Awards & Winners

1937 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1937 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 10th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

10th Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Story

William A. Wellman, Robert Carson

Honored for : A Star Is Born

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Nominee Nominated Work
William A. Wellman A Star Is Born
Robert Carson A Star Is Born
Robert Lord Black Legion
Niven Busch In Old Chicago
Heinz Herald The Life of Emile Zola
Geza Herczeg The Life of Emile Zola
Hanns Kräly One Hundred Men and a Girl
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Walt Disney

Honored for : The Old Mill

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney The Old Mill
Paramount Pictures Educated Fish
Charles Mintz The Little Match Girl
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Charles Previn

Honored for : One Hundred Men and a Girl
(Universal Studio Music Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Previn One Hundred Men and a Girl
Universal Studio Music Department
Frank Churchill Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Leigh Harline Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Paul Smith Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Alfred Newman The Hurricane
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department
Louis Silvers In Old Chicago
20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein The Life of Emile Zola
Warner Bros. Studio Music Department
Morris Stoloff Lost Horizon
Columbia Studio Music Department
Hugo Riesenfeld Make a Wish
RKO Radio","Score by Hugo Riesenfeld.
Nat W. Finston Maytime
M-G-M Studio Music Department","Score by Herbert Stothart.
Alberto Colombo Portia on Trial
Republic Studio Music Department","Score by Alberto Colombo.
Alfred Newman The Prisoner of Zenda
Selznick International Pictures Music Department","Score by Alfred Newman.
Roy Webb Quality Street
RKO Radio Studio Music Department","Score by Roy Webb.
Constantin Bakaleinikoff Something to Sing About
Grand National Studio Music Department","Score by Victor Schertzinger.
Boris Morros Souls at Sea
Paramount Studio Music Department","Score by W. Franke Harling and Milan Roder.
Marvin Hatley Way Out West
Roach Studio Music Department","Score by Marvin Hatley.
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Karl Freund

Honored for : The Good Earth

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Nominee Nominated Work
Karl Freund The Good Earth
Gregg Toland Dead End
Joseph A. Valentine Wings over Honolulu
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Joseph Schildkraut

Honored for : The Life of Emile Zola
(Role: Captain Alfred Dreyfus)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ralph Bellamy The Awful Truth
Role: Daniel Leeson
Thomas Mitchell The Hurricane
Role: Doctor Kersaint
Joseph Schildkraut The Life of Emile Zola
Role: Captain Alfred Dreyfus
Roland Young Topper
Role: Cosmo Topper
H. B. Warner Lost Horizon
Role: Chang
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Alice Brady

Honored for : In Old Chicago
(Role: Molly O'Leary)

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Nominee Nominated Work
May Whitty Night Must Fall
Role: Mrs. Bramson
Claire Trevor Dead End
Role: Francie
Anne Shirley Stella Dallas
Role: Laurel Dallas
Andrea Leeds Stage Door
Role: Kaye Hamilton
Alice Brady In Old Chicago
Role: Molly O'Leary
Academy Award for Best Director

Leo McCarey

Honored for : The Awful Truth

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Nominee Nominated Work
William Dieterle The Life of Emile Zola
Gregory La Cava Stage Door
Leo McCarey The Awful Truth
William A. Wellman A Star Is Born
Sidney Franklin The Good Earth
Academy Award for Best Picture

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Honored for : The Life of Emile Zola

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Nominee Nominated Work
Selznick International Pictures A Star Is Born
United Artists A Star Is Born
David O. Selznick A Star Is Born
Pandro S. Berman Stage Door
RKO Pictures Stage Door
Universal Studios One Hundred Men and a Girl
Joe Pasternak One Hundred Men and a Girl
Charles R. Rogers One Hundred Men and a Girl
Columbia Pictures Lost Horizon
Frank Capra Lost Horizon
Kenneth Macgowan In Old Chicago
20th Century Fox In Old Chicago
Darryl F. Zanuck In Old Chicago
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Good Earth
Irving Thalberg The Good Earth
Albert Lewin The Good Earth
United Artists Dead End
Samuel Goldwyn Dead End
Samuel Goldwyn Productions Dead End
Merritt Hulburd Dead End
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Captains Courageous
Louis D. Lighton Captains Courageous
Columbia Pictures The Awful Truth
Everett Riskin The Awful Truth
Leo McCarey The Awful Truth
Warner Bros. Entertainment The Life of Emile Zola
Academy Award for Best Actor

Spencer Tracy

Honored for : Captains Courageous
(Role: Manuel)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Boyer Conquest
Role: Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Fredric March A Star Is Born
Role: Norman Maine
Paul Muni The Life of Emile Zola
Role: Emile Zola
Robert Montgomery Night Must Fall
Role: Danny
Spencer Tracy Captains Courageous
Role: Manuel
Academy Award for Best Assistant Director

Robert D. Webb

Honored for : In Old Chicago

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert D. Webb In Old Chicago
C.C. Coleman Jr. Lost Horizon
Russell Saunders The Life of Emile Zola
Eric G. Stacey A Star Is Born
Hal Walker Souls at Sea
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel

