The Also-Rans Of 1930-31

No time for blogging today. Busy doing something close to nothing. Here's a look at those who almost got a Katie nomination for 1930-31 ... but didn't.

Jackie Cooper (actor, Skippy)

Bela Lugosi (actor, Dracula) (almost forgot him—MM, 11/2/09)

Irene Dunne (actress, Cimarron)

Louise Brooks (actress, Prix de Beauté)

Mary Astor (actress, Other Men's Women)

William A. Wellman (director, The Public Enemy)

Raoul Walsh (director, The Big Trail)

Luis Buñuel (director, L'Age d'Or)

Dwight Frye (supporting actor, Dracula)

Harry Myers (right, with Charles Chaplin) (supporting actor, City Lights)

Paul Ollivier (left) (supporting actor, Le Million)

Mae Clarke (supporting actress, The Front Page)

Virginia Cherrill (supporting actress, City Lights)

Marjorie Rambeau (supporting actress, Min and Bill)

John Monk Saunders (with wife Fay Wray) (screenplay, The Dawn Patrol)