1931 Oscar Shouldabeens

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BEST PICTURE
***City Lights
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Platinum Blonde
Le Million
Frankenstein

BEST DIRECTOR
Charles Chaplin - City Lights
Rouben Mamoulian – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
***Rene Clair – Le Million
F.W. Murnau – Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
James Whale - Frankenstein

BEST ACTOR
James Cagney - The Public Enemy
***Charles Chaplin - City Lights
Jackie Cooper – The Champ
Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Edward G. Robinson – Little Caesar
Robert Williams - Platinum Blonde

BEST ACTRESS
Mae Clark – Waterloo Bridge
Marlene Dietrich – Dishonored
Sally Eilers - Bad Girl
Helen Hayes - The Sin of Madelon Claudet
***Norma Shearer - Private Lives

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
***Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul
Reginald Denny - Private Lives
Clark Gable - A Free Soul
Halliwell Hobbes – Platinum Blonde
Boris Karloff – Frankenstein
Adolphe Menjou - The Front Page

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joan Blondell - Night Nurse
Beulah Bondi - Street Scene
***Miriam Hopkins – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Lotte Lenya - The Threepenny Opera
Una Merkel - Private Lives

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Monkey Business
***City Lights
The Public Enemy
Platinum Blonde
The Champ

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Street Scene
Frankenstein
***Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Le Million
Waterloo Bridge

BEST ENSEMBLE
Street Scene
The Front Page
Night Nurse
***Platinum Blonde
Le Million

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Threepenny Opera
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mata Hari
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Frankenstein
***Dracula

BEST EDITING
The Public Enemy
***Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Little Caesar
The Champ
Frankenstein

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Threepenny Opera
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A Nous La Liberte
***Dracula
Frankenstein

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
***The Threepenny Opera
Mata Hari
Cimarron
The Smiling Lieutenant
Le Million

BEST MAKE UP
Dishonored
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
***Frankenstein
Dracula

BEST MUSIC SCORE
Street Scene – Alfred Newman
***City Lights – Charles Chaplin
Platinum Blonde – David Boekman
Le Million – Armand Bernard, Phillippe Pares, Georges Van Pays
A Nous La Liberte – Georges Auric

BEST SONG
“Blah Blah Blah” Delicious
***“Delishious” Delicious
“Yes, Yes! My Baby Said Yes, Yes” Palmy Days
“When It’s Sleepy Time Down South” Safe In Hell
“When Your Lover Has Gone” Blonde Crazy

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Threepenny Opera - Germany
***Le Million - France
A Nous La Liberte - France

BEST SOUND
Cimarron
***Le Million
The Public Enemy
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Frankenstein

BEST EFFECTS
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Cimarron
Waterloo Bridge
***Frankenstein
Dracula
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Re: 1931 Oscar Shouldabeens

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Best Film

1. M
2. The Miracle Woman
3. Madchen in Uniform
4. City Lights
5. Le Million

Best Director

1. Fritz Lang, M
2. Frank Capra, The Miracle Woman
3. Leontine Sagan, Madchen in Uniform
4. Charles Chaplin, City Lights
5. Rene Clair, Le Million

Best Actor

1. Peter Lorre, M
2. Charles Chaplin, City Lights
3. Edward G. Robinson, Smart Money
4. Colin Clive, Frankenstein
5. Boris Karloff, Frankenstein

Best Actress

1. Barbara Stanwyck, The Miracle Woman
2. Dorothea Wieck, Madchen in Uniform
3. Sylvia Sidney, An American Tragedy
4. Barbara Stanwyck, Night Nurse
5. Joan Crawford, Possessed

Best Supporting Actor

1. Boris Karloff, The Criminal Code
2. Clark Gable, Night Nurse
3. Harry Myers, City Lights
4. Charles Winninger, Night Nurse
5. James Cagney, Smart Money

Best Supporting Actress

1. Joan Blondell, Night Nurse
2. Virginia Cherrill, City Lights
3. Irene Graham, Smart Money
4. Hertha Thiele, Madchen in Uniform
5. Polly Walters, Smart Money

Best Screenplay

1. City Lights
2. Smart Money
3. Tabu
4. A Nous la Liberte

Best Screenplay Adaptation

1. M
2. The Miracle Woman
3. Madchen in Uniform
4. Le Million
5. An American Tragedy

Best Cinematography

1. M
2. The Miracle Woman
3. Possessed
4. Comradeship
5. City Lights

Best Editing

1. M
2. The Miracle Woman
3. Le Million
4. City Lights
5. An American Tragedy

Best Sound

1. M
2. The Miracle Woman
3. Smart Money
4. Le Million
5. Tabu

Best Art Direction

1. M
2. City Lights
3. The Miracle Woman
4. Le Million
5. Possessed

Best Costume Design

1. Possessed
2. City Lights
3. Le Million
4. Smart Money
5. The Miracle Woman

Best Music

1. M
2. City Lights
3. The Miracle Woman
4. Le Million
5. An American Tragedy
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BEST PICTURE
01. M (dir. Fritz Lang)
02. City Lights (dir. Charles Chaplin)
03. The Last Flight (dir. William Dieterle)
04. Le million (dir. René Clair)
05. Safe in Hell (dir. William Wellman)
06. Little Caesar (dir. Mervyn LeRoy)
07. Platinum Blonde (dir. Frank Capra)
08. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (dir. Rouben Mamoulian)
09. The 3 Penny Opera (dir. G. W. Pabst)
10. The Miracle Woman (dir. Frank Capra)

