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    Oscar

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    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Wallace Beery
      Winner
      • Wallace Beery
      • The Champ
      Tied with Fredric March for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931).
    • Fredric March
      Winner
      • Fredric March
      • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
      Tied with Wallace Beery for The Champ (1931).
    • Alfred Lunt
      • Alfred Lunt
      • The Guardsman

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Helen Hayes
      Winner
      • Helen Hayes
      • The Sin of Madelon Claudet
    • Marie Dressler c. 1932
      • Marie Dressler
      • Emma
    • Lynn Fontanne
      • Lynn Fontanne
      • The Guardsman

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Transatlantic

      6.1 (313)
      Gordon Wiles
    • [object Object]

      À nous la liberté

      7.4 (5.2K)
      Lazare Meerson
    • [object Object]

      Arrowsmith

      6.2 (2.1K)
      Richard Day

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shanghai Express

      7.3 (11K)
      Lee Garmes
    • [object Object]

      Arrowsmith

      6.2 (2.1K)
      Ray June
    • [object Object]

      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

      7.6 (17K)
      Karl Struss

    Best Director

    • Frank Borzage
      Winner
      • Frank Borzage
      • Bad Girl
    • King Vidor
      • King Vidor
      • The Champ
    • Josef Von Sternberg, c. 1930.
      • Josef von Sternberg
      • Shanghai Express

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Grand Hotel

      7.3 (22K)
    • [object Object]

      Arrowsmith

      6.2 (2.1K)
    • [object Object]

      Bad Girl

      6.4 (1.8K)
    • [object Object]

      The Champ

      7.2 (3.9K)
    • [object Object]

      Five Star Final

      7.3 (2.7K)
    • [object Object]

      One Hour with You

      7.0 (3.1K)
    • [object Object]

      Shanghai Express

      7.3 (11K)
    • [object Object]

      The Smiling Lieutenant

      7.1 (4.3K)

    Best Short Subject, Cartoons

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Flowers and Trees

      7.2 (4.2K)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      It's Got Me Again!

      5.8 (732)
      Leon Schlesinger
    • [object Object]

      Mickey's Orphans

      6.3 (1K)
      Walt Disney

    Best Short Subject, Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Music Box

      7.9 (8.4K)
      Hal Roach
    • [object Object]

      The Loud Mouth

      6.0 (38)
      Mack Sennett
    • [object Object]

      Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

      6.9 (37)
      This Is Not an Official Nomination. Originally announced as one of the nominees in this category, but before the final voting was done, this film was disqualified and was replaced by another RKO Radio short, Scratch-As-Catch-Can. No documentation has been found as to why this film was disqualified.
    • [object Object]

      Scratch-As-Catch-Can

      5.4 (87)

    Best Short Subject, Novelty

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wrestling Swordfish

      4.9 (37)
      Mack Sennett
    • [object Object]

      Screen Souvenirs

      5.0 (33)
    • [object Object]

      Swing High

      6.5 (207)

    Best Sound, Recording

    • Winner
      • Paramount Publix Corporation
      Recipient: Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      Recipient: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
      • RKO Radio Pictures
      Recipient: RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
      • Warner Bros.-First National Pictures
      Recipient: Warner Bros.- First National Studio Sound Department

    Best Writing, Adaptation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bad Girl

      6.4 (1.8K)
      Edwin J. Burke
    • [object Object]

      Arrowsmith

      6.2 (2.1K)
      Sidney Howard
    • [object Object]

      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

      7.6 (17K)
      Percy Heath
      Samuel Hoffenstein

    Best Writing, Original Story

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Champ

      7.2 (3.9K)
      Frances Marion
    • [object Object]

      Lady and Gent

      5.9 (267)
      Grover Jones
      William Slavens McNutt
    • [object Object]

      The Star Witness

      6.2 (780)
      Lucien Hubbard
    • [object Object]

      What Price Hollywood?

      7.0 (2.9K)
      Adela Rogers St. Johns
      Jane Murfin

    Honorary Award

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    • Walt Disney
      Winner
      • Walt Disney
      For the creation of Mickey Mouse.

    Academy Award of Merit

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    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      Scientific and Engineering Award

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      • Winner
          For its color cartoon process.

        Technical Achievement Award

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        • Winner
            For its Type II-B sensitometer.

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          Event date

          November 18, 1932

          Event location

          Los Angeles, California, USA

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