Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Actor

• Clark Gable in "It Happened One Night"
• Frank Morgan in "The Affairs of Cellini"
• William Powell in "The Thin Man"

Actress

• Claudette Colbert in "It Happened One Night"
• Bette Davis in "Of Human Bondage"
• Grace Moore in "One Night of Love"
• Norma Shearer in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street"

Art Direction

• "The Affairs of Cellini" Richard Day
• "The Gay Divorcee" Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark
• "The Merry Widow" Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope

Assistant Director

• "Cleopatra" Cullen Tate
• "Imitation of Life" Scott Beal
• "Viva Villa!" John Waters

Cinematography

• "The Affairs of Cellini" Charles Rosher
• "Cleopatra" Victor Milner
• "Operator 13" George Folsey

Directing

• "It Happened One Night" Frank Capra
• "One Night of Love" Victor Schertzinger
• "The Thin Man" W. S. Van Dyke

Film Editing

• "Cleopatra" Anne Bauchens
• "Eskimo" Conrad Nervig
• "One Night of Love" Gene Milford

Music (Scoring)

• "The Gay Divorcee" RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department
• "The Lost Patrol" RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department
• "One Night of Love" Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)

Music (Song)

• "Carioca" from "Flying Down to Rio" Music by Vincent Youmans; Lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn
• "The Continental" from "The Gay Divorcee" Music by Con Conrad; Lyrics by Herb Magidson
• "Love in Bloom" from "She Loves Me Not" Music by Ralph Rainger; Lyrics by Leo Robin

Outstanding Production

• "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "Cleopatra" Paramount
• "Flirtation Walk" First National
• "The Gay Divorcee" RKO Radio
• "Here Comes the Navy" Warner Bros.
• "The House of Rothschild" 20th Century
• "Imitation of Life" Universal
• "It Happened One Night" Columbia
• "One Night of Love" Columbia
• "The Thin Man" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "Viva Villa!" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "The White Parade" Jesse L. Lasky (production company)

Short Subject (Cartoon)

• "Holiday Land" Charles Mintz, Producer
• "Jolly Little Elves" Walter Lantz, Producer
• "The Tortoise and the Hare" Walt Disney, Producer

Short Subject (Comedy)

• "La Cucaracha" Kenneth Macgowan, Producer
• "Men in Black" Jules White, Producer
• "What, No Men!" Warner Bros.

Short Subject (Novelty)

• "Bosom Friends" Skibo Productions
• "City of Wax" Stacy Woodard and Horace Woodard, Producers
• "Strikes and Spares" Pete Smith, Producer

Sound Recording

• "The Affairs of Cellini" United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
• "Cleopatra" Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director
• "Flirtation Walk" Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
• "The Gay Divorcee" RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Carl Dreher, Sound Director
• "Imitation of Life" Universal Studio Sound Department, Theodore Soderberg, Sound Director
• "One Night of Love" Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
• "Viva Villa!" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
• "The White Parade" Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director

Writing (Adaptation)

• "It Happened One Night" Robert Riskin
• "The Thin Man" Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
• "Viva Villa!" Ben Hecht

Writing (Original Story)

• "Hide-Out" Mauri Grashin
• "Manhattan Melodrama" Arthur Caesar
• "The Richest Girl in the World" Norman Krasna

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• Star indicates a win.