BEST DIRECTOR
01. Fritz Lang, M
02. William Dieterle, The Last Flight
03. René Clair, Le million
04. William A. Wellman, Safe in Hell
05. Rouben Mamoulian, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

BEST ACTOR
01. Robert Williams, Platinum Blonde
02. Peter Lorre, M
03. Edward G. Robinson, Little Caesar
04. Fredric March, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
05. Lionel Barrymore, Guilty Hands

BEST ACTRESS
01. Dorothy Mackaill, Safe in Hell
02. Barbara Stanwyck, The Miracle Woman
03. Dorothea Wieck, Mädchen in Uniform
04. Sally Eilers, Bad Girl
05. Marlene Dietrich, Dishonored

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
01. Sam Hardy, The Miracle Woman
02. Guy Kibbee, City Streets
03. Johnny Mack Brown, The Last Flight
04. Gustav von Seyffertitz, Dishonored
05. Pablo Álvarez Rubio, Drácula

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
01. Miriam Hopkins, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
02. Kay Francis, Guilty Hands
03. Joan Blondell, Night Nurse
04. Aline MacMahon, Five Star Final
05. Beulah Bondi, Street Scene

BEST SCREENPLAY
01. The Last Flight (John Monk Saunders & Byron Morgan, based on the novel "Single Lady" by John Monk Saunders)
02. Platinum Blonde (Robert Riskin, Jo Swerling, & Dorothy Howell, based on the story by Harry Chandlee & Douglas W. Churchill)
03. Safe in Hell (Joseph Jackson & Maude Fulton, based on the play by Houston Branch)
04. City Streets (Oliver H. P. Garrett & Max Marcin, based on a story by Dashiell Hammett)
05. The Miracle Woman (Jo Swerling, based on the play "Bless You Sister" by John Meehan & Robert Riskin)

BEST FILM EDITING
01. M (Paul Falkenberg)
02. Tabu, A Story of the South Seas (Arthur A. Brooks)
03. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (William Shea)
04. City Streets (William Shea)
05. Le million (uncredited)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
01. Dishonored (Lee Garmes)
02. Tabu, A Story of the South Seas (Floyd Crosby)
03. M (Fritz Arno Wagner)
04. Frankenstein (Arthur Edeson)
05. Drácula (George Robinson)

BEST ART DIRECTION
01. The 3 Penny Opera (Andrej Andrejew)
02. The Smiling Lieutenant (Hans Dreier)
03. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Hans Dreier)
04. The Congress Dances (Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig)
05. À nous la liberté (Lazare Meerson)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
01. The Smiling Lieutenant (uncredited)
02. Mata Hari (Adrian)
03. The Congress Dances (Ernst Stern)
04. Dishonored (Travis Banton)
05. The 3 Penny Opera (Max Pretzfelder)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
01. Street Scene (Alfred Newman)
02. Le million (original music by Armand Bernard, Philippe Parès, & George van Parys; sung text by René Clair)
03. City Lights (Charles Chaplin, José Padilla)
04. The Smiling Lieutenant (original songs by Oscar Straus & Clifford Grey, musical direction by Adolph Deutsch)
05. The Congress Dances (original songs by Werner R. Heymann & Robert Gilbert)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
01. The Smiling Lieutenant, ("Jazz Up Your Lingerie," music and lyrics by Oscar Straus & Clifford Grey, performed by Claudette Colbert & Miriam Hopkins)
02. Street Scene, ("Theme from 'Street Scene,'" music by Alfred Newman)
03. Safe in Hell, ("When It's Sleepy Time Down South," music and lyrics by Leon René, Otis René, & Clarence Muse, performed by Nina Mae McKinney)
04. Blonde Crazy, ("When Your Lover Has Gone," music and lyrics by E. A. Swan)
05. The Congress Dances, ("Das gibt’s nur einmal, das kommt nie wieder," music and lyrics by Werner R. Heymann & Robert Gilbert, performed by Lilian Harvey)

BEST SOUND
01. Frankenstein (C. Roy Hunter & William Hedgcock)
02. City Streets (Jack A. Goodrich, M. M. Poggi)
03. À nous la liberté (Hermann Storr)
04. The Smiling Lieutenant (uncredited)
05. Le million (Hermann Storr)

