"It Happened One Night" wins 5 Oscars 1935

Considered one of the best movies ever made, It Happened One Night, became the first movie to win the top five awards at the 7th annual ceremony held February 27, 1935.  It won: Best Picture, Best Director for Frank Capra, Best Actor for Clark Gable, Best Actress for Claudette Colbert, and Best Adaption for Robert Riskin. It won all the categories in which it was nominated.  

One Night of Love received 6 nominations, the most for any movie that evening, but only came away with two, including the Academy's first Award for Best Original Score.  It also won for Best Sound Recording,

Apparently the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress were not given out at this time.  Bette Davis was nominated for one of her many. 

Fourth Academy Awards ceremony 1931

The fourth Academy Awards ceremony was held November 10, 1931, and Cimarron became the first western to win Best Picture, a distinction it would hold until 1990.  It also received a then-record seven nominations and won three.  

It took home Outstanding Production, Best Adaption (based on the novel by Edna Ferber), and Best Art Direction.

Jackie Cooper was nine years old when he was nominated for Best Actor for his role in Skippy.  He remains the only Best Actor nominee under the age of eighteen. 

Lionel Barrymore won Best Actor for his role in A Free Soul.  He had previously been nominated for Best Director at the 2nd Academy Awards for Madame X.