The 5th Academy Award…1932

The 5^th Academy Award…1932

Hosted by Conrad Nagel almost eighty years ago, on november 18th 1932 at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, the 5th Academy Awards night was about to start.

The American drama film Grand Hotel, starring Greta Garbo, Lionel and John Barrymore and Joan Crawford, remained the only Best Picture Academy Award winner in history, to be nominated just in one category.

Wallace Beery (“The Champ”) and Fredric March (“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”) shared the recognition for Best Actor.

Wallace Beery and Fredric March, with 1931 Oscar winner Lionel Barrymore and 1932 Academy President Conrad Nagel

The Academy Award for Best Actress went to Helen Hayes for her important role in The Sin of Madelon Claudet, an American drama film adapted from the play The Lullaby by Edward Knoblock.

 Director Frank Borzage, Helen Hayes, and Fredric Marc 

Here is the complete list of 1932’ Nominees and Winners:

Bold indicates Winner

Actor

• Wallace Beery in "The Champ"
• Alfred Lunt in "The Guardsman"
• Fredric March in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"

Actress

• Marie Dressler in "Emma"
• Lynn Fontanne in "The Guardsman"
• Helen Hayes in "The Sin of Madelon Claudet"

Art Direction

• "À Nous la Liberté" Lazare Meerson
• "Arrowsmith" Richard Day
• "Transatlantic" Gordon Wiles

Cinematography

• "Arrowsmith" Ray June
• "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Karl Struss
• "Shanghai Express" Lee Garmes

Directing

• "Bad Girl" Frank Borzage
• "The Champ" King Vidor
• "Shanghai Express" Josef Von Sternberg

Outstanding Production

• "Arrowsmith" Samuel Goldwyn Productions
• "Bad Girl" Fox
• "The Champ" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "Five Star Final" First National
• "Grand Hotel" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "One Hour with You" Paramount Publix
• "Shanghai Express" Paramount Publix
• "The Smiling Lieutenant" Paramount Publix

Short Subject (Cartoon)

• "Flowers and Trees" Walt Disney, Producer
• "It's Got Me Again" Leon Schlesinger, Producer
• "Mickey's Orphans" Walt Disney, Producer

Short Subject (Comedy)

• "The Loud Mouth" Mack Sennett, Producer
• "The Music Box" Hal Roach, Producer
• "Scratch-As-Catch-Can" RKO Radio

Short Subject (Novelty)

• "Screen Souvenirs" Paramount Publix
• "Swing High" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "Wrestling Swordfish" Mack Sennett, Producer

Sound Recording

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
• Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
• Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department

Writing (Adaptation)

• "Arrowsmith" Sidney Howard
• "Bad Girl" Edwin Burke
• "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein

Writing (Original Story)

• "The Champ" Frances Marion
• "Lady and Gent" Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
• "The Star Witness" Lucien Hubbard
• "What Price Hollywood?" Adela Rogers St. Johns, Jane Murfin

One of the most remarkable Awards given during that night has been the Special Award or Honorary Award to Walt Disney.

The Honorary Award was created to honor actors, producers, directors and other important personalities for their significant achievements and contributions to the motion picture industry. After Warner Bros and Charlie Chaplin, respectively in 1927 and 1928, Walt Disney received the award "for the creation of Mickey Mouse."

That year Disney won for Short Subject (Cartoon) with "Flowers and Trees" , the very first commercially released film to be produced in the full-color three-strip Technicolor process.

Silly Symphony 1932 - Walt Disney

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