The 10th Academy Awards (1937): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS

AWARDS
  • 10
  • 7
  • 7
  • 6
  • 6
  • 5
  • 5
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3
  • The Life of Emile Zola
  • Lost Horizon
  • A Star Is Born
  • The Awful Truth
  • In Old Chicago
  • The Good Earth
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl
  • Captains Courageous
  • Dead End
  • Stage Door
  • The Hurricane
  • Maytime
  • Souls at Sea
  • 3
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • The Life of Emile Zola
  • The Good Earth
  • In Old Chicago
  • Lost Horizon
  • A Star Is Born
  • The Awful Truth
  • Captains Courageous
  • A Damsel in Distress
  • The Hurricane
  • The Old Mill
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl
  • Penny Wisdom
  • The The Private Life of the Gannets
  • Torture Money
  • Waikiki Wedding
  • NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND
  • Best Picture winner
  • Best Picture nominee
  • Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Outstanding Production)

  • The Awful Truth - Columbia
  • Captains Courageous - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Dead End - Samuel Goldwyn Productions
  • The Good Earth - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • In Old Chicago - 20th Century-Fox
  • The Life of Emile Zola - Warner Bros.
  • Lost Horizon - Columbia
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl - Universal
  • Stage Door - RKO Radio
  • A Star Is Born - Selznick International Pictures

DIRECTING

  • The Awful Truth - Leo McCarey
  • The Good Earth - Sidney Franklin
  • The Life of Emile Zola - William Dieterle
  • Stage Door - Gregory La Cava
  • A Star Is Born - William Wellman

ACTOR

  • Charles Boyer - Conquest
  • Fredric March - A Star Is Born
  • Robert Montgomery - Night Must Fall
  • Paul Muni - The Life of Emile Zola
  • Spencer Tracy - Captains Courageous

ACTRESS

  • Irene Dunne - The Awful Truth
  • Greta Garbo - Camille
  • Janet Gaynor - A Star Is Born
  • Luise Rainer - The Good Earth
  • Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

  • Ralph Bellamy - The Awful Truth
  • Thomas Mitchell - The Hurricane
  • Joseph Schildkraut - The Life of Emile Zola
  • H. B. Warner - Lost Horizon
  • Roland Young - Topper

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

  • Alice Brady - In Old Chicago
  • Andrea Leeds - Stage Door
  • Anne Shirley - Stella Dallas
  • Claire Trevor - Dead End
  • Dame May Whitty - Night Must Fall

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

  • In Old Chicago - Robert Webb
  • The Life of Emile Zola - Russ Saunders
  • Lost Horizon - C. C. Coleman Jr.
  • Souls at Sea - Hal Walker
  • A Star Is Born - Eric Stacey

SCREENPLAY

  • The Awful Truth - Vina Delmar
  • Captains Courageous - John Lee Mahin, Marc Connelly, Dale Van Every
  • The Life of Emile Zola - Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg
  • Stage Door - Morris Ryskind, Anthony Veiller
  • A Star Is Born - Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson

ORIGINAL STORY

  • Black Legion - Robert Lord
  • In Old Chicago - Niven Busch
  • The Life of Emile Zola - Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl - Hans Kraly
  • A Star Is Born - William A. Wellman, Robert Carson

SONG

  • "Remember Me" - Mr. Dodd Takes the Air - Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Al Dubin
  • "Sweet Leilani" - Waikiki Wedding - Music, Lyrics by Harry Owens
  • "That Old Feeling" - Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 - Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Lew Brown
  • "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - Shall We Dance - Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
  • "Whispers in the Dark" - Artists and Models - Music by Frederick Hollander; Lyrics by Leo Robin

SCORING

  • The Hurricane - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department (Score by Alfred Newman)
  • In Old Chicago - 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department
  • The Life of Emile Zola - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
  • Lost Horizon - Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)
  • Make a Wish - Principal Productions, Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld, musical director (Score by Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld)
  • Maytime - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl - Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department (no composer credit)
  • Portia on Trial - Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, head of department (Score by Alberto Colombo)
  • The Prisoner of Zenda - Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, musical director (Score by Alfred Newman)
  • Quality Street - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, musical director (Score by Roy Webb)
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department (Score by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith)
  • Something to Sing About - Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff, musical director (Score by Victor Schertzinger)
  • Souls at Sea - Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by W. Franke Harling, Milan Roder)
  • Way Out West - Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, head of department (Score by Marvin Hatley)

DANCE DIRECTION

  • "Too Marvelous for Words" - Ready, Willing and Able - Bobby Connolly
  • "The Finale" - Varsity Show - Busby Berkeley
  • "All God's Children Got Rhythm" - A Day at the Races - Dave Gould
  • "Prince Igor Suite" - Thin Ice - Harry Losee
  • "Fun House" - A Damsel in Distress - Hermes Pan
  • "Luau" - Waikiki Wedding - LeRoy Prinz
  • "Swing Is Here to Stay" - Ali Baba Goes to Town - Sammy Lee

