Academy Award Oscar trophy

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The 4th Academy Awards

November 10, 1931  •  Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles  •  Hosted by Lawrence Grant

12
Categories
1931
Year
Cimarron won Best Picture, Screenplay, and Art Direction
Marie Dressler won Best Actress for Min and Bill
Lionel Barrymore won Best Actor for A Free Soul
Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Cimarron
William LeBaron, producer
East Lynne
The Front Page
Skippy
Trader Horn
Best Director
Winner
Norman Taurog
Skippy — Skippy
Clarence Brown— A Free Soul
Lewis Milestone— The Front Page
Wesley Ruggles— Cimarron
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Lionel Barrymore
A Free Soul
Frederick March— The Royal Family of Broadway
Adolphe Menjou— The Front Page
Best Actress
Winner
Marie Dressler
Min and Bill
Marlene Dietrich— Morocco
Irene Dunne— Cimarron
Ann Harding— Holiday
Writing
Best Writing (Original Story)
Winner
John Monk Saunders
The Dawn Patrol
Best Writing (Achievement)
Winner
Howard Estabrook
Cimarron
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Floyd Crosby
Tabu
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Max Ree
Cimarron
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Paramount Studio Sound Dept.
Skippy