Friday, April 19

1931 Awards

1931 Awards, All Movie Awards, Children's, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, Newbery Medal

1931 Newbery Medal – Children’s Winner and Nominees

1931 Newbery Medal - Children's WinnerThe Cat Who Went to HeavenElizabeth Jane Coatsworth...Amazon1931 Newbery Medal - Children's NomineesFloating IslandAnne ParrishAmazonGarram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill TribesHerbert BestAmazonMeggy MacIntoshElizabeth Janey GrayAmazonMountains are FreeJulia Davis AdamsAmazonOod-Le-Uk the WandererAuthor UnknownAmazonQueer PersonRalph HubbardAmazonSpice and the Devil's CaveAgnes HewesAmazonThe Dark Star of Itza: The Story of A Pagan PrincessAlida MalkusAmazon
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1931 National Board of Review – Best Foreign Language Films Winner and Nominees

1931 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerDas Lied vom LebenAmazonLe millionAn impoverished painter and his rival engage in a race across Paris to recover a jacket concealing a winning lottery ticket.AmazonThe 3 Penny OperaIn London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the 'king of the beggars'.AmazonUnder the Roofs of ParisAlbert is smitten for Pola but ends up wrongly committed in jail, in the meantime her affections are sought after by his friend, and on his release both love and friendship must be tested.AmazonWestfront 1918A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the...
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1931 National Board of Review – Top Ten Films Winner and Nominees

1931 National Board of Review - Top Ten Films WinnerCimarronA newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.AmazonCity LightsWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.AmazonCity StreetsMan joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.AmazonDishonoredThe Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.AmazonQuick MillionsTruck driver Bugs Raymond organizes the trucking associations and takes protection money. Now rich, he decides to marry socialite Dorothy Stone. She rejects him for another, so he makes plans to kidnap her on her wedding day.AmazonRangoThe frame story is nar...
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1931 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Winner and Nominees

1931 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerA Free SoulLionel BarrymoreAn alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.Amazon1931 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesCimarronRichard DixAmazonSkippyJackie CooperAmazonThe Front PageAdolphe MenjouAmazonThe Royal Family of BroadwayFredric MarchAmazon
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1931 Academy Awards – Actress in a Leading Role Winner and Nominees

1931 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerMin and BillMarie DresslerMin, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.Amazon1931 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesA Free SoulNorma ShearerAmazonCimarronIrene DunneAmazonHolidayAnn HardingAmazonMoroccoMarlene DietrichAmazon
1931 Awards, Academy Awards, All Movie Awards, Cinematography, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year

1931 Academy Awards – Cinematography Winner and Nominees

1931 Academy Awards - Cinematography WinnerTabu: A Story of the South SeasFloyd CrosbyOn the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief declares the girl a sacred virgin.Amazon1931 Academy Awards - Cinematography NomineesCimarronEdward CronjagerAmazonMoroccoLee GarmesAmazonSvengaliBarney McGillAmazonThe Right to LoveCharles LangAmazon
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1931 Academy Awards – Directing Winner and Nominees

1931 Academy Awards - Directing WinnerSkippyNorman TaurogSkippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.Amazon1931 Academy Awards - Directing NomineesA Free SoulClarence BrownAmazonCimarronWesley RugglesAmazonMoroccoJosef von SternbergAmazonThe Front PageLewis MilestoneAmazon
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1931 Academy Awards – Original Story Winner and Nominees

1931 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerThe Dawn PatrolJohn Monk SaundersWorld War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but Courtney is soon promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.Amazon1931 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesLaughterHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastAmazonSmart MoneyLucien HubbardAmazonThe Doorway to HellRowland BrownAmazonThe Public EnemyJohn BrightAmazon
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1931 Academy Awards – Production Design Winner and Nominees

1931 Academy Awards - Production Design WinnerCimarronMax RéeA newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.Amazon1931 Academy Awards - Production Design NomineesJust ImagineStephen GoossonAmazonMoroccoHans DreierAmazonSvengaliAnton GrotAmazonWhoopee!Richard DayAmazon