5th Academy Awards

5th
Date	November 18, 1932
Site	The Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Conrad Nagel
Highlights
Best Picture	Grand Hotel

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. Films screened in Los Angeles between August 1, 1931 and July 31, 1932 were eligible to receive awards.

The award winners were as follows:

Best Motion Picture Of The Year

• Grand Hotel
  • Arrowsmith
  • Bad Girl
  • The Champ
  • Five Star Final
  • One Hour with You
  • Shanghai Express
  • The Smiling Lieutenant

Achievement In Direction

• Frank Borzage - Bad Girl
  • King Vidor - The Champ
  • Josef von Sternberg - Shanghai Express

Best Performance By An Actor (tie)

• Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Wallace Beery - The Champ
  • Alfred Lunt - The Guardsman

Best Performance By An Actress

• Helen Hayes - The Sin of Madelon Claudet
  • Marie Dressler - Emma
  • Lynn Fontanne - The Guardsman

Best Writing, Original

• Frances Marion - The Champ
  • Lucien Hubbard - The Star Witness
  • Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt - Lady and Gent
  • Adela Rogers St. Johns, Jane Murfin - What Price Hollywood?

Best Writing, Adaptation

• Edwin J. Burke - Bad Girl
  • Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • Sidney Howard - Arrowsmith

Achievement In Art Direction

• Gordon Wiles - Transatlantic
  • Lazare Meerson - À nous la liberté
  • Richard Day - Arrowsmith

Achievement In Cinematography

• Lee Garmes - Shanghai Express
  • Ray June - Arrowsmith
  • Karl Struss - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Achievement in Sound, Recording

• Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department
  • MGM Studio Sound Department
  • RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
  • Walt Disney Productions
  • Warner Bros. First National Studio Sound Department

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

• Walt Disney Productions - Flowers and Trees
  • Warner Bros. - It's Got Me Again!
  • Walt Disney Productions - Mickey's Orphans

Best Short Subject, Comedy

• Hal Roach - The Music Box
  • RKO Radio - Scratch-As-Catch-Can
  • Mack Sennett - The Loud Mouth

Best Short Subject, Novelty

• Mack Sennett - Wrestling Swordfish
  • MGM - Swing High
  • Paramount Publix - Screen Souvenirs