Eighty prize-winning films of the 1930s are discussed in detail, with complete cast and technical credits, background notes, etc. Movies covered include "Gone With The Wind", "The Wizard of Oz", "Garden of Allah", "The Hurricane", "San Francisco", "In Old Chicago", "Lost Horizon", "It Happened One Night", "Sweethearts", "The Broadway Melody", "The Adventures of Robin Hood", "Tabu", "Wings", "Stagecoach", "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (both Fredric March and Spencer Tracy versions), "Cimarron", "Cleopatra", "Grand Hotel".