FILM EDITING

  • The Awful Truth - Al Clark
  • Captains Courageous - Elmo Veron
  • The Good Earth - Basil Wrangell
  • Lost Horizon - Gene Havlick, Gene Milford
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl - Bernard W. Burton

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Dead End - Gregg Toland
  • The Good Earth - Karl Freund
  • Wings over Honolulu - Joseph Valentine

ART DIRECTION

  • Conquest - Cedric Gibbons, William Horning
  • A Damsel in Distress - Carroll Clark
  • Dead End - Richard Day
  • Every Day's a Holiday - Wiard Ihnen
  • The Life of Emile Zola - Anton Grot
  • Lost Horizon - Stephen Goosson
  • Manhattan Merry-Go-Round - John Victor Mackay
  • The Prisoner of Zenda - Lyle Wheeler
  • Souls at Sea - Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson
  • Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 - Alexander Toluboff
  • Wee Willie Winkie - William S. Darling, David Hall
  • You're a Sweetheart - Jack Otterson

SOUND RECORDING

  • The Girl Said No - Grand National Studio Sound Department, A. E. Kaye (Sound Director)
  • Hitting a New High - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg (Sound Director)
  • The Hurricane - United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton (Sound Director)
  • In Old Chicago - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen (Sound Director)
  • The Life of Emile Zola - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson (Sound Director)
  • Lost Horizon - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary (Sound Director)
  • Maytime - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer (Sound Director)
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl - Universal Studio Sound Department, Homer G. Tasker (Sound Director)
  • Topper - Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse (Sound Director)
  • Wells Fargo - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder (Sound Director)

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)

  • Educated Fish - Paramount
  • The Little Match Girl - Charles Mintz
  • The Old Mill - Walt Disney

SHORT SUBJECT (Color)

  • The Man without a Country - Warner Bros.
  • Penny Wisdom - Pete Smith
  • Popular Science J-7-1 - Paramount

SHORT SUBJECT (One-Reel)

  • A Night at the Movies - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • The Private Life of the Gannets - Skibo Productions
  • Romance of Radium - Pete Smith

SHORT SUBJECT (Two-Reel)

  • Deep South - RKO Radio
  • Should Wives Work? - RKO Radio
  • Torture Money - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

SPECIAL AWARDS

  • To Edgar Bergen for his outstanding comedy creation, 'Charlie McCarthy.'
  • To Mack Sennett, 'for his lasting contribution to the comedy technique of the screen, the basic principles of which are as important today as when they were first put into practice, the Academy presents a Special Award to that master of fun, discoverer of stars, sympathetic, kindly, understanding comedy genius - Mack Sennett.'
  • To The Museum of Modern Art Film Library for its significant work in collecting films dating from 1895 to the present and for the first time making available to the public the means of studying the historical, aesthetic development of the motion picture as one of the major arts.
  • To W. Howard Greene for the color photography of A Star Is Born. (This Award was recommended by a committee of leading cinematographers after viewing all the color pictures made during the year.)

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

  • Darryl F. Zanuck

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE I (Academy Award of Merit)

  • To AGFA ANSCO CORPORATION for Agfa Supreme and Agfa Ultra Speed pan motion picture negatives. [Film]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

  • To WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS, LTD. for the design and application to production of the Multi-Plane Camera. [Cartoon Process]
  • To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for two fine-grain duplicating film stocks. [Film]
  • To DOUGLAS SHEARER and the METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for a method of varying the scanning width of variable density sound tracks (squeeze tracks) for the purpose of obtaining an increased amount of noise reduction. [Sound]
  • To FARCIOT EDOUART and PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. for the development of the Paramount dual screen transparency camera setup. [Special Photographic]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

  • To RCA MANUFACTURING CO., INC. for the introduction of the modulated high-frequency method of determining optimum photographic processing conditions for variable width sound tracks. [Laboratory]
  • To JOHN ARNOLD and the METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIO CAMERA DEPARTMENT for their improvement of the semi-automatic follow focus device and its application to all of the cameras used by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio. [Photography]
  • To DOUGLAS SHEARER and the METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design of the film drive mechanism as incorporated in the ERPI 1010 reproducer. [Sound]
  • To JOHN LIVADARY, Director of Sound Recording for Columbia Pictures Corporation, for the application of the bi-planar light valve to motion picture sound recording. [Sound]
  • To THOMAS T. MOULTON and the UNITED ARTISTS STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the application to motion picture sound recording of volume indicators which have peak reading response and linear decibel scales. [Sound]
  • To JOSEPH E. ROBBINS and PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. for an exceptional application of acoustic principles to the sound proofing of gasoline generators and water pumps. [Stage Operations]