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4th Academy Awards

Date

November 10, 1931

Site

Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles, California

Host

Lawrence Grant

Highlights

Best Picture

Cimarron

Most awards

Cimarron (3)

Most nominations

Cimarron (7)

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The 4th Academy Awards were awarded to films completed and screened in 1930/1931, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. At the ceremony, nine-year-old Jackie Cooper, nominated for Best Actor in "Skippy," fell asleep on the shoulder of Best Actress nominee Marie Dressler. When Dressler was announced as the winner, Cooper had to be eased onto his mother’s lap.

Cimarron was the first western to ever win best picture, and was the only one for 59 years until Dances with Wolves won in 1990.

Cimarron was also the first film to have 7 nominations, breaking the nomination record and the first to ever win more than 2 awards.

Jackie Cooper became the first child star to get a nomination, and was the youngest for nearly 50 years. He is the 2nd youngest Oscar nomination ever and the only lead actor nomination to be under 18.

In addition, Cimarron and A Free Soul became the first 2 movies to get multiple acting nominations.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
William LeBaron for RKO Pictures – Cimarron Winfield Sheehan for Fox Film Corporation – East Lynne Howard Hughes for United Artists – The Front Page Adolph Zukor for Paramount Pictures – Skippy Irving Thalberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Trader Horn	Norman Taurog – Skippy Clarence Brown – A Free Soul Lewis Milestone – The Front Page Wesley Ruggles – Cimarron Josef von Sternberg – Morocco
Best Actor	Best Actress
Lionel Barrymore – A Free Soul Jackie Cooper – Skippy Richard Dix – Cimarron Fredric March – The Royal Family of Broadway Adolphe Menjou – The Front Page	Marie Dressler – Min and Bill Marlene Dietrich – Morocco Irene Dunne – Cimarron Ann Harding – Holiday Norma Shearer – A Free Soul
Best Story	Best Adapted Screenplay
The Dawn Patrol – John Monk Saunders The Doorway to Hell – Rowland Brown Laughter – Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Doty and Donald Ogden Stewart The Public Enemy – John Bright and Kubec Glasmon Smart Money – Lucien Hubbard and Jose Jackson	Cimarron – Howard Estabrook The Criminal Code – Seton I. Miller and Fred Niblo, Jr. Holiday – Horace Jackson Little Caesar – Francis Edward Faragoh and Robert N. Lee Skippy – Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sam Mintz
Best Sound Recording
Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department MGM Studio Sound Department RKO Radio Studio Sound Department Samuel Goldwyn-United Artists Studio Sound Department
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Cimarron – Max Rée Just Imagine – Stephen Goosson and Ralph Hammeras Morocco – Hans Dreier Svengali – Anton Grot Whoopee! – Richard Day	Tabu – Floyd Crosby Cimarron – Edward Cronjager Morocco – Lee Garmes The Right to Love – Charles Lang Svengali – Barney McGill

Multiple nominations and awards

The following 7 films received multiple nominations.

7 nominations: Cimarron
4 nominations: Skippy and Morocco
3 nominations: The Front Page and A Free Soul
2 nominations: Holiday and Svengali

The following film received multiple awards.

3 awards: Cimarron

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Merit awards	Best Picture Best Director Best Leading Actor Best Leading Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Animated Feature Best Art Direction Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short Subject Best Film Editing Best Foreign Language Film (Winners and nominees) Best Makeup Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Animated Short Film Best Live Action Short Film Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing Best Visual Effects

Special awards	Academy Honorary Award Special Achievement Academy Award Academy Scientific and Technical Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Retired awards	Best Assistant Director Best Dance Direction Best Director of a Comedy Picture Best Engineering Effects Best Short Subject, Two-reel Best Short Subject, Color Best Short Subject, Novelty Best Original Musical Best Original Story Best Title Writing Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production Academy Juvenile Award

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