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The 4th Academy Awards |
1932
Sala D'Oro in the Biltmore Hotel
Tuesday, November 10, 1931
Honoring movies released from August 1, 1930 - July 31, 1931.
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Highlights
Best Directing
Skippy
Norman Taurog
Best Actor and Actress
Min and Bill / A Free Soul
Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore
Acting Winners
Lionel Barrymore with his Best Actor Oscar for A Free Soul sits next to presenter Norma Shearer and Best Actress Marie Dressler
Memorable Moments
The 4th Academy Awards Banquet
Held at the Sala D'Oro in the Biltmore Hotel.
Oscar Arrivals
Guests arrive at the Academy Awards
Jackie Cooper
With his mother at the Oscars
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Actor
Winner
Lionel Barrymore
A Free Soul
Nominees
Jackie Cooper
Skippy
Richard Dix
Cimarron
Fredric March
The Royal Family of Broadway
Adolphe Menjou
The Front Page
Actress
Winner
Marie Dressler
Min and Bill
Nominees
Marlene Dietrich
Morocco
Irene Dunne
Cimarron
Ann Harding
Holiday
Norma Shearer
A Free Soul
Art Direction
Winner
Cimarron
Cimarron
Nominees
Just Imagine
Stephen Goosson, Ralph Hammeras
Morocco
Hans Dreier
Svengali
Anton Grot
Whoopee!
Richard Day
Cinematography
Winner
Tabu
Floyd Crosby
Nominees
Cimarron
Edward Cronjager
Morocco
Lee Garmes
The Right to Love
Charles Lang
Svengali
Barney "Chick" McGill
Directing
Winner
Skippy
Norman Taurog
Nominees
Cimarron
Wesley Ruggles
A Free Soul
Clarence Brown
The Front Page
Lewis Milestone
Morocco
Josef Von Sternberg
Outstanding Production
Winner
Cimarron
RKO Radio
Nominees
East Lynne
Fox
The Front Page
The Caddo Company
Skippy
Paramount Publix
Trader Horn
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sound Recording
Winner
Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department
Nominees
Samuel Goldwyn - United Artists Studio Sound Department
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
Writing (Adaptation)
Winner
Cimarron
Howard Estabrook
Nominees
The Criminal Code
Seton I. Miller, Fred Niblo, Jr.
Holiday
Horace Jackson
Little Caesar
Francis Faragoh, Robert N. Lee
Skippy
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sam Mintz
Writing (Original Story)
Winner
The Dawn Patrol
John Monk Saunders
Nominees
The Doorway to Hell
Rowland Brown
Laughter
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Doty, Donald Ogden Stewart
The Public Enemy
John Bright, Kubec Glasmon
Smart Money
Lucien Hubbard, Joseph Jackson
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Cimarron
7 Nominations,
3 Wins
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Art Direction - Cimarron
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Writing (Adaptation) - Howard Estabrook
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Outstanding Production - RKO Radio
Cinematography - Edward Cronjager
Actress - Irene Dunne in "Cimarron"
Actor - Richard Dix in "Cimarron"
Directing - Wesley Ruggles
The Criminal Code
1 Nomination
Writing (Adaptation) - Seton I. Miller, Fred Niblo, Jr.