1930-1931

1930-1931 Academy Awards (Oscar winners and nominees)

(winners listed first in bold print)

Best Picture

Cimarron (1931)

East Lynne (1931)

The Front Page (1931)

Skippy (1931)

Trader Horn (1931)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Lionel Barrymore A Free Soul (1931)

Richard Dix Cimarron (1931)

Adolphe Menjou The Front Page (1931)

Fredric March The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)

Jackie Cooper Skippy (1931)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Marie Dressler Min and Bill (1930)

Irene Dunne Cimarron (1931)

Norma Shearer A Free Soul (1931)

Ann Harding Holiday (1930)

Marlene Dietrich Morocco (1930)

Best Director

Norman Taurog Skippy (1931)

Wesley Ruggles Cimarron (1931)

Clarence Brown A Free Soul (1931)

Lewis Milestone The Front Page (1931)

Josef von Sternberg Morocco (1930)

Best Writing Original Story

John Monk Saunders The Dawn Patrol (1930)

Rowland Brown The Doorway to Hell (1930)

Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast Douglas Doty & Donald Ogden Stewart for Laughter (1930)

John Bright & Kubec Glasmon for The Public Enemy (1931)

Lucien Hubbard & Joseph Jackson for Smart Money (1931)

Best Writing Adaptation

Howard Estabrook Cimarron (1931)

Seton Miller & Fred Niblo Jr. for The Criminal Code (1931)

Horace Jackson Holiday (1930)

Francis Edward Faragoh & Robert N. Lee for Little Caesar (1931)

Joseph Mankiewicz & Sam Mintz for Skippy (1931)

Best Cinematography

Floyd Crosby Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)

Edward Cronjager Cimarron (1931)

Lee Garmes Morocco (1930)

Charles Lang The Right to Love (1930)

Barney McGill Svengali (1931)

Best Art Direction

Max Rée Cimarron (1931)

Stephen Goosson & Ralph Hammeras for Just Imagine (1930)

Hans Dreier Morocco (1930)

Anton Grot Svengali (1931)

Richard Day Whoopee! (1930)

Best Sound Recording

Paramount

MGM

RKO Radio

Samuel Goldwyn-United Artists