1931-32 (5th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1931-32. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film or person in the list to display more information about that film or person. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Outstanding Production

Arrowsmith, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

Bad Girl, Fox.

The Champ, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Five Star Final, First National.

Grand Hotel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

One Hour with You, Paramount Publix.

Shanghai Express, Paramount Publix.

The Smiling Lieutenant, Paramount Publix.

Best Actor

Wallace Beery in The Champ, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Alfred Lunt in The Guardsman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Fredric March in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Paramount Publix.

Best Actress

Marie Dressler in Emma, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Lynn Fontanne in The Guardsman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Helen Hayes in The Sin of Madelon Claudet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Directing

Bad Girl, Fox. Frank Borzage.

The Champ, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. King Vidor.

Shanghai Express, Paramount Publix. Josef Von Sternberg.

Art Direction

A Nous La Liberte, Film Sonores-Tobis; Harold Auten (French). Lazare Meerson.

Arrowsmith, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. Richard Day.

Transatlantic, Fox. Gordon Wiles.

Cinematography

Arrowsmith, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. Ray June.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Paramount Publix. Karl Struss.

Shanghai Express, Paramount Publix. Lee Garmes.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

Flowers and Trees, Walt Disney Productions; United Artists. [Silly Symphony Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

It’s Got Me Again, Leon Schlesinger; Warner Bros. Leon Schlesinger, Producer.

Mickey’s Orphans, Walt Disney Productions; Columbia. [Mickey Mouse Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

(Comedy)

The Loud Mouth, Mack Sennett; Paramount Publix. Mack Sennett, Producer.

The Music Box, Hal Roach; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Laurel & Hardy Series] Hal Roach, Producer.

Scratch-as-Catch-Can, RKO Radio. [Headliner Series]

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands, RKO Radio. [Masquers Comedies Series] [NOTE: Originally announced as one of the nominees in this category, but before the final voting was done, this film was disqualified and was replaced by another RKO Radio short, Scratch-As-Catch-Can. No documentation has been found as to why this film was disqualified.]

(Novelty)

Screen Souvenirs, Paramount Publix.

Swing High, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Sports Champion Series]

Wrestling Swordfish, Mack Sennett; Educational. [Cannibals of the Deep Series] Mack Sennett, Producer.

Sound Recording

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department

Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department

RKO Radio Studio Sound Department

Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department

Writing

(Adaptation)

Arrowsmith, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. Sidney Howard.

Bad Girl, Fox. Edwin Burke.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Paramount Publix. Percy Heath and Samuel Hoffenstein.

(Original Story)

The Champ, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Frances Marion.

Lady and Gent, Paramount Publix. Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt.

The Star Witness, Warner Bros. Lucien Hubbard.

What Price Hollywood?, RKO Pathe. Adela Rogers St. Johns and Jane Murfin.

Special Award

To Walt Disney for the creation of Mickey Mouse. [Statuette]

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class II)

To Technicolor Motion Picture Corp. for its color cartoon process.

(Class III)

To Eastman Kodak Company for its Type II-B Sensitometer.