Skibo Productions

Honored for : The Private Life of the Gannets

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Nominee Nominated Work
Skibo Productions The Private Life of the Gannets
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer A Night at the Movies
Pete Smith Romance of Radium
Academy Award for Best Actress

Luise Rainer

Honored for : The Good Earth
(Role: O-Lan)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Irene Dunne The Awful Truth
Janet Gaynor A Star Is Born
Barbara Stanwyck Stella Dallas
Greta Garbo Camille
Luise Rainer The Good Earth
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Gene Havlick, Gene Milford

Honored for : Lost Horizon

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gene Havlick Lost Horizon
Gene Milford Lost Horizon
Al Clark The Awful Truth
Elmo Veron Captains Courageous
Basil Wrangell The Good Earth
Bernard W. Burton One Hundred Men and a Girl
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Honored for : Torture Money

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Nominee Nominated Work
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Torture Money
RKO Radio Network Deep South
RKO Radio Network Should Wives Work?
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Harry Owens

Honored for : Sweet Leilani
(Waikiki Wedding)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Harry Owens Sweet Leilani
Waikiki Wedding
Harry Warren Remember Me
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Al Dubin Remember Me
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Sammy Fain That Old Feeling
Vogues of 1938
Lew Brown That Old Feeling
Vogues of 1938
George Gershwin They Can't Take That Away from Me
Shall We Dance
Ira Gershwin They Can't Take That Away from Me
Shall We Dance
Leo Robin Whispers in the Dark
Artists & Models
Friedrich Hollaender Whispers in the Dark
Artists & Models
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Thomas T. Moulton

Honored for : The Hurricane
(United Artists Studio Sound Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas T. Moulton The Hurricane
United Artists Studio Sound Department
A. E. Kaye The Girl Said No
Grand National Studio Sound Department
John O. Aalberg Hitting a New High
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
Edmund H. Hansen In Old Chicago
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
Nathan Levinson The Life of Emile Zola
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
John P. Livadary Lost Horizon
Columbia Studio Sound Department
Douglas Shearer Maytime
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
Homer G. Tasker One Hundred Men and a Girl
Universal Studio Sound Department
Elmer Raguse Topper
Hal Roach Studio Sound Department
Loren L. Ryder Wells Fargo
Paramount Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Color

Pete Smith

Honored for : Penny Wisdom

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Nominee Nominated Work
Pete Smith Penny Wisdom
Warner Bros. Entertainment The Man Without a Country
Paramount Pictures Popular Science J-7-1
Academy Award for Best Screenplay

Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, Norman Reilly Raine

Honored for : The Life of Emile Zola

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Nominee Nominated Work
Heinz Herald The Life of Emile Zola
Geza Herczeg The Life of Emile Zola
Norman Reilly Raine The Life of Emile Zola
Viña Delmar The Awful Truth
Marc Connelly Captains Courageous
John Lee Mahin Captains Courageous
Dale Van Every Captains Courageous
Morrie Ryskind Stage Door
Anthony Veiller Stage Door
Alan Campbell A Star Is Born
Robert Carson A Star Is Born
Dorothy Parker A Star Is Born
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Stephen Goosson

Honored for : Lost Horizon

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Goosson Lost Horizon
Cedric Gibbons Conquest
William A. Horning Conquest
Carroll Clark A Damsel in Distress
Wiard Ihnen Every Day's a Holiday
Anton Grot The Life of Emile Zola
John Victor Mackay Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Lyle R. Wheeler The Prisoner of Zenda
Roland Anderson Souls at Sea
Hans Dreier Souls at Sea
Alexander Toluboff Vogues of 1938
William S. Darling Wee Willie Winkie
David S. Hall Wee Willie Winkie
Jack Otterson You're a Sweetheart
Richard Day Dead End
Academy Honorary Award

Edgar Bergen

(for his outstanding comedy creation, 'Charlie McCarthy')
Academy Honorary Award

W. Howard Greene

Honored for : A Star Is Born
(for the color photography of A Star Is Born)
Academy Honorary Award

Museum of Modern Art

(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)
Academy Honorary Award

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 \u2013 Mack Sennett)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

John Arnold, 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. [Photography])
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

John P. Livadary

(ffor the application of the bi-planar light valve to motion picture sound recording. [Sound])
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Thomas T. Moulton, 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. [Sound])
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

RCA

(for the introduction of the modulated high-frequency method of determining optimum photographic processing conditions for variable width sound tracks. [Laboratory])
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Joseph E. Robbins, Paramount Pictures

(for an exceptional application of acoustic principles to the sound proofing of gasoline generators and water pumps. [Stage Operations])
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department

(for the design of the film drive mechanism as incorporated in the ERPI 1010 reproducer. [Sound])
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)

Agfa-Gevaert

(For Agfa Supreme and Agfa Ultra Speed pan motion picture negatives.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

The Walt Disney Company

(For the design and application to production of the Multi-Plane Camera.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Eastman Kodak

(For two fine-grain duplicating film stocks.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Farciot Edouart, Paramount Pictures

(For the development of the Paramount dual screen transparency camera setup.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Douglas Shearer, 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.)