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Awards for 1937

Oscar

Best Picture

WINNER

The Great Ziegfeld: (M-G-M)

NOMINEES

Anthony Adverse: (Warner Bros.)
Dodsworth: (Samuel Goldwyn Productions)
Libeled Lady: (M-G-M)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: (Columbia)
Romeo and Juliet: (M-G-M)
San Francisco: (M-G-M)
The Story of Louis Pasteur: (Cosmopoliatan)
A Tale of Two Cities: (M-G-M)
Three Smart Girls: (Universal)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

The Story of Louis Pasteur: Paul Muni

NOMINEES

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: Gary Cooper
Dodsworth: Walter Huston
My Man Godfrey: William Powell
San Francisco: Spencer Tracy

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

The Great Ziegfeld: Luise Rainer

NOMINEES

Theodora Goes Wild: Irene Dunne
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie: Gladys George
My Man Godfrey: Carole Lombard
Romeo and Juliet: Norma Shearer

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Come and Get It: Walter Brennan

NOMINEES

My Man Godfrey: Mischa Auer
Pigskin Parade: Stuart Erwin
Romeo and Juliet: Basil Rathbone
The General Died at Dawn: Akim Tamiroff

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Anthony Adverse: Gale Sondergaard

NOMINEES

The Gorgeous Hussy: Beulah Bondi
My Man Godfrey: Alice Brady
These Three: Bonita Granville
Dodsworth: Maria Ouspenskaya

Best Director

WINNER

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: Frank Capra

NOMINEES

My Man Godfrey: Gregory La Cava
The Great Ziegfeld: Robert Z. Leonard
San Francisco: W.S. Van Dyke
Dodsworth: William Wyler

Best Assistant Director

WINNER

The Charge of the Light Brigade: Jack Sullivan

NOMINEES

The Last of the Mohicans: Clem Beauchamp
Anthony Adverse: William H. Cannon
San Francisco: Joseph M. Newman
The Garden of Allah: Eric Stacey

Best Writing, Original Story

WINNER

The Story of Louis Pasteur: Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney

NOMINEES

Fury: Norman Krasna
The Great Ziegfeld: William Anthony McGuire
San Francisco: Robert E. Hopkins
Three Smart Girls: Adele Comandini

Best Writing, Screenplay

WINNER

The Story of Louis Pasteur: Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney

NOMINEES

After the Thin Man: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
Dodsworth: Sidney Howard
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: Robert Riskin
My Man Godfrey: Eric Hatch, Morrie Ryskind

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Anthony Adverse: Tony Gaudio

NOMINEES

The General Died at Dawn: Victor Milner
The Gorgeous Hussy: George J. Folsey

Best Art Direction

WINNER

Dodsworth: Richard Day

NOMINEES

Anthony Adverse: Anton Grot
The Great Ziegfeld: Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu, Edwin B. Willis
Lloyd's of London: William S. Darling
Magnificent Brute: Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Otterson
Romeo and Juliet: Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope, Edwin B. Willis
Winterset: Perry Ferguson

Best Sound, Recording

WINNER

San Francisco: Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD)

NOMINEES

Banjo on My Knee: Edmund H. Hansen (20th Century-Fox SSD)
The Charge of the Light Brigade: Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD)
Dodsworth: Oscar Lagerstrom (United Artists SSD)
General Spanky: Elmer Raguse (Hal Roach SSD)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)
The Texas Rangers: Franklin Hansen (Paramount SSD)
That Girl from Paris: John Aalberg (RKO Radio SSD)
Three Smart Girls: Homer G. Tasker (Universal SSD)

Best Film Editing

WINNER

Anthony Adverse: Ralph Dawson

NOMINEES

Come and Get It: Edward Curtiss
The Great Ziegfeld: William S. Gray
Lloyd's of London: Barbara McLean
A Tale of Two Cities: Conrad A. Nervig
Theodora Goes Wild: Otto Meyer

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER

Swing Time: Jerome Kern (music), Dorothy Fields (lyrics)
For the song "The Way You Look Tonight".

NOMINEES

Suzy: Walter Donaldson (music), Harold Adamson (lyrics)
For the song "Did I Remember".
Born to Dance: Cole Porter
For the song "I've Got You Under My Skin".
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine: Louis Alter (music), Sidney D. Mitchell (lyrics)
For the song "A Melody from the Sky".
Pennies from Heaven: Arthur Johnston (music), Johnny Burke (lyrics)
For the song "Pennies from Heaven (1936)".
Sing, Baby, Sing: Richard A. Whiting (music), Walter Bullock (lyrics)
For the song "When Did You Leave Heaven".

Best Music, Score

WINNER

Anthony Adverse: Leo F. Forbstein (head of department) (Warner Bros. Studio Music Deprtment)
Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

NOMINEES

The Charge of the Light Brigade: Leo F. Forbstein (head of department) (Warner Bros. Studio Music Deprtment)
Score by Max Steiner.
The Garden of Allah: Max Steiner (head of department) (Selznick International Pictures Music Department)
Score by Max Steiner.
The General Died at Dawn: Boris Morros (Paramount Studio Music Department)
Score by Werner Janssen.
Winterset: Nathaniel Shilkret (head of department) (RKO Radio Studio Music Department)
Score by Nathaniel Shilkret.

Best Short Subject, Two-reel

WINNER

The Public Pays: (M-G-M)

NOMINEES

Double or Nothing: (Warner Bros.)
Dummy Ache: (RKO Radio)

Best Short Subject, One-reel

WINNER

Bored of Education: Hal Roach

NOMINEES

Moscow Moods: (Paramount)
Wanted -- A Master: Pete Smith

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

WINNER

The Country Cousin: Walt Disney

NOMINEES

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor: Max Fleischer
The Old Mill Pond: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising

Best Short Subject, Color

WINNER

Give Me Liberty: (Warner Bros.)

NOMINEES

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara: (M-G-M)
Popular Science: (Paramount)

Best Dance Direction

WINNER

The Great Ziegfeld: Seymour Felix
For "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody".

NOMINEES

Gold Diggers of 1937: Busby Berkeley
For "Love and War".
Cain and Mabel: Bobby Connolly
For "1000 Love Songs".
Born to Dance: Dave Gould
For "Swingin' the Jinx".
One in a Million: Jack Haskell
For "Skating Ensemble".
Dancing Pirate: Russell Lewis
For "The Finale".
Swing Time: Hermes Pan
For "Bojangles of Harlem".

Honorary Award

WINNERS

(March of Time)
For its significance to motion pictures and for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry - the newsreel.
The Garden of Allah: W. Howard Greene, Harold Rosson
For the color cinematography of the Selznick International Production The Garden of Allah (plaque).

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER

Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD)
For the development of a practical two-way horn system and a biased Class A push-pull recording system.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS

E.C. Wente (Bell Telephone Laboratories)
For their multi-cellular high-frequency horn and receiver.
(RCA Manufacturing Co. Inc.)
For their rotary stabilizer sound head.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS

(RCA Manufacturing Co. Inc.)
For their development of a method of recording and printing sound records utilizing a restricted spectrum (known as ultra-violet light recording).
(Electrical Research Products Inc.)
For the ERPI "Type Q" portable recording channel.
(RCA Manufacturing Co. Inc.)
For furnishing a practical design and specifications for a non-slip printer.
(United Artists Studio Corp.)
For the development of a practical, efficient and quiet wind machine.

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