4TH ACADEMY AWARDS

November 10, 1931
Biltmore Hotel
Hosted by Lawrence Grant

OUTSTANDING PICTURE

“Cimarron”

“East Lynne”

“The Front Page”

“Skippy”

“Trader Horn”

ACTOR

Lionel Barrymore – “A Free Soul”

Jackie Cooper – “Skippy”

Richard Dix – “Cimarron”

Fredric March – “The Royal Family of Broadway”

Adolphe Menjou – “The Front Page”

ACTRESS

Marlene Dietrich – “Morocco”

Marie Dressler – “Min and Bill”

Irene Dunne – “Cimarron”

Ann Harding – “Holiday”

Norma Shearer – “A Free Soul”

ART DIRECTION

“Cimarron” – Max Rée

“Just Imagine” – Stephen Goosson and Ralph Hammeras

“Morocco” – Hans Dreier

“Svengali” – Anton Grot

“Whoopee!” – Richard Day

CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Cimarron” – Edward Cronjager

“Morocco” – Lee Garmes

“The Right to Love” – Charles Lang

“Svengali” – Barney McGill

“Tabu” – Floyd Crosby

DIRECTOR

Clarence Brown – “A Free Soul”

Lewis Milestone – “The Front Page”

Wesley Ruggles – “Cimarron”

Josef von Sternberg – “Morocco”

Norman Taurog – “Skippy”

SOUND RECORDING

MGM Studio Sound Department

Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department

RKO Radio Studio Sound Department

Samuel Goldwyn-United Artists Studio Sound Department

WRITING (ADAPTATION)

“Cimarron” – Howard Estabrook

“The Criminal Code” – Seton I. Miller and Fred Niblo, Jr.

“Holiday” – Horace Jackson

“Little Caesar” – Francis Edward Faragoh and Robert N. Lee

“Skippy” – Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sam Mintz

WRITING (ORIGINAL STORY)

“The Dawn Patrol” – John Monk Saunders

“The Doorway to Hell” – Rowland Brown

“Laughter” – Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast, Douglas Doty and Donald Ogden Stewart

“The Public Enemy” – John Bright and Kubec Glasmon

“Smart Money” – Lucien Hubbard and Joseph Jackson