1930-31 (4th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1930-31 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
Click on an image on the left to display a larger version of it, or click on the text descriptions in the middle to display the report or content indicated. You can also click on a year in the column on the right to display the Academy Award Overview for that year.
The 1930-31 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: August 1, 1930 to July 31, 1931 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1930-31 Ceremony
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Tuesday, November 10, 1931 8:00 PM Sala D’Oro of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1930-31 Winners
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Best Picture: Cimarron RKO Radio Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore as Stephen Ashe in the film A Free Soul |
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Best Actress: Marie Dressler as Min Divot in the film Min and Bill |