1931-32 (5th Annual Awards)
Winners Only

Listed below are the Academy Award winners for the year 1931-32 (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). 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 winners from that year.

Outstanding Production

Grand Hotel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actor

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

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

Best Actress

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

Directing

Bad Girl, Fox. Frank Borzage.

Art Direction

Transatlantic, Fox. Gordon Wiles.

Cinematography

Shanghai Express, Paramount Publix. Lee Garmes.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

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

(Comedy)

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

(Novelty)

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

Sound Recording

Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department

Writing

(Adaptation)

Bad Girl, Fox. Edwin Burke.

(Original Story)

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

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.