Awards & Winners

1932 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1932 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 5th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

5th Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Picture

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Honored for : Grand Hotel

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paramount Pictures The Smiling Lieutenant
First National Five Star Final
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Champ
Fox Film Bad Girl
Samuel Goldwyn Productions Arrowsmith
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Grand Hotel
Paramount Pictures One Hour with You
Paramount Pictures Shanghai Express
Academy Award for Best Actor

Wallace Beery

Honored for : The Champ
(Role: Champ, A tie. Mr. Beery had one vote less than Fredric March (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), and rules at the time stated that if any achievement came within three votes of the First Award, it would be considered a tie.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Wallace Beery The Champ
Role: Champ
Fredric March Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Role: Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
Alfred Lunt The Guardsman
Role: The Actor
Academy Award for Best Actress

Helen Hayes

Honored for : The Sin of Madelon Claudet
(Role: Madelon)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Marie Dressler Emma
Role: Emma
Helen Hayes The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Role: Madelon
Lynn Fontanne The Guardsman
Role: The Actress
Academy Award for Best Director

Frank Borzage

Honored for : Bad Girl

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Nominee Nominated Work
King Vidor The Champ
Josef von Sternberg Shanghai Express
Frank Borzage Bad Girl
Academy Award for Best Story

Frances Marion

Honored for : The Champ

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frances Marion The Champ
Grover Jones Lady and Gent
William Slavens McNutt Lady and Gent
Lucien Hubbard The Star Witness
Adela Rogers St. Johns What Price Hollywood?
Jane Murfin What Price Hollywood?
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Edwin J. Burke

Honored for : Bad Girl

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Nominee Nominated Work
Samuel Hoffenstein Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Percy Heath Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Sidney Howard Arrowsmith
Edwin J. Burke Bad Girl
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Paramount Pictures

(Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department, This award was not associated with any specific film title.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department","This award was not associated with any specific film title.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department","This nomination was not associated with any specific film title.
RKO Pictures
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department","This nomination was not associated with any specific film title.
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department","This nomination was not associated with any specific film title.
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Walt Disney

Honored for : Flowers and Trees

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney Flowers and Trees
Leon Schlesinger It's Got Me Again!
Walt Disney Mickey's Orphans
Academy Honorary Award

Walt Disney

(For the creation of Mickey Mouse.)
Academy Award for Best Actor

Fredric March

Honored for : Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(Role: Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, A tie. Wallace Beery (The Champ) had one vote less than Mr. March, and rules at the time stated that if any achievement came within three votes of the First Award, it would be considered a tie.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Wallace Beery The Champ
Role: Champ
Fredric March Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Role: Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
Alfred Lunt The Guardsman
Role: The Actor
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Lee Garmes

Honored for : Shanghai Express

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lee Garmes Shanghai Express
Ray June Arrowsmith
Karl Struss Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Comedy

Hal Roach

Honored for : The Music Box

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hal Roach The Music Box
RKO Pictures Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
The film was originally announced as a nominee, but before the final voting, it was disqualified and replaced by Scratch-As-Catch-Can.
RKO Pictures Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Mack Sennett The Loud Mouth
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Mack Sennett

Honored for : Wrestling Swordfish

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mack Sennett Wrestling Swordfish
Paramount Pictures Screen Souvenirs
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Swing High
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Gordon Wiles

Honored for : Transatlantic

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gordon Wiles Transatlantic
Lazare Meerson Freedom for Us
Richard Day Arrowsmith
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Eastman Kodak

(for its Type II-B Sensitometer. [Laboratory])
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation

(For its color cartoon process.)