Walt Disney won a special award for creating Mickey Mouse This year introduced the Short Film categories. Arrowsmith and The Champ got the most nominations with four apiece. Grand Hotel was only nominated for Best Picture, which it won.

Stephen Goosson and Ralph Hammeras, Just Imagineįor films released between Augand July 31, 1932.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department.

Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists Studio Sound Department.

Winner: Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department Sound Recording was given to a studio’s sound department for this year rather than to any individual sound designer.

The Best Writing category was split into Best Story and Best Adapted Screenplay. Jackie Cooper remains the only person to have been nominated for Best Actor under the age of 18. Cimarron was the only Western to win Best Picture until 1990. Held on Novemat the Sala D’Oro at the Biltmore Hotel. John Tribby, The Case of Sergeant Grischaįor films released between Augand July 31, 1931.George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson, and Del Andrews, All Quiet on the Western Front.Littlefeather, who died in 2022 at age 75, long claimed Yaqui and Apache heritage, but after her death, allegations arose that she had fabricated her Native ancestry.Presenter Jack Cunningham presents writer Frances Mario the Best Writing Oscar for The Big House. Scott, who politely declined to accept his award for Patton in 1971 and reportedly said of the Academy Awards hoopla: “I don’t want any part of it.” Scott had previously declined a Best Supporting Actor nomination for The Hustler (1961). government forces in 1890.īrando was the second performer to turn down a Best Actor Oscar the first was George C. Wounded Knee had also been the site of a massacre of Native Americans by U.S.

His Oscar statement expressed support for the American Indian Movement (AIM) and referenced the ongoing situation at Wounded Knee, the South Dakota town that had been seized by AIM members the previous month and was currently under siege by U.S. “The motion picture community has been as responsible as any,” Brando wrote, “for degrading the Indian and making a mockery of his character, describing his as savage, hostile and evil.”īrando had been involved in social causes for years, speaking publicly in support of the formation of a Jewish state in the 1940s, as well as for African American civil rights and the Black Panther Party. Littlefeather read a portion of a lengthy statement Brando had written, the entirety of which was later published in the press, including The New York Times. After Brando’s name was announced as Best Actor, the presenter Roger Moore (star of several James Bond films) attempted to hand the Oscar to Littlefeather, but she brushed it aside, saying that Brando could not accept the award.

On the eve of the 1972 Oscars, Brando announced that he would boycott the ceremony, and would send Littlefeather in his place. With one of the most memorable screen performances of all time, Brando rejuvenated his career, and The Godfather became an almost-immediate classic. Brando won the role only after undergoing a screen test and cutting his fee to $250,000–far less than what he had commanded a decade earlier. Francis Ford Coppola, the young director of The Godfather, had to fight to get him cast in the coveted role of Vito Corleone. Aside from his preternatural talent, the actor had become notorious for his moodiness and demanding on-set behavior, as well as his tumultuous off-screen life. Brando’s career went into decline in the 1960s, with expensive flops such as One-Eyed Jacks (1961), which he also directed, and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).

Academy award for best actor