1930–1931 Academy Awards

The 1930–1931 Academy Awards were presented Nov. 10, 1931 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.

Outstanding Production

Cimarron (RKO Radio)

East Lynne (Fox)

The Front Page (Caddo, United Artists)

Skippy (Paramount Publix)

Trader Horn (MGM)

Best Actor

Lionel Barrymore, A Free Soul

Jackie Cooper, Skippy

Richard Dix, Cimarron

Fredric March, The Royal Family of Broadway

Adolphe Menjou, The Front Page

Best Actress

Marlene Dietrich, Morocco

Marie Dressler, Min and Bill

Irene Dunne, Cimarron

Ann Harding, Holiday

Norma Shearer, A Free Soul

Directing

Clarence Brown, A Free Soul

Lewis Milestone, The Front Page

Wesley Ruggles, Cimarron

Norman Taurog, Skippy

Josef Von Sternberg, Morocco

Writing

Adaptation	Howard Estabrook, Cimarron
	Francis Faragoh and Robert N. Lee, Little Caesar
	Horace Jackson, Holiday
	Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sam Mintz, Skippy
	Seton Miller and Fred Niblo, Jr., The Criminal Code
Original Story	John Bright and Kubec Glasmon, The Public Enemy
	Rowland Brown, The Doorway to Hell
	Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Doty and Donald Ogden Stewart, Laughter
	Lucien Hubbard and Joseph Jackson, Smart Money
	John Monk Saunders, The Dawn Patrol