Recap / Fourth Academy Awards

The 4th Academy Awards

Host: Lawrence Grant

Air Date: November 10, 1931

Outstanding Production

• Cimarron (winner)
• East Lynne
• The Front Page
• Skippy
• Trader Horn

Best Actor

• Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul (winner)
• Jackie Cooper - Skippy
• Richard Dix - Cimarron
• Fredric March - The Royal Family Of Broadway
• Adolphe Menjou - The Front Page

Best Actress

• Marie Dressler - Min and Bill (winner)
• Marlene Dietrich - Morocco
• Irene Dunning - Cimarron
• Ann Harding - Holiday
• Norma Shearer - A Free Soul

Best Director

• Norman Taurog - Skippy (winner)
• Wesley Ruggles - Cimarron
• Clarence Brown - A Free Soul
• Lewis Milestone - The Front Page
• Josef von Sternberg - Morocco

Best Original Story

• The Dawn Patrol (winner)
• The Doorway To Hell
• Laughter
• The Public Enemy
• Smart Money

Best Adaptation

• Cimarron (winner)
• The Criminal Code
• Holiday
• Little Caesar
• Skippy

Best Sound Recording

• Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department (winner)
• MGM Studio Sound Department
• RKO Radio Sound Department
• Samuel Goldwyn-United Artists Studio Sound Department

Best Art Direction

• Cimarron (winner)
• Just Imagine
• Morocco
• Svengali
• Whoopee

Best Cinematography

• Tabu (winner)
• Cimarron
• Morocco
• The Right To Love
• Svengali

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