1937
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- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsPaul MuniGale SondergaardJoseph SchildkrautThe biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.[*BEST PICTURE*]
*ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Joseph Schildkraut
*OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Warner Bros.
*WRITING (Screenplay) -- Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg - DirectorLeo McCareyStarsIrene DunneCary GrantRalph BellamyA married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.[BEST PICTURE]
*DIRECTING -- Leo McCarey - DirectorVictor FlemingStarsSpencer TracyFreddie BartholomewLionel BarrymoreA spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship in the 1920s gets picked up by a New England fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.[BEST PICTURE]
*ACTOR -- Spencer Tracy - DirectorSidney FranklinVictor FlemingGustav MachatýStarsPaul MuniLuise RainerWalter ConnollyAlthough married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.[BEST PICTURE]
*ACTRESS -- Luise Rainer
*CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Karl Freund - DirectorFrank CapraStarsRonald ColmanJane WyattEdward Everett HortonWhen a revered diplomat's plane is diverted and crashes in the peaks of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to an isolated monastery at Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay.[BEST PICTURE]
*ART DIRECTION -- Stephen Goosson
*FILM EDITING -- Gene Havlick, Gene Milford - DirectorWilliam A. WellmanJack ConwayVictor FlemingStarsJanet GaynorFredric MarchAdolphe MenjouYoung Esther Victoria Blodgett comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom and achieves them only with the help of alcoholic leading man Norman Maine, whose best days are behind him.[BEST PICTURE] *[HONORARY AWARD]*
*WRITING (Original Story) -- William A. Wellman, Robert Carson
*SPECIAL AWARD*
To W. Howard Greene for the color photography of A Star Is Born. (This Award was recommended by a committee of leading cinematographers after viewing all the color pictures made during the year.) - DirectorHenry KosterStarsDeanna DurbinAdolphe MenjouAlice BradyThe daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a radio contract.[BEST PICTURE]
*MUSIC (Scoring) -- Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department (no composer credit)
FILM EDITING -- Bernard W. Burton
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Universal
SOUND RECORDING -- Universal Studio Sound Department, Homer G. Tasker, Sound Director
WRITING (Original Story) -- Hans Kraly - DirectorGregory La CavaStarsKatharine HepburnGinger RogersAdolphe MenjouA chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 4 Oscars. - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsSylvia SidneyJoel McCreaHumphrey BogartThe lives of a young man, a young woman, an notorious gangster, and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 4 Oscars. - DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean GabinDita ParloPierre FresnayDuring WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.[BEST PICTURE]
- DirectorJohn FordStarsDorothy LamourJon HallMary AstorA Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.*SOUND RECORDING -- United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Thomas Mitchell
MUSIC (Scoring) -- Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department (Score by Alfred Newman) - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsFred AstaireGeorge BurnsGracie AllenA betting castle staff, and a series of misunderstandings and set-ups, leads to an American entertainer and an English damsel falling in love.*DANCE DIRECTION -- "Fun House" number; Hermes Pan
ART DIRECTION -- Carroll Clark - DirectorFrank TuttleStarsBing CrosbyBob BurnsMartha RayeA beauty contest winner of the "Miss Pineapple Princess" pageant takes part in a publicity scheme in Hawaii, and is pursued by an advertising executive for the agency doing the promotion.*MUSIC (Song) -- "Sweet Leilani," Music and Lyrics by Harry Owens
- DirectorGraham HeidWilfred JacksonStarsElvia AllmanMarie ArbuckleBarbara BrewsterAs a thunderstorm approaches, birds, mice and other creatures try to stay safe and dry in an old mill.*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Walt Disney, Producer
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsPete SmithPrudence PennyHarold MinjirA "Pete Smith Specialty" on cookery, in which a worried housewife must salvage an important dinner with her husband's boss.*SHORT SUBJECT (Color) -- Pete Smith, Producer
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsEdwin MaxwellGeorge LynnMurray AlperPolice go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.*SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGary CooperGeorge RaftFrances DeeCooper and Raft save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about slave trade on the high seas in 1842.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La VerneExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.*SPECIAL AWARD*
To Walt Disney for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon.
MUSIC (Scoring) -- Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department (Score by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith) - DirectorJohn CromwellW.S. Van DykeStarsRonald ColmanMadeleine CarrollC. Aubrey SmithAn Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsBarbara StanwyckJohn BolesAnne ShirleyA working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsJeanette MacDonaldNelson EddyJohn BarrymoreAn aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsRobert MontgomeryRosalind RussellMay WhittyWhen a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estate hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsCary GrantConstance BennettRoland YoungA fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorClarence BrownGustav MachatýStarsGreta GarboCharles BoyerReginald OwenA Polish countess becomes Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders who feel she could influence him to make Poland independent.Nominated for 2 Oscars.
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsWarner BaxterJoan BennettHelen VinsonThe blueblooded Van Kletterings are broke; debutante Wendy, slated to remedy this by marrying rich bore Henry Morgan, instead leaves him at the altar and goes to work as a model for high-fashion clothing designer George Curson, whom she soon falls for. But he's happily married (at least on his side) and going into debt financing a show to please wife Mary's desire for stardom. Vindictive Morgan, jealous of George, hopes to hasten his ruin. Can the House of Curson be saved?Nominated for 2 Oscars.