1931/32 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 40 Academy Award records for the 1931/32 film year, covering 27 films and including 12 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ Grand HotelMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
8 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- The Champ
2 wins from 4 award records
- Bad Girl
2 wins from 3 award records
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1 win from 3 award records
- Shanghai Express
1 win from 3 award records
- Flowers and Trees
1 win from 1 award record
- Grand Hotel
1 win from 1 award record
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ The Champ — Champ
- ★ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
- ★ The Sin of Madelon Claudet — Madelon
- ★ Bad Girl
- ★ Bad Girl
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 40 of 40 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Grand Hotel IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Arrowsmith IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Bad Girl IMDB — Fox
- The Champ IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Five Star Final IMDB — First National
- One Hour with You IMDB — Paramount Publix
- Shanghai Express IMDB — Paramount Publix
- The Smiling Lieutenant IMDB — Paramount Publix
Best Actor
- ★ The Champ IMDB — Wallace BeeryChamp
Source context
NOTE: A tie. Mr. Beery had one vote less than Fredric March (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), and rules at the time stated that if any achievement came within three votes of the First Award, it would be considered a tie.
- ★ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde IMDB — Fredric MarchDr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
Source context
NOTE: A tie. Wallace Beery (The Champ) had one vote less than Mr. March, and rules at the time stated that if any achievement came within three votes of the First Award, it would be considered a tie.
- The Guardsman IMDB — Alfred LuntThe Actor
Best Actress
- ★ The Sin of Madelon Claudet IMDB — Helen HayesMadelon
- Emma IMDB — Marie DresslerEmma
- The Guardsman IMDB — Lynn FontanneThe Actress
Art Direction
Cinematography
Best Director
Animated Short Film
- ★ Flowers and Trees IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- It's Got Me Again IMDB — Leon Schlesinger, Producer
- Mickey's Orphans IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
Short Subject (Comedy)
- ★ The Music Box IMDB — Hal Roach, Producer
- The Loud Mouth IMDB — Mack Sennett, Producer
- Scratch-As-Catch-Can IMDB — RKO Radio
- Stout Hearts and Willing Hands IMDB — RKO Radio
Source context
NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Originally announced as one of the nominees in this category, but before the final voting was done, this film was disqualified and was replaced by another RKO Radio short, Scratch-As-Catch-Can. No documentation has been found as to why this film was disqualified.
Short Subject (Novelty)
- ★ Wrestling Swordfish IMDB — Mack Sennett, Producer
- Screen Souvenirs IMDB — Paramount Publix
- Swing High IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ Bad Girl IMDB — Edwin Burke
- Arrowsmith IMDB — Sidney Howard
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde IMDB — Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein
Writing (Original Story)
- ★ The Champ IMDB — Frances Marion
- Lady and Gent IMDB — Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
- The Star Witness IMDB — Lucien Hubbard
- What Price Hollywood? IMDB — Adela Rogers St. Johns, Jane Murfin
Nominated films and other recorded entries
27 films represented in the 1931/32 archive selection.
- À Nous la Liberté
- Arrowsmith
- Bad Girl
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Emma
- Five Star Final
- Flowers and Trees
- Grand Hotel
- It's Got Me Again
- Lady and Gent
- Mickey's Orphans
- One Hour with You
- Scratch-As-Catch-Can
- Screen Souvenirs
- Shanghai Express
- Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
- Swing High
- The Champ
- The Guardsman
- The Loud Mouth
- The Music Box
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet
- The Smiling Lieutenant
- The Star Witness
- Transatlantic
- What Price Hollywood?
- Wrestling Swordfish
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.
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