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1931

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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
Frances Marion, Jack Cunningham
The Big House

Frances Marion, with presenter Jack Cunningham

Best Directing
Lewis Milestone
All Quiet on the Western Front

Lewis Milestone

Cinematography
Joseph Rucker
With Byrd at the South Pole

Joseph Rucker

Memorable Moments
The 3rd Academy Awards Banquet

At the Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel

Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle, Louis B. Mayer

Best Picture winner for All Quiet on the Western Front, with presenter Louis B. Mayer

Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer

Best Actress winner for The Divorcee

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WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
George Arliss
Disraeli
Nominees
George Arliss
The Green Goddess
Nominees
Wallace Beery
The Big House
Nominees
Maurice Chevalier
The Big Pond
Nominees
Maurice Chevalier
The Love Parade
Nominees
Ronald Colman
Bulldog Drummond
Nominees
Ronald Colman
Condemned
Nominees
Lawrence Tibbett
The Rogue Song
Actress
Winner
Norma Shearer
The Divorcee
Nominees
Nancy Carroll
The Devil's Holiday
Nominees
Ruth Chatterton
Sarah and Son
Nominees
Greta Garbo
Anna Christie
Nominees
Greta Garbo
Romance
Nominees
Norma Shearer
Their Own Desire
Nominees
Gloria Swanson
The Trespasser
Art Direction
Winner
King of Jazz
Herman Rosse
Nominees
Bulldog Drummond
(William Cameron Menzies)
Nominees
The Love Parade
(Hans Dreier)
Nominees
Sally
(Jack Okey)
Nominees
The Vagabond King
(Hans Dreier)
Cinematography
Winner
With Byrd at the South Pole
Joseph T. Rucker, Willard Van Der Veer
Nominees
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Arthur Edeson)
Nominees
Anna Christie
(William Daniels)
Nominees
Hell's Angels
(Gaetano Gaudio), (Harry Perry)
Nominees
The Love Parade
(Victor Milner)
Directing
Winner
All Quiet on the Western Front
Lewis Milestone
Nominees
Anna Christie
Clarence Brown
Nominees
Romance
Clarence Brown
Nominees
The Divorcee
Robert Leonard
Nominees
The Love Parade
Ernst Lubitsch
Nominees
Hallelujah
King Vidor
Outstanding Production
Winner
All Quiet on the Western Front
Universal
Nominees
The Big House
Cosmopolitan
Nominees
Disraeli
Warner Bros.
Nominees
The Divorcee
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
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)
Nominees
The Love Parade
(Paramount Famous Lasky Studio Sound Department, Franklin Hansen, Sound Director)
Nominees
Raffles
(United Artists Studio Sound Department, Oscar Lagerstrom, Sound Director)
Nominees
Song of the Flame
(First National Studio Sound Department, George Groves, Sound Director)
Writing
Winner
The Big House
Frances Marion
Nominees
All Quiet on the Western Front
(George Abbott), (Maxwell Anderson), (Del Andrews)
Nominees
Disraeli
(Julian Josephson)
Nominees
The Divorcee
(John Meehan)
Nominees
Street of Chance
(Howard Estabrook)
ALL 0-9 A A-E B C D E F F-J G H I J K K-O L M N O P P-T Q R S T U U-Z V W X Y Z

A

All Quiet on the Western Front
4 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Directing - Lewis Milestone
  • * Outstanding Production - Universal
  • Cinematography - (Arthur Edeson)
  • Writing - (George Abbott), (Maxwell Anderson), (Del Andrews)
Anna Christie
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Greta Garbo
  • Cinematography - (William Daniels)
  • Directing - Clarence Brown

B

The Big House
4 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Sound Recording - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
  • * Writing - Frances Marion
  • Actor - Wallace Beery
  • Outstanding Production - Cosmopolitan
The Big Pond
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor - Maurice Chevalier
Bulldog Drummond
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor - Ronald Colman
  • Art Direction - (William Cameron Menzies)

C

The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - (RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Tribby, Sound Director)
Condemned
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor - Ronald Colman

D

The Devil's Holiday
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Nancy Carroll
Disraeli
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actor - George Arliss
  • Outstanding Production - Warner Bros.
  • Writing - (Julian Josephson)
The Divorcee
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress - Norma Shearer
  • Directing - Robert Leonard
  • Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Writing - (John Meehan)

G

The Green Goddess
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor - George Arliss

H

Hallelujah
1 NOMINATION
  • Directing - King Vidor
Hell's Angels
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography - (Gaetano Gaudio), (Harry Perry)

K

King of Jazz
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Art Direction - Herman Rosse

L

The Love Parade
6 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor - Maurice Chevalier
  • Art Direction - (Hans Dreier)
  • Cinematography - (Victor Milner)
  • Directing - Ernst Lubitsch
  • Outstanding Production - Paramount Famous Lasky
  • Sound Recording - (Paramount Famous Lasky Studio Sound Department, Franklin Hansen, Sound Director)

R

Raffles
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - (United Artists Studio Sound Department, Oscar Lagerstrom, Sound Director)
The Rogue Song
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor - Lawrence Tibbett
Romance
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Greta Garbo
  • Directing - Clarence Brown

S

Sally
1 NOMINATION
  • Art Direction - (Jack Okey)
Sarah and Son
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Ruth Chatterton
Song of the Flame
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - (First National Studio Sound Department, George Groves, Sound Director)
Street of Chance
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing - (Howard Estabrook)

T

Their Own Desire
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Norma Shearer
The Trespasser
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Gloria Swanson

V

The Vagabond King
1 NOMINATION
  • Art Direction - (Hans Dreier)

W

With Byrd at the South Pole
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Cinematography - Joseph T. Rucker, Willard Van Der Veer
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