1931 in film Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Most Nominations: "Cimarron" (RKO Pictures) - 7 Major Awards Most Awards: "Cimarron" - 3 (Best Picture; Best Adaptation and Best Art Direction) "Cimarron" was the first Western to win Best Picture, and would remain the only one to do so for 59 years (until "Dances with Wolves" won in 1991). It received a then-record seven nominations, and was the first film to win more than two awards. 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
Oscar bait went on to win the Best Picture Oscar. "Oscar bait" was used in a critical 1948 review of John Ford's "Fort Apache" in "The New Republic" that ends with the sentence "Postcards are supposed to be sent through the mail; flashed self-consciously on the screen, they look like Oscar bait." "The New York Times" used it in a 1955 article about the then-upcoming "The Harder They Fall", Humphrey Bogart's final film. A 1968 ad for "The Lion in Winter" quoted from a review in "Cosmopolitan" praising the performances of Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn as "Oscar bait outings." These all