Alternate Oscars: 1931

* = winner

BEST PICTURE:

City Lights*

M

The Public Enemy

The Smiling Lieutenant

Tabu

BEST DIRECTOR:

Charles Chaplin, City Lights*

René Clair, À Nous la Liberté

Fritz Lang, M

Ernst Lubitsch, The Smiling Lieutenant

F.W. Murnau, Tabu

BEST ACTOR:

James Cagney, The Public Enemy

Charles Chaplin, City Lights*

Robert Montgomery, Private Lives

Edward G. Robinson, Little Caesar

Robert Williams, Platinum Blonde

BEST ACTRESS:

Sally Eilers, Bad Girl

Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Ruan Lingyu, The Peach Girl

Norma Shearer, Private Lives

Barbara Stanwyck, The Miracle Woman*

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Lionel Barrymore, A Free Soul

Clark Gable, A Free Soul

Boris Karloff, Frankenstein

Peter Lorre, M*

Harry Myers, City Lights

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Claudette Colbert, The Smiling Lieutenant

Minna Gombell, Bad Girl

Jean Harlow, The Public Enemy

Miriam Hopkins, The Smiling Lieutenant*

Loretta Young, Platinum Blonde

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Bad Girl

Little Caesar

M*

Private Lives

The Smiling Lieutenant

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

À Nous la Liberté

The Champ

City Lights*

Platinum Blonde

The Public Enemy

BEST ART DIRECTION:

À Nous la Liberté

Dracula

East Lynne

Frankenstein

M*

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

City Lights

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Frankenstein

M*

Tabu

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Cimarron

Dracula

East Lynne

Frankenstein

The Smiling Lieutenant*

BEST FILM EDITING:

City Lights*

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

M

The Public Enemy

Tabu

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

À Nous la Liberté

Cimarron

City Lights*

Frankenstein

Tabu

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: (incomplete lineup)

"A Nous la Liberté" from À Nous la Liberté

"Toujours l'Amour in the Army" from The Smiling Lieutenant*

"While Hearts Are Singing" from The Smiling Lieutenant

BEST MAKEUP:

Dracula

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde*

Frankenstein

The Guardsman

Trader Horn

BEST SOUND:

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Frankenstein*

Little Caesar

M

The Public Enemy

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Cimarron

Dracula

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Frankenstein*

Trader Horn

BEST STUNTS:

The Champ

Cimarron

City Lights

Frankenstein*

Trader Horn

BEST CASTING:

City Lights

The Front Page

M

Skippy

The Smiling Lieutenant*

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: (incomplete lineup)

À Nous la Liberté

M*

The Peach Girl