| 5th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | November 18, 1932 | |||
| Site | The Ambassador Hotel | |||
| Host | Conrad Nagel | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Grand Hotel | |||
| Most wins | Bad Girl & The Champ (2) | |||
| Most nominations | Arrowsmith & The Champ (4) | |||
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The 5th Academy Awards were conducted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on November 18, 1932, at a ceremony held at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by Conrad Nagel.
Walt Disney created a special animated short film just for the banquet, "Parade of the Award Nominees". This year introduced short films to the Oscars, with Flowers and Trees being the first color winner and first animated short winner. This was the first and, to date, only ceremony in which there was a tie for Best Actor, as well as the last ceremony to date in which no film won more than two Oscars.
Nominees and Winners[]
Best Outstanding Production[]
Grand Hotel
See also: Best Outstanding Production
- Winner
- Grand Hotel — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Nominees
- Arrowsmith — Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Bad Girl — Fox
- The Champ — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Five Star Final — First National
- One Hour With You — Paramount Publix
- Shanghai Express — Paramount Publix
- The Smiling Lieutenant — Paramount Publix
Best Director[]
Bad Girl
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Bad Girl — Frank Borzage
- Nominees
- The Champ — King Vidor
- Shanghai Express — Josef Von Sternberg
Best Actor[]
The Champ
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Wallace Beery — The Champ & Fredric March — Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde [NOTE: 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.]
- Nominees
- Alfred Lunt — The Guardsman
Best Actress[]
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
See also: Best Acress
- Winner
- Helen Hayes — The Sin of Madelon Claudet
- Nominees
- Marie Dressler — Emma
- Lynn Fontanne — The Guardsman
Best Writing (Original Story)[]
The Champ
See also: Best Writing (Original Story)
- Winner
- The Champ — Frances Marion
- Nominees
- Lady and Gent — Gover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
- The Star Witness — Lucien Hubbard
- What Price Hollywood? — Adela Rogers St. Johns, Jane Murfin
Best Writing (Adaptation)[]
BadGirl
See also: Best Writing (Adaptation)
- Winner
- Bad Girl — Edwin Burke
- Nominees
- Arrowsmith — Sidney Howard
- Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde — Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)[]
Flowers and Trees
See also: Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
- Winner
- Flowers and Trees — Walt Disney
- Nominees
- It's Got Me Again — Leon Schlesinger
- Mickey's Orphans — Walt Disney
Best Short Subject (Comedy)[]
The Music Box
See also: Best Short Subject (Comedy)
- Winner
- The Music Box — Hal Roach
- Nominees
- The Loud Mouth — Mack Sennett
- Scratch-As-Catch-Can — RKO Radio
- Stout Hearts and Willing Hands — RKO Radio [NOTE: 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.]
Best Short Subject (Novelty)[]
See also: Best Short Subject (Novelty)
- Winner
- Wrestling Swordfish — Mack Sennett
- Nominees
- Screen Souvenirs — Paramount Publix
- Swing High — Meetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Best Cinematography[]
Shanghai Express
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Shanghai Express — Lee Garmes
- Nominees
- Arrowsmith — Ray June
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Karl Struss
Best Art Direction[]
Transatlantic
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Transatlantic — Gordon Wiles
- Nominees
- A Nous la Liberte — Lazare Meerson
- Arrowsmith — Richard Day
Best Sound Recording[]
See also: Best Sound Recording
- Winner
- Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department
- Nominees
- Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studio Sound Department
- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
- Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department
[NOTE: All nominations and winner were not associated with any specific film title.]
Special Award[]
- Walt Disney for the creation of "Mickey Mouse".
Scientific or Technical Award (Class II)[]
- Technicolor Motion Picture Corp. for its color cartoon process.
Scientific or Technical Award (Class III)[]
- Eastern Kodak Company for its Type II-B Sensitometer.