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, 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.

4th Academy Awards
DateNovember 10, 1931
SiteBiltmore Hotel
Los Angeles, California
Hosted byLawrence Grant
Highlights
Best PictureCimarron
Most awardsCimarron (3)
Most nominationsCimarron (7)

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[1] 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.[1]

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

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William LeBaron; Best Picture winner
Lionel Barrymore; Best Actor winner
Marie Dressler; Best Actress winner
Howard Estabrook; Best Adaptation winner

Nominees were announced on October 5, 1931. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[2]

Multiple nominations and awards

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Films with multiple nominations
Nominations Film
7 Cimarron
4 Skippy
Morocco
3 The Front Page
A Free Soul
2 Holiday
Svengali
Films with multiple wins
Wins Film
3 Cimarron

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Irving (1975). The People's Almanac. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. p. 833. ISBN 0-385-04060-1.
  2. ^ "The 4th Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2014.