Academy Awards®
Awards for 1931 - 1932
Picture
Samuel Goldwyn - Producer, ARROWSMITH
Winfield Sheehan - Studio Head, BAD GIRL
King Vidor - Producer, THE CHAMP
Hal B. Wallis - Producer, FIVE STAR FINAL
* Irving Thalberg - Producer, GRAND HOTEL
Ernst Lubitsch - Producer, ONE HOUR WITH YOU
Adolph Zukor - Studio Head, SHANGHAI EXPRESS
Ernst Lubitsch - Producer, THE SMILING LIEUTENANT
Actor
* Wallace Beery, THE CHAMP
Alfred Lunt, THE GUARDSMAN
* Fredric March, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
Actress
Marie Dressler, EMMA
Lynn Fontanne, THE GUARDSMAN
* Helen Hayes, THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET
Director
* Frank Borzage, BAD GIRL
King Vidor, THE CHAMP
Josef von Sternberg, SHANGHAI EXPRESS
Writing - Original Story
* Frances Marion, THE CHAMP
Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, LADY AND GENT
Lucien Hubbard, STAR WITNESS
Adela Rogers St. Johns, WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD?
Writing - Adaptation
Sidney Howard, ARROWSMITH
* Edwin Burke, BAD GIRL
Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
Art Direction
Lazare Meerson, A NOUS LA LIBERTÉ
Richard Day - Art Direction, ARROWSMITH
* Gordon Wiles - Art Direction, TRANSATLANTIC
Cinematography
Ray June, ARROWSMITH
Karl Struss, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
* Lee Garmes, SHANGHAI EXPRESS
Animated Short
This award was instituted in 1931-1932.
* Walt Disney - Producer, FLOWERS AND TREES
Walt Disney - Producer, MICKEY'S ORPHANS
Leon Schlesinger - Producer, IT'S GOT ME AGAIN
Short Subjects - Novelty
This award was instituted in 1931-1932.
Paramount, SCREEN SOUVENIRS
MGM, SWING HIGH
* Mack Sennett - Producer, WRESTLING SWORDFISH
Short Subjects - Comedy
This award was instituted in 1931-1932.
Mack Sennett - Producer, THE LOUD MOUTH
* Hal Roach - Producer, THE MUSIC BOX
RKO Radio, STOUT HEARTS AND WILLING HANDS
Sound Recording
* Paramount Studio Sound Department,
Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1931-1932.
Class II (Plaque)
* Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, For their color cartoon process.
Class III (Citation)
* Eastman Kodak Company, For the Type II-B Sensitometer.
Honorary and Other Awards
* Walt Disney, For the creation of Mickey Mouse. Winner presented a Statuette.