1931-32 (5th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1931-32 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
Click on an image on the left to display a larger version of it, or click on the text descriptions in the middle to display the report or content indicated. You can also click on a year in the column on the right to display the Academy Award Overview for that year.
The 1931-32 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: August 1, 1931 to July 31, 1932 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1931-32 Ceremony
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Friday, November 18, 1932 8:00 PM Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1931-32 Winners
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Best Picture: Grand Hotel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: (TIE) Wallace Beery as ‘Champ’ in the film The Champ |
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Best Actor: (TIE) Fredric March as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde in the film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
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Best Actress: Helen Hayes as Madelon Claudet in the film The Sin of Madelon Claudet |