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The 9th Academy Awards
| 1937
Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel
Thursday, March 4, 1937
Honoring movies released in 1936
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Highlights
Supporting Actor & Actress
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Come and Get It / Anthony Adverse
Walter Brennan and Gale Sondergaard, with host George Jessel
Best Actor
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The Story of Louis Pasteur
Paul Muni
Short Subject & Music
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The Country Cousin / "The Way You Look Tonight" from Swing Time
Walt Disney (winner, Short Subject Cartoon) and Dorothy Fields (winner, Original Song)
Memorable Moments
Attendees at the 9th Academy Awards
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Sheridan Gibney
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Original Screenplay winner for The Story of Louis Pasteur
Paul Muni, Luise Rainer and Frank Capra
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Best Actor winner for The Story of Louis Pasteur, Best Actress winner for The Great Ziegfeld, and Best Directing winner for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Paul Muni
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Nominees
Gary Cooper
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Nominees
Walter Huston
Dodsworth
Nominees
William Powell
My Man Godfrey
Nominees
Spencer Tracy
San Francisco
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Walter Brennan
Come and Get It
Nominees
Mischa Auer
My Man Godfrey
Nominees
Stuart Erwin
Pigskin Parade
Nominees
Basil Rathbone
Romeo and Juliet
Nominees
Akim Tamiroff
The General Died at Dawn
Actress
Winner
Luise Rainer
The Great Ziegfeld
Nominees
Irene Dunne
Theodora Goes Wild
Nominees
Gladys George
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Nominees
Carole Lombard
My Man Godfrey
Nominees
Norma Shearer
Romeo and Juliet
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Gale Sondergaard
Anthony Adverse
Nominees
Beulah Bondi
The Gorgeous Hussy
Nominees
Alice Brady
My Man Godfrey
Nominees
Bonita Granville
These Three
Nominees
Maria Ouspenskaya
Dodsworth
Art Direction
Winner
Dodsworth
Richard Day
Nominees
Anthony Adverse
Anton Grot
Nominees
The Great Ziegfeld
Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu, Edwin B. Willis
Nominees
Lloyds of London
William S. Darling
Nominees
The Magnificent Brute
Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Otterson
Nominees
Romeo and Juliet
Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope, Edwin B. Willis
Nominees
Winterset
Perry Ferguson
Assistant Director
Winner
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Jack Sullivan
Nominees
Anthony Adverse
William Cannon
Nominees
The Garden of Allah
Eric G. Stacey
Nominees
The Last of the Mohicans
Clem Beauchamp
Nominees
San Francisco
Joseph Newman
Cinematography
Winner
Anthony Adverse
Gaetano Gaudio
Nominees
The General Died at Dawn
Victor Milner
Nominees
The Gorgeous Hussy
George Folsey
Dance Direction
Winner
The Great Ziegfeld
"A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" from "The Great Ziegfeld"
Nominees
Gold Diggers of 1937
"Love and War" from "Gold Diggers of 1937"
Nominees
Cain and Mabel
"1000 Love Songs" from "Cain and Mabel"
Nominees
Born to Dance
"Swingin' the Jinx" from "Born to Dance"
Nominees
One in a Million
"Skating Ensemble" from "One in a Million"
Nominees
Dancing Pirate
"The Finale" from "Dancing Pirate"
Nominees
Swing Time
"Bojangles of Harlem" from "Swing Time"
Directing
Winner
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Frank Capra
Nominees
Dodsworth
William Wyler
Nominees
The Great Ziegfeld
Robert Z. Leonard
Nominees
My Man Godfrey
Gregory La Cava
Nominees
San Francisco
W. S. Van Dyke
Film Editing
Winner
Anthony Adverse
Ralph Dawson
Nominees
Come and Get It
Edward Curtiss
Nominees
The Great Ziegfeld
William S. Gray
Nominees
Lloyds of London
Barbara McLean
Nominees
A Tale of Two Cities
Conrad A. Nervig
Nominees
Theodora Goes Wild
Otto Meyer
Music (Scoring)
Winner
Anthony Adverse
Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Nominees
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
Nominees
The Garden of Allah
Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
Nominees
The General Died at Dawn
Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by Werner Janssen)
Nominees
Winterset
RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret, head of department (Score by Nathaniel Shilkret)
Music (Song)
Winner
Swing Time
The Way You Look Tonight in "Swing Time" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Nominees
Suzy
Did I Remember in "Suzy" Music by Walter Donaldson; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
Nominees
Born to Dance
I've Got You Under My Skin in "Born to Dance" Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Nominees
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
A Melody From The Sky in "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" Music by Louis Alter; Lyrics by Sidney Mitchell
Nominees
Pennies from Heaven
Pennies From Heaven in "Pennies from Heaven" Music by Arthur Johnston; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
Nominees
Sing, Baby, Sing
When Did You Leave Heaven in "Sing, Baby, Sing" Music by Richard A. Whiting; Lyrics by Walter Bullock
Outstanding Production
Winner
The Great Ziegfeld
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Anthony Adverse
Warner Bros.
