1931 Milstead Movie Awards

BEST PICTURE

THE CHAMP (MGM; King Vidor, Harry Rapf, Irving Thalberg & William M. Weiss)

CITY LIGHTS (United Artists; Charles Chaplin)

DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Paramount; Rouben Mamoulian)

DRACULA (Universal; Tod Browning & Carl Laemmle, Jr.)

FRANKENSTEIN (Universal; Carl Laemmle, Jr.)

THE FRONT PAGE (United Artists/Caddo; Howard Hughes & Lewis Milestone)

LITTLE CAESAR (Warner Bros/First National; Hal B. Wallis & Darryl F. Zanuck)

M (Nero Film; Seymour Nebenzal)

THE PUBLIC ENEMY (Warner Bros; Darryl F. Zanuck)

SKIPPY (Paramount; Louis D. Lighton)

Also Considered:

A NOUS LA LIBERTÉ (Frank Clifford & Alexandre Kamenka); ARROWSMITH (Samuel Goldwyn); BAD GIRL (Winfield Sheehan); CIMARRON (William LeBaron & Wesley Ruggles); EAST LYNNE (Winfield Sheehan); A FREE SOUL (Clarence Brown); THE LAST FLIGHT (credit unknown); THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Ernst Lubitsch); TABU (credit unknown); TRADER HORN (Irving Thalberg)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

John Barrymore as "Svengali" - SVENGALI

Wallace Beery as "Andy Purcell" - THE CHAMP

James Cagney as "Tom Powers" - THE PUBLIC ENEMY

Maurice Chevalier as "Lt. Nikolaus Von Preyn" - THE SMILING LIEUTENANT

Jackie Cooper as "Skippy Skinner" - SKIPPY

Richard Dix as "Yancey Cravat" - CIMARRON

Alfred Lunt as "The Actor" - THE GUARDSMAN

Fredric March as "Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde" - DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE

Adolphe Menjou as "Walter Burns" - THE FRONT PAGE

Edward G. Robinson as "Enrico Bandello / Little Caesar" - LITTLE CAESAR

Also Considered:

Richard Barthelmess (THE LAST FLIGHT); Charles Chaplin (CITY LIGHTS); Colin Clive (FRANKENSTEIN); Ronald Colman (ARROWSMITH); Raymond Cordy (A NOUS LA LIBERTÉ); Ricardo Cortez (THE MALTESE FALCON); Leslie Howard (A FREE SOUL); Bela Lugosi (DRACULA); Michel Simon (LA CHIENNE); Robert Williams (PLATINUM BLONDE)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Irene Dunne as "Sabra Cravat" - CIMARRON

Sally Eilers as "Dorothy Haley" - BAD GIRL

Lynn Fontanne as "The Actress" - THE GUARDSMAN

Greta Garbo as "Mata Hari" - MATA HARI

Ann Harding as "Lady Isabel Carlisle" - EAST LYNNE

Jean Harlow as "Ann Schuyler" - PLATINUM BLONDE

Helen Hayes as "Madelon Claudet" - THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET

Norma Shearer as "Jan Ashe" - A FREE SOUL

Sylvia Sidney as "Roberta Alden" - AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY

Dorothy Wieck as "Fraulein Von Bernberg" - MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM

Helen Hayes in The Sin Of Madelon Claudet

Also Considered:

Elisabeth Bergner (ARIANE); Virginia Cherrill (CITY LIGHTS); Mae Clarke (WATERLOO BRIDGE); Marlene Dietrich (DISHONORED); Greta Garbo (SUSAN LENOX, HER FALL & RISE); Helen Hayes (ARROWSMITH); Ruan Lingyu (THE PEACH GIRL); Dorothy Mackaill (SAFE IN HELL); Janie Marise (LA CHIENNE); Barbara Stanwyck (THE MIRACLE WOMAN)

