| Outstanding Production |
Anthony Adverse (Warner Bros.) |
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Dodsworth (Goldwyn; United Artists) |
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The Great Ziegfeld (MGM) |
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Libeled Lady (MGM) |
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Columbia) |
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Romeo and Juliet (MGM) |
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San Francisco (MGM) |
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The Story of Louis Pasteur (Cosmopolitan; Warner
Bros.-First National) |
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A Tale of Two Cities (MGM) |
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Three Smart Girls (Universal) |
| Best Actor |
Gary Cooper, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
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Walter Huston, Dodsworth |
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Paul Muni, The Story of Louis Pasteur |
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William Powell, My Man Godfrey |
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Spencer Tracy, San Francisco |
| Best Actress |
Irene Dunne, Theodora Goes Wild |
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Gladys George, Valiant Is the Word for Carrie |
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Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey |
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Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld |
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Norma Shearer, Romeo and Juliet |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
Mischa Auer, My Man Godfrey |
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Walter Brennan, Come and Get It |
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Stuart Erwin, Pigskin Parade |
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Basil Rathbone, Romeo and Juliet |
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Akim Tamiroff, The General Died at Dawn |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
Beulah Bondi, The Gorgeous Hussy |
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Alice Brady, My Man Godfrey |
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Bonita Granville, These Three |
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Maria Ouspenskaya, Dodsworth |
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Gale Sondergaard, Anthony Adverse |
| Directing |
Frank Capra, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
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Gregory La Cava, My Man Godfrey |
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Robert Z. Leonard, The Great Ziegfeld |
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W. S. Van Dyke, San Francisco |
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William Wyler, Dodsworth |
| Writing |
| Original Story |
Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney, The
Story of Louis Pasteur |
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Adele Comandini, Three Smart Girls |
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Robert Hopkins, San Francisco |
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Norman Krasna, Fury |
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William Anthony McGuire, The Great Ziegfeld |
| Screenplay |
Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney, The
Story of Louis Pasteur |
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Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, After
the Thin Man |
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Eric Hatch and Morris Ryskind, My Man Godfrey |
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Sidney Howard, Dodsworth |
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Robert Riskin, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
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| Cinematography |
George Folsey, The Gorgeous Hussy |
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Gaetano Gaudio, Anthony Adverse |
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Victor Milner, The General Died at Dawn |
| Art Direction |
Albert S. D'Agostino and Jack Otterson, The Magnificent
Brute |
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William S. Darling, Lloyds of London |
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Richard Day, Dodsworth |
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Perry Ferguson, Winterset |
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Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope and Edwin B. Willis, Romeo
and Juliet |
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Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu and Edwin B. Willis, The
Great Ziegfeld |
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Anton Grot, Anthony Adverse |
| Sound Recording |
Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
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Hal Roach Studio Sound Dept., General Spanky |
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MGM Studio Sound Dept., San Francisco |
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Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The Texas Rangers |
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RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., That Girl From Paris |
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Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Banjo on
My Knee |
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United Artists Studio Sound Dept., Dodsworth |
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Universal Studio Sound Dept., Three Smart Girls |
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Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., The Charge of the
Light Brigade |
| Assistant Director |
Clem Beauchamp, The Last of the Mohicans |
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William Cannon, Anthony Adverse |
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Joseph Newman, San Francisco |
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Eric G. Stacey, Garden of Allah |
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Jack Sullivan, The Charge of the Light Brigade |
| Music |
| Song |
“Did I Remember,” Suzy, Walter Donaldson,
music; Harold Adamson, Iyrics |
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“I've Got You Under My Skin,” Born to Dance,
Cole Porter, music and Iyrics |
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“A Melody From the Sky,” Trail of the Lonesome
Pine, Louis Alter, music; Sidney Mitchell, Iyrics |
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“Pennies From Heaven,” Pennies From Heaven,
Arthur Johnston, music; Johnny Burke, Iyrics |
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“The Way You Look Tonight,” Swing Time,
Jerome Kern, music; Dorothy Fields, Iyrics |
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“When Did You Leave Heaven,” Sing, Baby Sing,
Richard A. Whiting, music; Walter Bullock, Iyrics |
| Score |
Paramount Studio Music Dept., The General Died
at Dawn |
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RKO Radio Studio Music Dept., Winterset |
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Selznick International Pictures Music Dept., The
Garden of Allah |
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Warner Bros. Studio Music Dept., Anthony
Adverse |
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Warner Bros. Studio Music Dept., The Charge
of the Light Brigade |
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| Film Editing |
Edward Curtiss, Come and Get It |
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Ralph Dawson, Anthony Adverse |
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William S. Gray, The Great Ziegfeld |
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Barbara McLean, Lloyds of London |
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Otto Meyer, Theodora Goes Wild |
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Conrad A. Nervig, A Tale of Two Cities |
| Dance Direction |
Busby Berkeley, “Love and War,” Gold Diggers of 1937 |
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Bobby Connolly, “1,000 Love Songs,” Cain and Mabel |
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Seymour Felix, “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody,”
The Great Ziegfeld |
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Dave Gould, “Swingin' the Jinx,” Born to Dance |
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Jack Haskell, “Skating Ensemble,” One in a Million |
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Russell Lewis, “The Finale,” Dancing Pirate |
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Hermes Pan, “Bojangles of Harlem,” Swing Time |
| Short Subjects |
| Cartoon |
The Country Cousin (Silly Symphony
Series) (Walt Disney Productions; United Artists) |
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Old Mill Pond (Happy Harmonies Series)
(Harman-Ising; MGM) |
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Sinbad the Sailor (Popeye Series)
(Paramount) |
| One-Reel |
Bored of Education (Our Gang Series)
(Hal Roach, producer; MGM) |
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Moscow Moods (Headliners Series)
(Paramount) |
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Wanted, A Master (Pete Smith Specialties
Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM) |
| Two-Reel |
Double or Nothing (Melody Masters Series)
(Warner Bros.) |
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Dummy Ache (Edgar Kennedy Comedies Series)
(RKO Radio) |
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The Public Pays (Crime Doesn't Pay
Series) (MGM) |
| Color |
Give Me Liberty (Broadway Brevities
Series) (Warner Bros.) |
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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (Musical
Revues Series) (Lewis Lewyn, producer; MGM) |
|
Popular Science J-6-2 (Popular Science
Series) (Paramount) |
|
| Special Awards |
To 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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To W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson
for the color cinematography of the Selznick International
Production, The Garden of Allah |