1930–31

The following is the average ranking of Oscar nominees by the Twitter followers of And the Runner-Up Is. Followers ranked the nominees of the above-the-line categories for the 4th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1930 and 1931.

Results are tallied using a positional voting system, where the nominees receive points based on their rank position on each submission and the nominee with the most points overall wins

Bold = the actual Academy Award winner

BEST PICTURE

  1. The Front Page
  2. Skippy
  3. East Lynne
  4. Cimarron
  5. Trader Horn

BEST DIRECTOR

  1. Josef von Sternberg – Morocco
  2. Lewis Milestone – The Front Page
  3. Norman Taurog – Skippy
  4. Clarence Brown – A Free Soul
  5. Wesley Ruggles – Cimarron

BEST ACTOR

  1. Adolphe Menjou – The Front Page
  2. Lionel Barrymore – A Free Soul
  3. Fredric March – The Royal Family of Broadway
  4. Jackie Cooper – Skippy
  5. Richard Dix – Cimarron

BEST ACTRESS

  1. Marie Dressler – Min and Bill
  2. Marlene Dietrich – Morocco
  3. Norma Shearer – A Free Soul
  4. Ann Harding – Holiday
  5. Irene Dunne – Cimarron

BEST SCREENPLAY

  1. Little Caesar – Francis Faragoh, Robert N. Lee
  2. Holiday – Horace Jackson
  3. Skippy – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sam Mintz
  4. Cimarron – Howard Estabrook
  5. The Criminal Code – Seton I. Miller, Fred Niblo, Jr.

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