5th Academy Awards Ceremony

(1932)

Drama / Family / News

November 18, 1932 -  The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California

Hosted by Conrad Nagel

The 5th Academy Awards were conducted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for films screened between August 1, 1931 and July 31, 1932.  
 
BEST PICTURE
Grand Hotel
Arrowsmith
Bad Girl
The Champ
Five Star Final
One Hour with You
Shanghai Express
The Smiling Lieutenant 
 
BEST DIRECTOR
Frank Borzage – Bad Girl
King Vidor – The Champ
Josef von Sternberg – Shanghai Express 
 
BEST ACTOR
Fredric March – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Wallace Beery – The Champ
Alfred Lunt – The Guardsman 
 
BEST ACTRESS
Helen Hayes – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Marie Dressler – Emma
Lynn Fontanne – The Guardsman 
 
BEST STORY 
The Champ – Frances Marion
Lady and Gent – Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt
The Star Witness – Lucien Hubbard
What Price Hollywood? – Adela Rogers St. Johns and Jane Murfin 
 
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Bad Girl – Edwin J. Burke
Arrowsmith – Sidney Howard
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Percy Heath and Samuel Hoffenstein 
 
BEST ART DIRECTION
Transatlantic – Gordon Wiles
À nous la liberté – Lazare Meerson
Arrowsmith – Richard Day 
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Shanghai Express – Lee Garmes
Arrowsmith – Ray June
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Karl Struss 
 
BEST SOUND RECORDING 
Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department
MGM Studio Sound Department
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
Walt Disney Productions
Warner Bros. First National Studio Sound Department 
 
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Flowers and Trees
It's Got Me Again!
Mickey 's Orphans 
 
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM, COMEDY
The Music Box
The Loud Mouth
Scratch-As-Catch-Can 
 
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM, NOVELTY
Wrestling Swordfish
Screen Souvenirs
Swing High

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