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Academy Awards, USA: 1931

Oscar

Date:	10 November (banquet)
Host:	Lawrence Grant (I)
Location:	Sala D'Oro, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	The awards are given for films released between 1 August 1930 and 31 July 1931.

Best Picture


Winner:
	Cimarron (1931) - RKO Radio
Other Nominees:
	East Lynne (1931) - Fox Skippy (1931) - Paramount Publix The Front Page (1931) - The Caddo Company Trader Horn (1931) - M-G-M

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	A Free Soul (1931) - Lionel Barrymore
Other Nominees:
	Cimarron (1931) - Richard Dix (I) Skippy (1931) - Jackie Cooper (I) The Front Page (1931) - Adolphe Menjou The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) - Fredric March

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Min and Bill (1930) - Marie Dressler
Other Nominees:
	A Free Soul (1931) - Norma Shearer Cimarron (1931) - Irene Dunne Holiday (1930) - Ann Harding Morocco (1930) - Marlene Dietrich

Best Director


Winner:
	Skippy (1931) - Norman Taurog
Other Nominees:
	A Free Soul (1931) - Clarence Brown (I) Cimarron (1931) - Wesley Ruggles Morocco (1930) - Josef von Sternberg The Front Page (1931) - Lewis Milestone

Best Writing, Original Story


Winner:
	The Dawn Patrol (1930) - John Monk Saunders
Other Nominees:
	Laughter (1930) - Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast; Douglas Z. Doty; Donald Ogden Stewart Smart Money (1931) - Lucien Hubbard; Joseph Jackson (I) The Doorway to Hell (1930) - Rowland Brown The Public Enemy (1931) - John Bright (I); Kubec Glasmon

Best Writing, Adaptation


Winner:
	Cimarron (1931) - Howard Estabrook
Other Nominees:
	Holiday (1930) - Horace Jackson (I) Little Caesar (1931) - Francis Edward Faragoh; Robert N. Lee (I) Skippy (1931) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Sam Mintz The Criminal Code (1931) - Seton I. Miller; Fred Niblo Jr.

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931) - Floyd Crosby
Other Nominees:
	Cimarron (1931) - Edward Cronjager Morocco (1930) - Lee Garmes Svengali (1931) - Barney McGill The Right to Love (1930) - Charles Lang (I)

Best Art Direction


Winner:
	Cimarron (1931) - Max R�e
Other Nominees:
	Just Imagine (1930) - Stephen Goosson; Ralph Hammeras Morocco (1930) - Hans Dreier Svengali (1931) - Anton Grot Whoopee! (1930) - Richard Day (I)

Best Sound, Recording


Winner:
	Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department
Other Nominees:
	M-G-M Studio Sound Department RKO Radio Studio Sound Department Samuel Goldwyn-United Artists Studio Sound Department

Academy Award of Merit


Winners:
	DuPont Film Manufacturing Corp.; Eastman Kodak Co. - For super-sensitive panchromatic film. Electrical Research Products Inc.; RCA-Photophone Inc.; RKO Radio Pictures Inc. - For noise reduction recording equipment.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winner:
	Fox Film Corp. - For effective use of synchro-projection composite photography.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Electrical Research Products Inc. - For moving coil microphone transmitters. RCA-Photophone Inc. - For ribbon microphone transmitters. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. - For reflex type microphone concentrators.