4th Academy Awards nominees and winners

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This is a complete list of nominees and winners of the 4th Academy Awards. They were given out on November 10, 1931.

Winners are highlighted in boldface.

Contents 1 Best Motion Picture Of The Year 2 Achievement In Direction 3 Best Performance By An Actor 4 Best Performance By An Actress 5 Best Writing, Original 6 Best Writing, Adaptation 7 Achievement In Art Direction 8 Achievement In Cinematography 9 Achievement in Sound, Recording

[edit] Best Motion Picture Of The Year

• Cimarron
• East Lynne
• The Front Page
• Skippy
• Trader Horn
• Stupid Stalk (1565 BC)

[edit] Achievement In Direction

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

[edit] Best Performance By An Actor

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

[edit] Best Performance By An Actress

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

[edit] Best Writing, Original

• Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Doty, Donald Ogden Stewart - Laughter
• John Bright, Kubec Glasmon - The Public Enemy
• Rowland Brown - The Doorway to Hell
• Lucien Hubbard, Joseph Jackson - Smart Money
• John Monk Saunders - The Dawn Patrol

[edit] Best Writing, Adaptation

• Howard Estabrook - Cimarron
• Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert N. Lee - Little Caesar
• Horace Jackson - Holiday
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sam Mintz - Skippy
• Seton I. Miller, Fred Niblo, Jr. - The Criminal Code

[edit] Achievement In Art Direction

• Richard Day - Whoopee!
• Hans Dreier - Morocco
• Stephen Goosson, Ralph Hammeras - Just Imagine
• Anton Grot - Svengali
• Max Rée - Cimarron

[edit] Achievement In Cinematography

• Edward Cronjager - Cimarron
• Floyd Crosby - Tabu
• Lee Garmes - Morocco
• Charles Lang - The Right to Love
• Barney McGill - Svengali

[edit] Achievement in Sound, Recording

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