BEST DIRECTOR

Frank Borzage - BAD GIRL

Tod Browning - DRACULA

Charles Chaplin - CITY LIGHTS

Fritz Lang - M

Mervyn LeRoy - LITTLE CAESAR

Rouben Mamoulian - DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE

Lewis Milestone - THE FRONT PAGE

Wesley Ruggles - CIMARRON

Norman Taurog - SKIPPY

James Whale - FRANKENSTEIN

Also Considered:

Rene Clair (A NOUS LA LIBERTÉ); John Ford (ARROWSMITH); Frank Lloyd (EAST LYNNE); Ernst Lubitsch (THE SMILING LIEUTENANT); Rouben Mamoulian (CITY STREETS); F.W. Murnau (TABU); W.S. Van Dyke (TRADER HORN); King Vidor (THE CHAMP); Josef Von Sternberg (AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY); William A. Wellman (THE PUBLIC ENEMY)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Lionel Barrymore as "Stephen Ashe" - A FREE SOUL

James Cagney as "Jack" - SMART MONEY

Jackie Cooper as "Dink" - THE CHAMP

Dudley Digges as "Casper Gutman" - THE MALTESE FALCON

Boris Karloff as "The Monster" - FRANKENSTEIN

Peter Lorre as "Hans Beckert" - M

Paul Lukas as "Big Fellow Maskal" - CITY STREETS

Henri Marchand as "Emile" - A NOUS LA LIBERTÉ

Pat O'Brien as "Hilary Johnson" - THE FRONT PAGE

Lewis Stone as "Carlo Boretti" - THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET

Also Considered:

Richard Bennett (ARROWSMITH); William Collier, Jr. (CIMARRON); Donald Crisp (SVENGALI); Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (LITTLE CAESAR); Dwight Frye (DRACULA); Clark Gable (A FREE SOUL); Jean Hersholt (SUSAN LENOX, HER FALL & RISE); Guy Kibbee (CITY STREETS); Harry Myers (CITY LIGHTS); Roland Young (THE GUARDSMAN)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Helen Chandler as "Nikki" - THE LAST FLIGHT

Claudette Colbert as "Franzi" - THE SMILING LIEUTENANT

Minna Gombell as "Edna Driggs" - BAD GIRL

Jean Harlow as "Gwen Allen" - THE PUBLIC ENEMY

Miriam Hopkins as "Ivy Pearson" - DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE

Miriam Hopkins as "Princess Anna" - THE SMILING LIEUTENANT

Lotte Lenya as "Jenny" - THE THREEPENNY ORCHESTRA

Marian Marsh as "Trilby O'Farrell" - SVENGALI

Una Merkel as "Effie Perine" - THE MALTESE FALCON

Loretta Young as "Gallagher" - PLATINUM BLONDE

Miriam Hopkins in The Smiling Lieutenant

Also Considered:

Helen Chandler (DRACULA); Mae Clarke (FRANKENSTEIN); Frances Dee (AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY); Rolla France (A NOUS LA LIBERTÉ); Wynn Gibson (CITY STREETS); Evalyn Knapp (SMART MONEY); Una Merkel (PRIVATE LIVES); Irene Rich (THE CHAMP); Estelle Taylor (CIMARRON); Thelma Todd (MONKEY BUSINESS)

BEST SCREENPLAY (ADAPTATION)

ARROWSMITH (Sidney Howard)

BAD GIRL (Viña Delmar & Edwin J. Burke)

CIMARRON (Howard Estabrook)

DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Samuel Hoffenstein & Percy Heath)

FRANKENSTEIN (John L. Balderston, Garrett Fort & Francis Edward Faragoh)

A FREE SOUL (John Meehan & Becky Gardiner)

THE FRONT PAGE (Bart Cormack, Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur)

THE GHOST TRAIN (Angus MacPhail & Lajos Biro)

LITTLE CAESAR (Francis Edward Faragoh & Robert Lord)

SKIPPY (Joseph L. Mankiewicz & Norman Z. McLeod)

Also Considered:

