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4th Academy Awards
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| number | 4 |
| award | Academy Awards |
| date | November 10, 1931 |
| site | Biltmore Hotel |
| Los Angeles, California | |
| host | Lawrence Grant |
| best_picture | *Cimarron* |
| most_wins | *Cimarron* (3) |
| most_nominations | *Cimarron* (7) |
| last | 3rd |
| next | 5th |
Los Angeles, California
The 4th Academy Awards were held on November 10, 1931, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, awarding films released between August 1, 1930, and July 31, 1931. Cimarron was the first Western to win Best Picture, and would remain the only to do so until Dances with Wolves won in 1990. Cimarron received a then-record seven nominations, one in every category for which it was eligible, and was the first film to win more than two awards; it and A Free Soul were the first films to receive multiple acting nominations.
Nine-year-old Jackie Cooper was the first child actor to receive a nomination and was the youngest nominee until Tatum O'Neal received a nomination for her performance in 1973's Paper Moon. He remains the second-youngest Oscar nominee of all time, and the only Best Actor nominee under age 18. At the ceremony, he fell asleep on the shoulder of Best Actress nominee Marie Dressler; when Dressler was announced as the winner, Cooper had to be eased onto his mother's lap.
Vice President Charles Curtis came in from Washington to address the 1,800 guests, making the ceremony a national event.
Best Actor winner Lionel Barrymore became the first person to have received nominations in multiple categories, having been nominated for Best Director for Madame X at the 2nd Academy Awards, as well as the only Best Actor winner born in the 1870s.
Winners and nominees
Nominees were announced on October 5, 1931. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Multiple nominations and awards
| Nominations | Film |
|---|---|
| 7 | *Cimarron* |
| 4 | *Morocco* |
| *Skippy* | |
| 3 | *A Free Soul* |
| *The Front Page* | |
| 2 | *Holiday* |
| *Svengali* |
| Wins | Film |
|---|---|
| 3 | *Cimarron* |
Gallery
|File:Cimarron (1931).webm|The full film of Cimarron, which won for Best Picture (then known as Outstanding Production), Best Writing (Adaptation), and Best Art Direction |File:Min and Bill.webm|The full film of Min and Bill, which won Marie Dressler the award for Best Actress |File:The Dawn Patrol (1930).webm|The full film of The Dawn Patrol, which won for Best Original Screenplay
References
References
- "The 4th Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org ([[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]).
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