Nominees
Dodsworth
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Nominees
Libeled Lady
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Columbia
Nominees
Romeo and Juliet
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
San Francisco
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Cosmopolitan
Nominees
A Tale of Two Cities
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Three Smart Girls
Universal
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
The Country Cousin
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
Old Mill Pond
Harman-Ising
Nominees
Sinbad the Sailor
Paramount
Short Subject (Color)
Winner
Give Me Liberty
Warner Bros.
Nominees
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Lewis Lewyn, Producer
Nominees
Popular Science J-6-2
Paramount
Short Subject (One-reel)
Winner
Bored of Education
Hal Roach, Producer
Nominees
Moscow Moods
Paramount
Nominees
Wanted, a Master
Pete Smith, Producer
Short Subject (Two-reel)
Winner
The Public Pays
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Double or Nothing
Warner Bros.
Nominees
Dummy Ache
RKO Radio
Sound Recording
Winner
San Francisco
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Nominees
Banjo on My Knee
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
Nominees
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
Nominees
Dodsworth
United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Nominees
General Spanky
Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director
Nominees
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Nominees
The Texas Rangers
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director
Nominees
That Girl from Paris
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, J. O. Aalberg, Sound Director
Nominees
Three Smart Girls
Universal Studio Sound Department, Homer G. Tasker, Sound Director
Special Award
Winner
The Garden of Allah
Special Award
Writing (Original Story)
Winner
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
Nominees
Fury
Norman Krasna
Nominees
The Great Ziegfeld
William Anthony McGuire
Nominees
San Francisco
Robert Hopkins
Nominees
Three Smart Girls
Adele Comandini
Writing (Screenplay)
Winner
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
Nominees
After the Thin Man
Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
Nominees
Dodsworth
Sidney Howard
Nominees
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Robert Riskin
Nominees
My Man Godfrey
Eric Hatch, Morris Ryskind
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After the Thin Man
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Screenplay) - Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
Anthony Adverse
7 NOMINATIONS,
4 WINS
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Gale Sondergaard
- * Cinematography - Gaetano Gaudio
- * Film Editing - Ralph Dawson
- * Music (Scoring) - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
- Art Direction - Anton Grot
- Assistant Director - William Cannon
- Outstanding Production - Warner Bros.
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Banjo on My Knee
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Recording - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
Bored of Education
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (One-reel) - Hal Roach, Producer
Born to Dance
2 NOMINATIONS
- Dance Direction - "Swingin' the Jinx" from "Born to Dance"
- Music (Song) - I've Got You Under My Skin in "Born to Dance" Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
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Cain and Mabel
1 NOMINATION
- Dance Direction - "1000 Love Songs" from "Cain and Mabel"
The Charge of the Light Brigade
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Assistant Director - Jack Sullivan
- Music (Scoring) - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
- Sound Recording - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
Come and Get It
2 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - Walter Brennan
- Film Editing - Edward Curtiss
The Country Cousin
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
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Dancing Pirate
1 NOMINATION
- Dance Direction - "The Finale" from "Dancing Pirate"
Dodsworth
7 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Art Direction - Richard Day
- Actor - Walter Huston
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Maria Ouspenskaya
- Directing - William Wyler
- Outstanding Production - Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Sound Recording - United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
- Writing (Screenplay) - Sidney Howard
Double or Nothing
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Two-reel) - Warner Bros.
