1937 Oscars 9th Academy Awards |
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1937 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
Outstanding Production: The Great Ziegfeld – Hunt Stromberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (WINNER) Anthony Adverse – Henry Blanke for Warner Bros. Dodsworth – Samuel Goldwyn and Merritt Hulbert for Samuel Goldwyn Prod. and United Artists Libeled Lady – Lawrence Weingarten for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mr. Deeds Goes to Town – Frank Capra for Columbia Romeo and Juliet – Irving Thalberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer San Francisco – John Emerson and Bernard H. Hyman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Story of Louis Pasteur – Henry Blanke for Warner Bros. A Tale of Two Cities – David O. Selznick for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Three Smart Girls – Joe Pasternak and Charles R. Rogers for Universal |
Best Director: Frank Capra – Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (WINNER) William Wyler – Dodsworth Robert Z. Leonard – The Great Ziegfeld Gregory La Cava – My Man Godfrey W. S. Van Dyke – San Francisco |
Best Actor: Paul Muni – The Story of Louis Pasteur as Louis Pasteur (WINNER) Gary Cooper – Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Longfellow Deeds Walter Huston – Dodsworth as Sam Dodsworth William Powell – My Man Godfrey as Godfrey Spencer Tracy – San Francisco as Father Tim Mullin |
Best Actress: Luise Rainer – The Great Ziegfeld as Anna Held (WINNER) Irene Dunne – Theodora Goes Wild as Theodora Lynn/”Caroline Adams” Gladys George – Valiant Is the Word for Carrie as Carrie Snyder Carole Lombard – My Man Godfrey as Irene Bullock Norma Shearer – Romeo and Juliet as Juliet |
Best Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan – Come and Get It as Swan Bostrom (WINNER) Mischa Auer – My Man Godfrey as Carlo Stuart Erwin – Pigskin Parade as Amos Basil Rathbone – Romeo and Juliet as Tybalt Akim Tamiroff – The General Died at Dawn as General Yang |
Best Supporting Actress: Gale Sondergaard – Anthony Adverse as Faith Paleologus (WINNER) Beulah Bondi – The Gorgeous Hussy as Rachel Jackson Alice Brady – My Man Godfrey as Angelica Bullock Bonita Granville – These Three as Mary Tilford Maria Ouspenskaya – Dodsworth as Baroness Von Obersdorf |
Best Original Story: The Story of Louis Pasteur – Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney (WINNER) Fury – Norman Krasna The Great Ziegfeld – William Anthony McGuire San Francisco – Robert Hopkins Three Smart Girls – Adele Comandini |
Best Adaptation: The Story of Louis Pasteur – Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney (WINNER) After the Thin Man – Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, based on a story by Dashiell Hammett Dodsworth – Sidney Howard, based on the play by Howard and the novel by Sinclair Lewis Mr. Deeds Goes to Town – Robert Riskin, based on the story “Opera Hat” by Clarence Budington Kelland My Man Godfrey – Eric Hatch and Morris Ryskind, based on the story “1101 Park Avenue” by Hatch |
Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel: Bored of Education – Hal Roach and MGM (WINNER) Moscow Moods – Paramount Wanted – A Master – Pete Smith and MGM |
Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel: The Public Pays – MGM (WINNER) Double or Nothing – Warner Bros. Dummy Ache – RKO Radio |
Best Live Action Short Subject, Color: Give Me Liberty – Warner Bros. (WINNER) La Fiesta de Santa Barbara – Louis Lewyn and MGM Popular Science J-6-2 – Paramount |
Best Short Subject, Cartoon: The Country Cousin – Walt Disney Productions and United Artists (WINNER) The Old Mill Pond – Harman-Ising and MGM Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor – Paramount |
Best Scoring: Anthony Adverse – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department (WINNER) The Charge of the Light Brigade – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department The Garden of Allah – Selznick International Pictures Music Department The General Died at Dawn – Paramount Studio Music Department Winterset – RKO Radio Studio Music Department |
Best Song: “The Way You Look Tonight” from Swing Time – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields (WINNER) “Did I Remember” from Suzy – Music by Walter Donaldson; Lyrics by Harold Adamson “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” from Born to Dance – Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter “A Melody From the Sky” from Trail of the Lonesome Pine – Music by Louis Alter; Lyrics by Sidney Mitchell “Pennies from Heaven” from Pennies from Heaven – Music by Arthur Johnston; Lyrics by Johnny Burke “When Did You Leave Heaven” from Sing, Baby, Sing – Music by Richard A. Whiting; Lyrics by Walter Bullock |
Best Sound Recording: San Francisco – Douglas Shearer (WINNER) Banjo on My Knee – Edmund H. Hansen The Charge of the Light Brigade – Nathan Levinson Dodsworth – Thomas T. Moulton General Spanky – Elmer A. Raguse Mr. Deeds Goes to Town – John P. Livadary The Texas Rangers – Franklin Hansen That Girl from Paris – John Aalberg Three Smart Girls – Homer G. Tasker |
Best Art Direction: Dodsworth – Richard Day (WINNER) Anthony Adverse – Anton Grot The Great Ziegfeld – Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu, and Edwin B. Willis Lloyds of London – William S. Darling Magnificent Brute – Albert S. D’Agostino and Jack Otterson Romeo and Juliet – Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope, and Edwin B. Willis Winterset – Perry Ferguson |
Best Cinematography: Anthony Adverse – Tony Gaudio (WINNER) The General Died at Dawn – Victor Milner The Gorgeous Hussy – George J. Folsey |
Best Film Editing: Anthony Adverse – Ralph Dawson (WINNER) Come and Get It – Edward Curtiss The Great Ziegfeld – William S. Gray Lloyds of London – Barbara McLean A Tale of Two Cities – Conrad A. Nervig Theodora Goes Wild – Otto Meyer |
Best Dance Direction: The Great Ziegfeld – Seymour Felix (WINNER) Born to Dance – Dave Gould Cain and Mabel – Bobby Connolly Dancing Pirate – Russell Lewis Gold Deggirs of 1937 – Busby Berkeley One in a Million – Jack Haskell Swing Time – Hermes Pan |
Best Assistant Director: The Charge of the Light Brigade – Jack Sullivan (WINNER) Anthony Adverse – William Cannon Garden of Allah – Eric G. Stacey The Last of the Mohicans – Clem Beauchamp San Francisco – Joseph M. Newman Academy Honorary Awards W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson “for the color cinematography of the Selznick International Production, The Garden of Allah.” The March of Time “for its significance to motion pictures and for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry – the newsreel.” |
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