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4th Academy Awards Ceremony hosted by Lawrence Grant

4th Academy Awards Ceremony (1931)

4th Academy Awards Ceremony

(1931)

Drama / Family / News

November 10, 1931 at Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California

Hosted by Lawrence Grant

The 4th Academy Awards were awarded to films completed and screened in 1930 and 1931 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

BEST PICTURE
Cimarron
East Lynne
The Front Page
Skippy
Trader Horn

BEST DIRECTOR
Norman Taurog – Skippy
Clarence Brown – A Free Soul
Lewis Milestone – The Front Page
Wesley Ruggles – Cimarron
Josef von Sternberg – Morocco

BEST ACTOR
Lionel Barrymore – A Free Soul
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
Marlene Dietrich – Morocco
Irene Dunne – Cimarron
Ann Harding – Holiday
Norma Shearer – A Free Soul

BEST 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 Jose Jackson

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
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

BEST SOUND RECORDING
Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department
MGM Studio Sound Department
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
Samuel Goldwyn-United Artists Studio Sound Department

BEST ART DIRECTION
Cimarron – Max Rée
Just Imagine – Stephen Goosson and Ralph Hammeras
Morocco – Hans Dreier
Svengali – Anton Grot
Whoopee! – Richard Day

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tabu – Floyd Crosby
Cimarron – Edward Cronjager
Morocco – Lee Garmes
The Right to Love – Charles Lang
Svengali – Barney McGill

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