Dummy Ache
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Two-reel) - RKO Radio
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Fury
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Original Story) - Norman Krasna
G
The Garden of Allah
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Special Award - Special Award
- Assistant Director - Eric G. Stacey
- Music (Scoring) - Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
The General Died at Dawn
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Akim Tamiroff
- Cinematography - Victor Milner
- Music (Scoring) - Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by Werner Janssen)
General Spanky
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Recording - Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director
Give Me Liberty
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (Color) - Warner Bros.
Gold Diggers of 1937
1 NOMINATION
- Dance Direction - "Love and War" from "Gold Diggers of 1937"
The Gorgeous Hussy
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Beulah Bondi
- Cinematography - George Folsey
The Great Ziegfeld
7 NOMINATIONS,
3 WINS
- * Actress - Luise Rainer
- * Dance Direction - "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" from "The Great Ziegfeld"
- * Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Art Direction - Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu, Edwin B. Willis
- Directing - Robert Z. Leonard
- Film Editing - William S. Gray
- Writing (Original Story) - William Anthony McGuire
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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Color) - Lewis Lewyn, Producer
The Last of the Mohicans
1 NOMINATION
- Assistant Director - Clem Beauchamp
Libeled Lady
1 NOMINATION
- Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Lloyds of London
2 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - William S. Darling
- Film Editing - Barbara McLean
M
The Magnificent Brute
1 NOMINATION
- Art Direction - Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Otterson
Moscow Moods
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (One-reel) - Paramount
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
5 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Directing - Frank Capra
- Actor - Gary Cooper
- Outstanding Production - Columbia
- Sound Recording - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
- Writing (Screenplay) - Robert Riskin
My Man Godfrey
6 NOMINATIONS
- Actor - William Powell
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Mischa Auer
- Actress - Carole Lombard
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Alice Brady
- Directing - Gregory La Cava
- Writing (Screenplay) - Eric Hatch, Morris Ryskind
O
Old Mill Pond
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Cartoon) - Harman-Ising
One in a Million
1 NOMINATION
- Dance Direction - "Skating Ensemble" from "One in a Million"
P
Pennies from Heaven
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - Pennies From Heaven in "Pennies from Heaven" Music by Arthur Johnston; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
Pigskin Parade
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Stuart Erwin
Popular Science J-6-2
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Color) - Paramount
The Public Pays
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (Two-reel) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
R
Romeo and Juliet
4 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Basil Rathbone
- Actress - Norma Shearer
- Art Direction - Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope, Edwin B. Willis
- Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
S
San Francisco
6 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Sound Recording - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- Actor - Spencer Tracy
- Assistant Director - Joseph Newman
- Directing - W. S. Van Dyke
- Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Writing (Original Story) - Robert Hopkins
Sinbad the Sailor
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Cartoon) - Paramount
Sing, Baby, Sing
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - When Did You Leave Heaven in "Sing, Baby, Sing" Music by Richard A. Whiting; Lyrics by Walter Bullock
The Story of Louis Pasteur
4 NOMINATIONS,
3 WINS
- * Actor - Paul Muni
- * Writing (Original Story) - Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
- * Writing (Screenplay) - Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
- Outstanding Production - Cosmopolitan
Suzy
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - Did I Remember in "Suzy" Music by Walter Donaldson; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
Swing Time
2 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Music (Song) - The Way You Look Tonight in "Swing Time" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
- Dance Direction - "Bojangles of Harlem" from "Swing Time"
T
A Tale of Two Cities
2 NOMINATIONS
- Film Editing - Conrad A. Nervig
- Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Texas Rangers
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Recording - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director
That Girl from Paris
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Recording - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, J. O. Aalberg, Sound Director
Theodora Goes Wild
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress - Irene Dunne
- Film Editing - Otto Meyer
These Three
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Bonita Granville
Three Smart Girls
3 NOMINATIONS
- Outstanding Production - Universal
- Sound Recording - Universal Studio Sound Department, Homer G. Tasker, Sound Director
- Writing (Original Story) - Adele Comandini
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - A Melody From The Sky in "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" Music by Louis Alter; Lyrics by Sidney Mitchell
V
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1 NOMINATION
- Actress - Gladys George
W
Wanted, a Master
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (One-reel) - Pete Smith, Producer
Winterset
2 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - Perry Ferguson
- Music (Scoring) - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret, head of department (Score by Nathaniel Shilkret)
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