Rich Picks
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Awards & Top Films

1931

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1931 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 1931

No top 10 rankings recorded for 1931.

Film

Live-Action Feature

Cimarron
Producer: William LeBaron
Oscar
East Lynne
Producer: Winfield Sheehan
Oscar
Skippy
Producer: Adolph Zukor
Oscar
The Front Page
Producer: Howard Hughes
Oscar
Trader Horn
Producer: Irving Thalberg
Oscar

Directing & Editing

Directing

Norman Taurog
Skippy
Oscar
Clarence Brown
A Free Soul
Oscar
Wesley Ruggles
Cimarron
Oscar
Josef von Sternberg
Morocco
Oscar
Lewis Milestone
The Front Page
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Lionel Barrymore
A Free Soul
Oscar
Richard Dix
Cimarron
Oscar
Jackie Cooper
Skippy
Oscar
Adolphe Menjou
The Front Page
Oscar
Fredric March
The Royal Family of Broadway
Oscar

Actress in a Leading Role

Marie Dressler
Min and Bill
Oscar
Norma Shearer
A Free Soul
Oscar
Irene Dunne
Cimarron
Oscar
Ann Harding
Holiday
Oscar
Marlene Dietrich
Morocco
Oscar

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

John Monk Saunders
The Dawn Patrol
Oscar
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Doty, and Donald Ogden Stewart
Laughter
Oscar
Lucien Hubbard and Joseph Jackson
Smart Money
Oscar
Rowland Brown
The Doorway to Hell
Oscar
John Bright and Kubec Glasmon
The Public Enemy
Oscar

Screenplay (Adapted)

Howard Estabrook
Cimarron
Oscar
Horace Jackson
Holiday
Oscar
Francis Edward Faragoh and Robert N. Lee
Little Caesar
Oscar
Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sam Mintz
Skippy
Oscar
Seton I. Miller and Fred Niblo Jr.
The Criminal Code
Oscar

Visual

Cinematography

Floyd Crosby
Tabu
Oscar
Edward Cronjager
Cimarron
Oscar
Lee Garmes
Morocco
Oscar
Barney McGill
Svengali
Oscar
Charles Lang
The Right to Love
Oscar

Art Direction

Max Rée
Cimarron
Production design: Max Rée
Oscar
Stephen Goosson and Ralph Hammeras
Just Imagine
Production design: Stephen Goosson and Ralph Hammeras
Oscar
Hans Dreier
Morocco
Production design: Hans Dreier
Oscar
Anton Grot
Svengali
Production design: Anton Grot
Oscar
Richard Day
Whoopee!
Production design: Richard Day
Oscar