by Fred Sersen, sound effects by E.H. Hansen
- Boom Town, photographic effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, sound effects by Douglas Shearer
- The Boys From Syracuse, photographic effects by John P. Fulton, sound effects by Bernard B. Brown Joseph Lapis
- Dr. Cyclops, photographic effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart
- Foreign Correspondent, photographic effects by Paul Eagler, sound effects by Thomas T. Moulton
- The Invisible Man Returns, photographic effects by John P. Fulton sound effects by Bernard B. Brown, William Hedgecock
- The Long Voyage Home, photographic effects by R.T. Layton, R.O. Binger, sound effects by Thomas T. Moulton
- One Million B.C., photographic effects by Roy Seawright, sound effects by Elmer Raguse
- Rebecca, photographic effects by Jack Cosgrove, sound effects by Arthur Johns
- The Sea Hawk, photographic effects by Byron Haskin, sound effects by Nathan Levinson
- Swiss Family Robinson, photographic effects by Vernon L. Walker, sound effects by John O. Aalberg
- The Thief of Bagdad, photographic effects by Lawrence Butler, sound effects by Jack Whitney
- Typhoon, photographic effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, sound effects by Loren Ryder
- Women in War, photographic effects by Howard J. Lydecker, William Bradford, Ellis J. Thackery, sound effects by Herbert Norsch
And the Oscar went to ...
The Thief of Bagdad, photographic effects by Lawrence Butler, sound effects by Jack Whitney.
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| Rex Ingram and Sabu in The Thief of Bagdad |
Butler's great contribution to the special effects world is the pioneering use of chroma key compositing, the now-familiar bluescreen or greenscreen effect, in which figures perform against a blue or green backdrop, allowing them to be superimposed on another image. Butler used it to allow the genie, played by Rex Ingram, to become a giant in scenes with Abu, played by Sabu. Butler began his career with Alexander Korda, and after World War II became head of the special effects department at Columbia. Whitney, the chief sound engineer on The Thief of Bagdad, received most of his eight nominations in the sound recording category, and won a second Oscar for That Hamilton Woman.
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