BEST MAKEUP
01. Frankenstein (Jack P. Pierce, Pauline Eells)
02. Svengali (Johnny Wallis)
03. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Norbert A. Myles, Wally Westmore)
04. Dracula (Jack P. Pierce)
05. Mata Hari (uncredited)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
01. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (uncredited)
02. Dirigible (William J. Butler & Ned Mann)
03. Svengali (Fred Jackman)
04. Frankenstein (Franz Dallons, Oscar Dallons, Paul Dallons, John P. Fulton, Ken Strickfaden)
05. Dracula (Frank H. Booth, William Davidson, & John P. Fulton)

RESULTS
8 nominations: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (2 wins)
5 nominations: City Streets, M (3 wins), Le million, Safe in Hell (1 win), The Smiling Lieutenant (2 wins)
4 nominations: The Congress Dances, Dishonored (1 win), Frankenstein (2 wins), The Last Flight (1 win), The Miracle Woman (1 win)
3 nominations: Street Scene, The 3 Penny Opera (1 win)
2 nominations: City Lights, Dracula, Drácula, Guilty Hands, Little Caesar, Mata Hari, À nous la liberté, Platinum Blonde (1 win), Svengali; Tabu, A Story of the South Seas
1 nomination: Bad Girl, Blonde Crazy, Dirigible, Five Star Final, Mädchen in Uniform, Night Nurse
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All in alphabetical order:

PICTURE:
City Lights
Dr. Jeckyll And Mr. Hyde
Frankenstein
The Smiling Lieutenant
Tabu

ACTOR:
James Cagney – The Public Enemy
Charles Chaplin – City Lights
Maurice Chevalier – The Smiling Lieutenant
Frederic March – Dr. Jeckyll And Mr. Hyde
Edward G. Robinson – Little Caesar

ACTRESS:
Mae Clarke – Waterloo Bridge
Claudette Colbert – The Smiling Lieutenant
Marlene Dietrich – Dishonored
Helen Hayes – The Sin Of Madelon Claudet
Barbara Stanwyck – The Miracle Woman

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
George Barbier – The Smiling Lieutenant
Lionel Barrymore – A Free Soul
Jackie Cooper – The Champ
Boris Karloff – Frankenstein
Adolph Menjou – The Front Page

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Beulah Bondi – Street Scene
Helen Chandler – Dracula
Miriam Hopkins – The Smiling Lieutenant
Lotte Lenya – The Threepenny Opera
Edna May Oliver - Cimarron

DIRECTOR:
Charles Chaplin – City Lights
Ernst Lubitsch - The Smiling Lieutenant
Rouben Mamoulian – Dr. Jeckyll And Mr. Hyde
F.W. Murnau - Tabu
James Whale - Frankenstein
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1931 Oscar Shouldabeens

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1931
Best Picture
City Lights
*Frankenstein
Le Million
Little Caesar
The Smiling Lieutenant

Best Actor
Wallace Beery, The Champ
James Cagney, The Public Enemy
Charles Chaplin, City Lights
Maurice Chevalier, The Smiling Lieutenant
*Edward G Robinson, Little Caesar

Best Actress
Claudette Colbert, The Smiling Lieutenant
Marlene Dietrich, Dishonored
Greta Garbo, Mata Hari
*Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Norma Shearer, A Free Soul

Best Supporting Actor
*Lionel Barrymore, A Free Soul
Clark Gable, A Free Soul
Boris Karloff, Frankenstein
Adolphe Menjou, The Front Page
Roland Young, The Guardsman

Best Supporting Actress
Mae Clarke, The Public Enemy
*Miriam Hopkins, Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde
Aline MacMahon, Five Star Final
Edna May Oliver, Cimarron
ZaSu Pitts, The Guardsman

Best Director
Charles Chaplin, City Lights
Rene Clair, Le Million
Mervyn LeRoy, Little Caesar
Ernst Lubitsch, The Smiling Lieutenant
*James Whale, Frankenstein
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1931 Oscar Shouldabeens

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1931

Best Picture
City Lights
*Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Frankenstein
Little Caesar
The Public Enemy

Best Actor
Wallace Beery, The Champ
James Cagney, The Public Enemy
Charles Chaplin, City Lights
*Fredric March, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Edward G. Robinson, Little Caesar

Best Actress
Mae Clarke, Waterloo Bridge
Irene Dunne, Cimarron
*Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Sylvia Sidney, An American Tragedy
Barbara Stanwyck, The Miracle Woman

Best Supporting Actor
Lionel Barrymore, A Free Soul
Jackie Cooper, The Champ
Phillips Holmes, The Criminal Code
Boris Karloff, Frankenstein
*Adolphe Menjou, The Front Page

Best Supporting Actress
Joan Blondell, Night Nurse
Beulah Bondi, Street Scene
*Miriam Hopkins, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Aline MacMahon, Five Star Final
Edna May Oliver, Cimarron

Best Director
Charles Chaplin, City Lights
Mervyn LeRoy, Little Caesar
*Rouben Mamoulian, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
James Whale, Frankenstein
William A. Wellman, The Public Enemy
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