Academy Awards 1937

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:
The Old Mill Pond: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor: (Paramount)

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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