Recap / Fifth Academy Awards

The 5th Academy Awards

Host: Conrad Nagel

Air Date: November 18, 1932

Outstanding Production

• Grand Hotel (winner)
• Arrowsmith
• Bad Girl
• The Champ
• Five Star Final
• One Hour with You
• Shanghai Express
• The Smiling Lieutenant

Best Actor

• Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) (winner)
• Wallace Beery - The Champ (winner)
• Alfred Lunt - The Guardsman

Best Actress

• Helen Hayes - The Sin Of Madelon Claudet (winner)
• Marie Dressler - Emma
• Lynn Fontanne - The Guardsman

Best Director

• Frank Borzage - Bad Girl
• King Vidor - The Champ
• Josef von Sternberg - Shanghai Express

Best Original Story

• The Champ (winner)
• Lady And Gent
• The Star Witness
• What Price Hollywood?

Best Adaptation

• Bad Girl (winner)
• Arrowsmith
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Best Art Direction

• Transatlantic (winner)
• À nous la liberté
• Arrowsmith

Best Cinematography

• Shanghai Express (winner)
• Arrowsmith
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Best Sound Recording

• Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department (winner)
• MGM Studio Sound Department
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
• Walt Disney Productions
• Warner Bros. First National Studio Sound Department

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

• Flowers and Trees (winner)
• It's Got Me Again!
• Mickey's Orphans

Best Short Subject (Live Action Comedy)

• The Music Box (winner)
• The Loud Mouth
• Scratch As Catch Can

Best Live Action Short Subject (Novelty)

• Wrestling Swordfish (winner)
• Screen Souvenirs
• Swing High

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