4th Annual Academy Awards hosted by Lawrence Grant on November 10, 1931
Best Picture: Cimarron City Lights
Best Director: Norman Taurog (Skippy) Fritz Lang (M)
Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore (A Free Soul) Edward G. Robinson (Little Caesar)
Best Actress: Marie Dressler (Min and Bill) Marlene Dietrich (Morocco)
Best Supporting Actor: N/A Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Little Caesar)
Best Supporting Actress: N/A Joan Blondell (The Public Enemy)
Best Original Story: The Dawn Patrol (John Monk Saunders) The Public Enemy (John Bright and Kubec Glasmon)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Cimarron (Howard Estabrook) Dracula (Hamilton Deane, John Balderston, Garrett Ford)
