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4th Academy Awards

November 10, 1931 · Honoring films from 1930/31

BEST PICTURE
Poster for Cimarron
RKO Radio
Cimarron
BEST DIRECTOR
Photo of Norman Taurog
Norman Taurog
Skippy
BEST ACTOR
Photo of Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
A Free Soul
BEST ACTRESS
Photo of Marie Dressler
Marie Dressler
Min and Bill
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Poster for Cimarron
Howard Estabrook
Cimarron
Category:
1930/31 (4th)
Best Actor
Lionel Barrymore
Stephen Ashe, A Free Soul
Jackie Cooper
Skippy Skinner, Skippy
Richard Dix
Yancey Cravat, Cimarron
Fredric March
Tony Cavendish, The Royal Family of Broadway
Adolphe Menjou
Walter Burns, The Front Page
Best Actress
Marie Dressler
Min, Min and Bill
Marlene Dietrich
Amy Jolly, Morocco
Irene Dunne
Sabra Cravat, Cimarron
Ann Harding
Linda Seton, Holiday
Norma Shearer
Jan Ashe, A Free Soul
Best Art Direction
Max Rée
Cimarron
Stephen Goosson, Ralph Hammeras
Just Imagine
Hans Dreier
Morocco
Anton Grot
Svengali
Richard Day
Whoopee!
Best Cinematography
Floyd Crosby
Tabu
Edward Cronjager
Cimarron
Lee Garmes
Morocco
Charles Lang
The Right to Love
Barney "Chick" McGill
Svengali
Best Director
Norman Taurog
Skippy
Wesley Ruggles
Cimarron
Clarence Brown
A Free Soul
Lewis Milestone
The Front Page
Josef Von Sternberg
Morocco
Outstanding Production
RKO Radio
Cimarron
Fox
East Lynne
The Caddo Company
The Front Page
Paramount Publix
Skippy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trader Horn
Best Sound Recording
Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department N
Samuel Goldwyn - United Artists Studio Sound Department N
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department N
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department N
Best Adaptation
Howard Estabrook
Cimarron
Seton I. Miller, Fred Niblo Jr.
The Criminal Code
Horace Jackson
Holiday
Francis Faragoh, Robert N. Lee
Little Caesar
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sam Mintz
Skippy
Best Original Story
John Monk Saunders
The Dawn Patrol
Rowland Brown
The Doorway to Hell
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Doty, Donald Ogden Stewart
Laughter
John Bright, Kubec Glasmon
The Public Enemy
Lucien Hubbard, Joseph Jackson
Smart Money