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (Samuel Hoffenstein); LA CHIENNE (Jean Renoir); CITY STREETS (Oliver H.P. Garrett); FIVE STAR FINAL (Byron Morgan & Robert Lord); THE LAST FLIGHT (John Monk Saunders); THE MALTESE FALCON (Maude Falton & Brown Holmes); MARIUS (Marcel Pagnol); NIGHT NURSE (Oliver H.P. Garrett); THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Ernest Vajda & Samson Raphaelson); SUSAN LENOX, HER FALL & RISE (Wanda Tuchock, Leon Gordon & Zelda Sears)

BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL)

A NOUS LA LIBERTÉ (Rene Clair)

THE CHAMP (Frances Marion & Leonard Praskins)

CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin)

M (Fritz Lang & Thea Von Harbou)

MONKEY BUSINESS (S.J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone & Arthur Sheekman)

PARDON US (H.M. Walker & Stan Laurel)

THE PUBLIC ENEMY (Harvey Thew, Kubec Glasmon & John Bright)

THE SECRET 6 (Frances Marion)

Also Considered:

BACHELOR APARTMENT (John Howard Lawson & J. Walter Ruben); DISHONORED (Josef Von Sternberg & Daniel N. Rubin); HONOR AMONG LOVERS (Austin Parker); MATA HARI (Benjamin Glazer & Leo Birinski); PLATINUM BLONDE (Robert Riskin); SMART MONEY (Kubec Glasmon, John Bright, Lucien Hubbard & Joseph Jackson); THE STRUGGLE (Anita Loos & John Emerson); TRANSATLANTIC (Lynn Starling & Guy Bolton)

BEST ART DIRECTION

A NOUS LA LIBERTÉ (Lazare Meerson)

ARROWSMITH (Richard Day)

CIMARRON (Max Ree)

DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Hans Dreier)

DRACULA (John Hoffman, Herman Rosse & Charles D. Hall)

FRANKENSTEIN (Charles D. Hall)

M (Emil Hassler & Karl Vollbrecht)

THE MAD GENIUS (Anton Grot)

SVENGALI (Anton Grot)

TRANSATLANTIC (Gordon Wiles)

Also Considered:

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (Hans Dreier); CITY LIGHTS (Henry Clive); EAST LYNNE (Joseph Urban); THE LAST FLIGHT (Jack Okey); LITTLE CAESAR (Anton Grot); LE MILLION (Lazare Meerson); THE PUBLIC ENEMY (Max Parker); THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Hans Dreier); THE THREEPENNY ORCHESTRA (Andrej Andrejew); WATERLOO BRIDGE (Charles D. Hall)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

A NOUS LA LIBERTÉ (Georges Perinal)

CIMARRON (Edward Cronjager)

CITY STREETS (Lee Garmes)

DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Karl Struss)

DRACULA (Karl Freund)

FRANKENSTEIN (Arthur Edeson)

M (Fritz Arno Wagner)

SVENGALI (Barney McGill)

TABU (Floyd Crosby)

TRADER HORN (Clyde de Vinna)

Also Considered:

ARROWSMITH (Ray June); CITY LIGHTS (Gordon Pollock & Rollie Totheroh); DISHONORED (Lee Garmes); THE LAST FLIGHT (Sid Hickox); LITTLE CAESAR (Tony Gaudio); THE MAD GENIUS (Barney McGill); THE PUBLIC ENEMY (Dev Jennings); THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (George Folsey); STREET SCENE (George Barnes); THE THREEPENNY ORCHESTRA (Fritz Arno Wagner)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

CIMARRON (Max Ree)

DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Travis Banton)

DRACULA (Ed Ware & Vera West)

FRANKENSTEIN (Mae Bruce)

THE SECRET 6 (Rene Hupert)

THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (credit unknown)

Also Considered:

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (Travis Banton); BAD GIRL (Dolly Tree); DISHONORED (Travis Banton); EAST LYNNE (Sophie Wachner); LITTLE CAESAR (Earl Luick); THE PUBLIC ENEMY (Edward Stevenson)

BEST FILM EDITING

THE CHAMP (Hugh Wynn)

