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
2nd Academy Awards records of which films were evaluated by the judges. "The Divine Lady" is the only film to ever win Best Director without a Best Picture nomination, excluding the first year where there was an award for comic director. This is the only year in which no movie won more than one Oscar. "The Broadway Melody" became the second of seven films ("Wings", "Grand Hotel", "Cavalcade", "Hamlet", "The Sound of Music", and "Titanic" are the others) to win Best Picture without a writing nomination, and the first of three to win Best Picture and nothing else ("Grand Hotel" and "Mutiny on