Cimarron (1931 film) being "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?") to receive nominations in every eligible category. It won for three of them, including Best Picture. It would win the first of only two Best Picture Oscars for the studio, the other being awarded to 1946's "The Best Years of Our Lives". It was the first Western to win the Best Picture award, and it would not be until 1990 when "Dances with Wolves" won, that another Western would garner that honor. Cimarron (1931 film) Cimarron is a 1931 Pre-Code Western film directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne, and featuring
13th Academy Awards Universal, and Paramount) to win the Best Picture Oscar. "Rebecca" was the first American-made film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and the only film from him to win Best Picture. Hitchcock had two films nominated for Best Picture, the other being "Foreign Correspondent". Two other directors also had two films in the running this year: Sam Wood ("Our Town" and "Kitty Foyle") and John Ford ("The Long Voyage Home" and "The Grapes of Wrath", which won Best Director). "Pinocchio" was the first animated film to take home competitive Oscars, for both Best Original Score and Best Original Song, starting a long