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1930-1931 Oscars:
The 1930-1931 Academy Awards were presented Nov. 10, 1931 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.
| Outstanding Production | Cimarron (RKO Radio) |
| East Lynne (Fox) |
| The Front Page (Caddo, United Artists) |
| Skippy (Paramount Publix) | | Trader Horn (MGM) |
| Best Actor | Lionel Barrymore, A Free Soul |
| Jackie Cooper, Skippy |
| Richard Dix, Cimarron |
| Fredric March, The Royal Family of Broadway | | Adolphe Menjou, The Front Page |
| Best Actress | Marlene Dietrich, Morocco |
| Marie Dressler, Min and Bill |
| Irene Dunne, Cimarron |
| Ann Harding, Holiday | | Norma Shearer, A Free Soul |
| Directing | Clarence Brown, A Free Soul |
| Lewis Milestone, The Front Page |
| Wesley Ruggles, Cimarron |
| Norman Taurog, Skippy | | Josef Von Sternberg, Morocco |
| Writing |
| Adaptation | Howard Estabrook, Cimarron |
| Francis Faragoh and Robert N. Lee, Little Caesar |
| Horace Jackson, Holiday |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sam Mintz, Skippy | | Seton Miller and Fred Niblo, Jr., The Criminal Code |
| Original Story | John Bright and Kubec Glasmon, The Public Enemy |
| Rowland Brown, The Doorway to Hell |
| Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Doty and Donald Ogden Stewart, Laughter |
| Lucien Hubbard and Joseph Jackson, Smart Money | | John Monk Saunders, The Dawn Patrol | |
| Cinematography | Edward Cronjager, Cimarron |
| Floyd Crosby, Tabu |
| Lee Garmes, Morocco |
| Charles Lang, The Right to Love | | Barney “Chick” McGill, Svengali |
| Art Direction | Richard Day, Whoopee! |
| Hans Dreier, Morocco |
| Stephen Goosson and Ralph Hammeras, Just Imagine |
| Anton Grot, Svengali | | Max Ree, Cimmaron |
| Sound Recording | MGM Studio Sound Department |
| Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department |
| RKO Radio Studio Sound Department | | Samuel Goldwyn-United Artists Studio Sound Department |
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