1931
The 3rd Academy Awards | 1931
Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel
Wednesday, November 5, 1930
honoring movies released from August 1, 1929 July 31, 1930.
Highlights
- Adapted Screenplay
The Big HouseFrances Marion, with presenter Jack Cunningham - Best Directing
All Quiet on the Western FrontLewis Milestone - Cinematography
With Byrd at the South PoleJoseph Rucker
Memorable Moments
The 3rd Academy Awards BanquetAt the Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel
Carl LaemmleBest Picture winner for All Quiet on the Western Front, with presenter Louis B. Mayer
Norma ShearerBest Actress winner for The Divorcee
Winners & Nominees
Cinematography
Winner
With Byrd at the South Pole
Joseph T. Rucker, Willard Van Der Veer
Nominees
Anna Christie
(William Daniels)
Hell's Angels
(Gaetano Gaudio), (Harry Perry)
The Love Parade
(Victor Milner)
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Arthur Edeson)
Directing
Winner
All Quiet on the Western Front
Lewis Milestone
Nominees
Anna Christie
Clarence Brown
Romance
Clarence Brown
The Divorcee
Robert Leonard
The Love Parade
Ernst Lubitsch
Hallelujah
King Vidor
Actor
Winner
George Arliss
Disraeli
Nominees
Ronald Colman
Bulldog Drummond
Ronald Colman
Condemned
Lawrence Tibbett
The Rogue Song
George Arliss
The Green Goddess
Wallace Beery
The Big House
Maurice Chevalier
The Big Pond
Maurice Chevalier
The Love Parade
Actress
Winner
Norma Shearer
The Divorcee
Nominees
Nancy Carroll
The Devil's Holiday
Ruth Chatterton
Sarah and Son
Greta Garbo
Anna Christie
Greta Garbo
Romance
Norma Shearer
Their Own Desire
Gloria Swanson
The Trespasser
Art Direction
Winner
King of Jazz
Herman Rosse
Nominees
Bulldog Drummond
(William Cameron Menzies)
The Love Parade
(Hans Dreier)
Sally
(Jack Okey)
The Vagabond King
(Hans Dreier)
Writing
Winner
The Big House
Frances Marion
Nominees
All Quiet on the Western Front
(George Abbott), (Maxwell Anderson), (Del Andrews)
Disraeli
(Julian Josephson)
The Divorcee
(John Meehan)
Street of Chance
(Howard Estabrook)
Outstanding Production
Winner
All Quiet on the Western Front
Universal
Nominees
The Big House
Cosmopolitan
Disraeli
Warner Bros.
The Divorcee
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Love Parade
Paramount Famous Lasky
Sound Recording
Winner
The Big House
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Nominees
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
(RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Tribby, Sound Director)
The Love Parade
(Paramount Famous Lasky Studio Sound Department, Franklin Hansen, Sound Director)
Raffles
(United Artists Studio Sound Department, Oscar Lagerstrom, Sound Director)
Song of the Flame
(First National Studio Sound Department, George Groves, Sound Director)
S
Sally
1 NominationArt Direction - (Jack Okey)
Sarah and Son
1 NominationActress - Ruth Chatterton in "Sarah and Son"
Song of the Flame
1 NominationSound Recording - (First National Studio Sound Department, George Groves, Sound Director)
Street of Chance
1 NominationWriting - (Howard Estabrook)