CIMARRON (William Hamilton)

CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin & Willard Nico)

DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (William Shea)

FRANKENSTEIN (Clarence Kolster)

LITTLE CAESAR (Ray Curtiss)

M (Paul Falkenberg)

THE PUBLIC ENEMY (Edward McDermott)

TABU (Arthur A. Brooks)

TRADER HORN (Ben Lewis)

Also Considered:

CITY STREETS (William Shea); DRACULA (Milton Carruth); FIVE STAR FINAL (Frank Ware); THE FRONT PAGE (Duncan Mansfield); THE LAST FLIGHT (Alexander Hall); THE MAD GENIUS (Ralph Dawson); THE MALTESE FALCON (George Marks); SKIPPY (credit unknown); THE SKIN GAME (A.R. Gobbett & Rene Marrison); THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Merrill G. White)

BEST MAKEUP

DRACULA (Jack Pierce)

DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Norbert A. Myles & Wally Westmore)

FRANKENSTEIN (Jack Pierce)

Also Considered:

CIMARRON (Ern Westmore); CITY LIGHTS (credit unknown); SVENGALI (Johnny Willis)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

A NOUS LA LIBERTÉ (Georges Auric)

CIMARRON (Max Steiner)

CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin)

DRACULA (Heinz Roemheld)

FRANKENSTEIN (Bernhard Kaun)

THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Adolph Deutsch & Johnny Green)

SVENGALI (David Mendoza)

TABU (Violeta Dinescu & Hugo Riesenfeld)

TRADER HORN (William Axt)

THE WHITE MAN (Herbert Stothart)

Also Considered:

ARROWSMITH (Alfred Newman); THE BLACK CAMEL (Samuel Kaylin); LITTLE CAESAR (David Mendoza); THE MAD GENIUS (David Mendoza); THE MALTESE FALCON (Leo Forbstein); THE PUBLIC ENEMY (David Mendoza); SKIPPY (John Liepold); THE STRUGGLE (D.W. Griffith & Philip A. Scheib); THE THREEPENNY ORCHESTRA (Kurt Weill); WATERLOO BRIDGE (Val Burton)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"A Nous La Liberte" - A NOUS LA LIBERTÉ (Georges Auric)

"When It's Sleepy Time Down South" - SAFE IN HELL (Leon René, Otis René & Clarence Muse)

"While Hearts Are Singing" - THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Oscar Strauss & Clifford Gray)

Also Considered:

"There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" - PALMY DAYS (Harry Akst); "Toujours L'Amour In The Army" - THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Oscar Strauss & Clifford Gray); "Tramps At Sea" - THE CUBAN LOVE SONG (Herbert Stothart, Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields)

BEST SOUND

CIMARRON (Clem Portman)

DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (M.M. Paggi)

DRACULA (C. Roy Hunter)

FRANKENSTEIN (C. Roy Hunter)

TRADER HORN (Douglas Shearer)

Also Considered:

THE CHAMP (Douglas Shearer); FIGHTING CARAVANS (Earl S. Hayman); A FREE SOUL (Douglas Shearer); M (Adolf Jansen); SKIPPY (Gene Merritt); TABU (credit unknown)

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (Wally Westmore)

DRACULA (Frank H. Booth, William Davidson & John Fulton)

FRANKENSTEIN (John P. Fulton)

Also Considered:

CIMARRON (Lloyd Knechtel); END OF THE WORLD (W. Percy Day); THE LAST FLIGHT (Fred Jackman)

Most Wins:

4 - Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

3 - Frankenstein

1 - A Nous la Liberté; Cimarron; The Champ; City Lights; Dracula; Little Caesar; M; Safe In Hell; The Sin Of Madelon Claudet; The Smiling Lieutenant

Most Nominations:

12 - Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde; Frankenstein

10 - Cimarron

9 - Dracula

7 - M

6 - A Nous la Liberté; The Smiling Lieutenant

5 - The Champ; City Lights; Little Caesar; Svengali