4th Academy Awards
Held in 1931 · 7 categories
Best Picture
- Winner Cimarron
- Nominee East Lynne · Winfield Sheehan
- Nominee Skippy · Adolph Zukor
- Nominee The Front Page · Howard Hughes
- Nominee Trader Horn · Irving Thalberg
Best Actor
- Winner A Free Soul · Lionel Barrymore
- Nominee Cimarron · Richard Dix
- Nominee Skippy · Jackie Cooper
- Nominee The Front Page · Adolphe Menjou
- Nominee The Royal Family of Broadway · Fredric March
Best Actress
- Winner Min and Bill · Marie Dressler
- Nominee A Free Soul · Norma Shearer
- Nominee Cimarron · Irene Dunne
- Nominee Holiday · Ann Harding
- Nominee Morocco · Marlene Dietrich
Best Director
- Winner Skippy · Norman Taurog
- Nominee A Free Soul · Clarence Brown
- Nominee Cimarron · Wesley Ruggles
- Nominee Morocco · Josef von Sternberg
- Nominee The Front Page · Lewis Milestone
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Cimarron · Howard Estabrook
- Nominee Holiday · Horace Jackson
- Nominee Little Caesar · Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert N. Lee
- Nominee Skippy · Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sam Mintz
- Nominee The Criminal Code · Fred Niblo Jr., Seton I. Miller
Best Cinematography
- Winner Tabu: A Story of the South Seas · Floyd Crosby
- Nominee Cimarron · Edward Cronjager
- Nominee Morocco · Lee Garmes
- Nominee Svengali · Barney McGill
- Nominee The Right to Love · Charles Lang
Best Production Design
- Winner Cimarron · Max Rée
- Nominee Just Imagine · Ralph Hammeras, Stephen Goosson
- Nominee Morocco · Hans Dreier
- Nominee Svengali · Anton Grot
- Nominee Whoopee! · Richard Day