1931 Alternate Oscars

A great year for moving pictures. Charlie Chaplin, Fritz Lang and René Clair turned in the best work of their careers. James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Clark Gable, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre and Joan Blondell all went from bit players to stars. And Universal Studios launched its classic horror cycle with Frankenstein and Dracula ...

Best Picture of 1931

À Nous La Liberté

★ City Lights

Dracula

Frankenstein

Le Million

M

Mädchen in Uniform

Monkey Business

The Public Enemy

The Smiling Lieutenant

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Best Actor of 1931

James Cagney (The Public Enemy)

Charles Chaplin (City Lights)

René Lefèvre (Le Million)

Bela Lugosi (Dracula)

★ Edward G. Robinson (Little Caesar and Five Star Final)

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Best Actress of 1931

Mae Clarke (Waterloo Bridge)

Irene Dunne (Cimarron)

✔ Helen Hayes (The Sin of Madelon Claudet and Arrowsmith)

★ Norma Shearer (A Free Soul and Private Lives)

Dorothea Wieck (Mädchen in Uniform)

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Best Director of 1931

Charles Chaplin (City Lights)

René Clair (Le Million and À Nous La Liberté)

★ Fritz Lang (M)

Leontine Sagan (Mädchen in Uniform)

James Whale (Frankenstein and Waterloo Bridge)

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Best Supporting Actor of 1931

Dwight Frye (Dracula and Frankenstein)

Clark Gable (A Free Soul and Night Nurse)

Boris Karloff (The Criminal Code, Five Star Final and Frankenstein)

★ Peter Lorre (M)

Harry Myers (City Lights)

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Best Supporting Actress of 1931

★ Joan Blondell (Other Men's Women, Night Nurse and Blonde Crazy)

Virginia Cherrill (City Lights)

Lotte Lenya (The Threepenny Opera)

Aline MacMahon (Five Star Final)

Sylvia Sidney (An American Tragedy)

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Special Award

Charles Chaplin (City Lights) (score)

René Clair (Le Million and À Nous La Liberté) (screenplay)

Charles D. Hall (Dracula and Frankenstein) (set design)

Harpo Marx (Monkey Business) (best bad Chevalier imitation)

Fritz Arno Wagner (M) (cinematography)

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