Academy Awards®<BR>
Awards for 1930 - 1931<BR>
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<A NAME="Pic"><B>Picture</B><BR>
(formerly Production)<BR>
* William LeBaron - Producer, CIMARRON</I><BR>
 Winfield Sheehan - Studio Head, EAST LYNNE</I><BR>
 Howard Hughes - Producer, THE FRONT PAGE</I><BR>
 Adolph Zukor - Studio Head, SKIPPY</I><BR>
 Irving G. Thalberg - Producer, TRADER HORN</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Actor"><B>Actor</B><BR>
* Lionel Barrymore, A FREE SOUL</I><BR>
 Jackie Cooper, SKIPPY</I><BR>
 Richard Dix, CIMARRON</I><BR>
 Fredric March, THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY</I><BR>
 Adolphe Menjou, THE FRONT PAGE</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Actress"><B>Actress</B><BR>
 Marlene Dietrich, MOROCCO</I><BR>
* Marie Dressler, MIN AND BILL</I><BR>
 Irene Dunne, CIMARRON</I><BR>
 Ann Harding, HOLIDAY</I><BR>
 Norma Shearer, A FREE SOUL</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Dir"><B>Director</B><BR>
 Clarence Brown, A FREE SOUL</I><BR>
 Lewis Milestone, THE FRONT PAGE</I><BR>
 Wesley Ruggles, CIMARRON</I><BR>
* Norman Taurog, SKIPPY</I><BR>
 Josef von Sternberg, MOROCCO</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Screen"><B>Writing - Original Story</B><BR>
Rules changed in 1930: Writing - Achievement divided into Adaptation and Original Story.<BR>
* John Monk Saunders, THE DAWN PATROL</I><BR>
 Rowland Brown, DOORWAY TO HELL</I><BR>
 Harry d'Abbadie D'Arrast,  Douglas Doty,  Donald Ogden Stewart, LAUGHTER</I><BR>
 John Bright,  Kubec Glasmon, THE PUBLIC ENEMY</I><BR>
 Lucien Hubbard,  Joseph Jackson, SMART MONEY</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Screen"><B>Writing - Adaptation</B><BR>
Rules changed in 1930: Writing-Achievement divided into Adaptation and Original Story.<BR>
* Howard Estabrook, CIMARRON</I><BR>
 Seton Miller,  Fred Niblo, Jr., THE CRIMINAL CODE</I><BR>
 Horace Jackson, HOLIDAY</I><BR>
 Francis Faragoh,  Robert N. Lee, LITTLE CAESAR</I><BR>
 Joseph L. Mankiewicz,  Sam Mintz, SKIPPY</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Art"><B>Art Direction</B><BR>
* Max Ree - Art Direction, CIMARRON</I><BR>
 Stephen Goosson - Art Direction,  Ralph Hammeras - Art Direction, JUST IMAGINE</I><BR>
 Hans Dreier - Art Direction, MOROCCO</I><BR>
 Anton Grot - Art Direction, SVENGALI</I><BR>
 Richard Day - Art Direction, WHOOPEE!<BR>
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<A NAME="Cinemat"><B>Cinematography</B><BR>
 Edward Cronjager, CIMARRON</I><BR>
 Lee Garmes, MOROCCO</I><BR>
 Charles B. Lang, THE RIGHT TO LOVE</I><BR>
 Barney "Chick" McGill, SVENGALI</I><BR>
* Floyd Crosby, TABU</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Sound"><B>Sound Recording</B><BR>
 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department<BR>
 * Paramount Studio Sound Department<BR>
  RKO Radio Studio Sound Department<BR>
  Samuel Goldwyn Sound Department<BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>Class I (Statuette)</B><BR>
This award was instituted in 1930.<BR>
* Electrical Research Products Inc.<BR>
 RCA-Photophone Inc.<BR>
 RKO Radio Pictures Inc.<BR>
For noise reduction recording equipment.<BR>
* DuPont Film Manufacturing Corporation,  Eastman Kodak Company, For supersensitive panchromatic film.<BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>Class II (Plaque)</B><BR>
This award was instituted in 1930.<BR>
* Fox Film Corporation, For effective use of synchro-projection composite photography.<BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>Class III (Citation)</B><BR>
This award was instituted in 1930.<BR>
* Electrical Research Products Inc.<BR>
For moving coil microphone transmitters.<BR>
* RKO Radio Pictures Inc.<BR>
For reflex type microphone concentrators.<BR>
* RCA-Photophone Inc.<BR>
For ribbon microphone transmitters.<BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>Honorary and Other Awards</B><BR>
No award given for 1930-1931. <BR>
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