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Matt Taylor and our film editor Marisa Carpico are finally back for the fourth season of their Oscar retrospective podcast, And the Winner Still Is… This podcast drops every Tuesday.
In this podcast series, Matt and Marisa go in the way-back machine to break down the the Best Picture winner and nominees as well as the major categories like Director, Actresses and Actors. They discuss the context in which the winners won, looking back on things should they have win and are they still award-worthy today. They also discuss the losers, the snubs and films, directors and performers they’d nominate.
This week, Matt and Marisa go back in time to discuss the 4th Oscar Ceremony which celebrated films released from August 1, 1930 to July 31, 1931. In the episode they wrestle with how the Best Picture, Cimmaron, has aged. They beg for a restored version of East Lynne and endure the trial that is Skippy.
For the other major categories, the nominees for the 1930/1931 Oscars (4th Academy Awards) were:
Best Picture:
Cimmarron (winner)
East Lynne
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Skippy
Trader Horn
Best Director:
Norman Taurog – Skippy(winner)
Wesley Ruggles – Cimarron
Clarence Brown – A Free Soul
Lewis ilestone – The Front Page
Joseph von Sternberg – Morocco
Best Actress:
Marie Dressler – Min and Bill (winner)
Marlene Dietrich – Morocco
Irene Dunne – Cimarron
Ann Harding – Holiday
Norma Shearer – A Free Soul
Best Actor:
Lionel Barrymore – A Free Soul (winner)
Jackie Cooper – Skippy
Richard Dix – Cimarron
Frederic March – The Royal Family of Broadway
Adolphe Menjou – The Front Page
