1937 (10th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1937. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person, song or dance number in the list to display more information about that film, person, song or dance number. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
Outstanding Production
The Awful Truth, Columbia.Captains Courageous, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Dead End, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.The Good Earth, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.In Old Chicago, 20th Century-Fox.The Life of Emile Zola, Warner Bros.Lost Horizon, Columbia.One Hundred Men and a Girl, Universal.Stage Door, RKO Radio.A Star Is Born, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists.Best Actor
Best Actress
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Directing
Art Direction
Assistant Director
NOTE: The Assistant Director award was not given after 1937.
Cinematography
Dance Direction
Dave Gould for the “All God’s Children Got Rhythm” number from A Day at the Races, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.NOTE: The Dance Direction award was not given after 1937.
Film Editing
Music
(Scoring)
The Hurricane, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department. (Score by Alfred Newman)In Old Chicago, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department. (No composer credit)The Life of Emile Zola, Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department. (Score by Max Steiner)Lost Horizon, Columbia. Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department. (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)Make a Wish, Principal Productions; RKO Radio. Principal Productions, Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld, musical director. (Score by Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld)Maytime, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department. (Score by Herbert Stothart)One Hundred Men and a Girl, Universal. Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department. (No composer credit)Portia on Trial, Republic. Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, head of department. (Score by Alberto Colombo)The Prisoner of Zenda, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, musical director. (Score by Alfred Newman)Quality Street, RKO Radio. RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, musical director. (Score by Roy Webb)Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department. (Score by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith)Something to Sing About, Grand National. Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff, musical director. (Score by Victor Schertzinger)Souls at Sea, Paramount. Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department. (Score by W. Franke Harling and Milan Roder)Way Out West, Hal Roach; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, head of department. (Score by Marvin Hatley)(Song)
Remember Me from Mr. Dodd Takes the Air, Warner Bros.-First National. Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Al Dubin.That Old Feeling from Walter Wanger’s Vogues of 1938, Walter Wanger; United Artists. Music by Sammy Fain; lyrics by Lew Brown.They Can’t Take That away from Me from Shall We Dance, RKO Radio. Music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Ira Gershwin.Whispers in the Dark from Artists and Models, Paramount. Music by Frederick Hollander; lyrics by Leo Robin.Short Subjects
(Cartoons)
Educated Fish, Paramount. [Color Classics Series](Color)
The Man Without a Country, Warner Bros. [Broadway Brevities Series]Penny Wisdom, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Pete Smith Specialties Series] Pete Smith, Producer.Popular Science J-7-1, Paramount. [Popular Science Series](One-reel)
A Night at the Movies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Robert Benchley Series]The Private Life of the Gannets, Skibo Productions; Educational.Romance of Radium, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Pete Smith Specialties Series] Pete Smith, Producer.(Two-reel)
Deep South, RKO Radio. [Radio Musical Comedies Series]Should Wives Work?, RKO Radio. [Leon Errol Comedies Series]Torture Money, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Crime Doesn’t Pay Series]Sound Recording
The Girl Said No, Grand National. Grand National Studio Sound Department, A. E. Kaye, Sound Director.The Hurricane, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.In Old Chicago, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director.The Life of Emile Zola, Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.Maytime, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.One Hundred Men and a Girl, Universal. Universal Studio Sound Department, Homer G. Tasker, Sound Director.Topper, Hal Roach; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director.Writing
(Original Story)
A Star Is Born, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. William A. Wellman and Robert Carson.(Screenplay)
A Star Is Born, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell and Robert Carson.Special Award
To Mack Sennett “for his lasting contribution to the comedy technique of the screen, the basic principles of which are as important today as when they were first put into practice, the Academy presents a Special Award to that master of fun, discoverer of stars, sympathetic, kindly, understanding comedy genius, Mack Sennett.” [Statuette]TO Edgar Bergen for his outstanding comedy creation, “Charlie McCarthy.” [Wooden Statuette]To The Museum of Modern Art Film Library for its significant work in collecting films dating from 1895 to the present and for the first time making available to the public the means of studying the historical and aesthetic development of the motion picture as one of the major arts. [Scroll Certificate]To W. Howard Greene for the color photography of A Star Is Born. [This Award for the color photography of A Star Is Born was recommended by a committee of leading cinematographers after viewing all the color pictures made during 1937.] [Plaque]Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
NOTE: The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was first presented in 1937.
Scientific or Technical Award
(Class I)
To Agfa Ansco Corporation for Agfa Supreme and Agfa Ultra Speed pan motion picture negatives.(Class II)
To Walt Disney Productions, Ltd., for the design and application to production of the Multi-Plane Camera.To Eastman Kodak Company for two fine-grain duplicating film stocks.To Farciot Edouart and Paramount Pictures, Inc. for the development of the Paramount dual screen transparency camera setup.To Douglas Shearer and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department for a method of varying the scanning width of variable density sound tracks (squeeze tracks) for the purpose of obtaining an increased amount of noise reduction.(Class III)
To John Arnold and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Camera Department for their improvement of the semi automatic follow focus device and its application to all of the cameras used by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio.To John Livadary, Director of Sound Recording for Columbia Pictures Corporation, for the application of the bi-planar light valve to motion picture sound recording.To Thomas T. Moulton and the United Artists Studio Sound Department for the application to motion picture sound recording of volume indicators which have peak reading response and linear decibel scales.To RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc. for the introduction of the modulated high-frequency method of determining optimum photographic processing conditions for variable width sound tracks.To Joseph E. Robbins and Paramount Pictures, Inc. for an exceptional application of acoustic principles to the sound proofing of gasoline generators and water pumps.To Douglas Shearer and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department for the design of the film drive mechanism as incorporated in the ERPI 1010 reproducer.