1931
BEST PICTURE
City Lights
Dracula
Frankenstein
M
The Public Enemy
BEST DIRECTOR
Tod Browning, DRACULA
Charles Chaplin, CITY LIGHTS
Fritz Lang, M
William A. Wellman, THE PUBLIC ENEMY
James Whale, FRANKENSTEIN
BEST ACTOR
James Cagney, THE PUBLIC ENEMY
Colin Clive, FRANKENSTEIN
Boris Karloff, FRANKENSTEIN
Peter Lorre, M
Bela Lugosi, DRACULA
BEST ACTRESS
Mae Clarke, FRANKENSTEIN
Helen Chandler, DRACULA
Jean Harlow, THE PUBLIC ENEMY
Marian Marsh, SVENGALI
Lupita Tover, DRACULA (alternate Spanish version)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Dwight Frye, DRACULA
Dwight Frye, FRANKENSTEIN
Edward Van Sloan, DRACULA
Edward Van Sloan, FRANKENSTEIN
Edward Woods, THE PUBLIC ENEMY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joan Blondell, THE PUBLIC ENEMY
Virginia Cherrill, CITY LIGHTS
Mae Clarke, THE PUBLIC ENEMY
Frances Dade, DRACULA
Beryl Mercer, THE PUBLIC ENEMEY
BEST SCREENPLAY
John L. Balderston, Francis Edward Faragoh and Garrett Fort,
FRANKENSTEIN
Charles Chaplin, CITY LIGHTS
Hamilton Deane, John L. Balderston and Garrett Fort, DRACULA
Harvey Thew, THE PUBLIC ENEMY
Thea Von Harbou and Fritz Lang, M
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Charles Chaplin, CITY LIGHTS
L.E. DeFrancesco, PARDON US
Philip Glass, DRACULA
Bernard Kaun, FRANKENSTEIN
John Leipold, et. al., MONKEY BUSINESS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
City Lights
Dracula
Frankenstein
M
Svengali
BEST ART DIRECTION
(exactly same as above)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
City Lights
Dracula
Frankenstein
The Public Enemy
Svengali
BEST EDITING
Dracula
Frankenstein
Hell Divers
M
The Public Enemy
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dracula
Dracula (alternate Spanish version)
Frankenstein
Hell Divers
Svengali
BEST SOUND
Dracula
Frankenstein
M
The Public Enemy
Svengali