Awards & Winners

1938 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1938 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 11th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

11th Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Walt Disney

Honored for : Ferdinand the Bull

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney Ferdinand the Bull
Walt Disney Brave Little Tailor
Walt Disney Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Walt Disney Good Scouts
Paramount Pictures Hunky and Spunky
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Walter Brennan

Honored for : Kentucky
(Role: Peter Goodwin)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Basil Rathbone If I Were King
Walter Brennan Kentucky
Gene Lockhart Algiers
John Garfield Four Daughters
Robert Morley Marie Antoinette
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Fay Bainter

Honored for : Jezebel
(Role: Aunt Belle Massey)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Miliza Korjus The Great Waltz
Role: Carla Donner
Spring Byington You Can't Take It With You
Role: Penny Sycamore
Billie Burke Merrily We Live
Role: Mrs. Emily Kilbourne
Beulah Bondi Of Human Hearts
Role: Mary Wilkins
Fay Bainter Jezebel
Role: Aunt Belle Massey
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger

Honored for : Thanks for the Memory
(The Big Broadcast of 1938)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ralph Rainger Thanks for the Memory
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Leo Robin Thanks for the Memory
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Edward Ward Always and Always
Mannequin
George Forrest Always and Always
Mannequin
Robert Wright Always and Always
Mannequin
Irving Berlin Change Partners and Dance with Me
Carefree
Lionel Newman The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady
Arthur Quenzer The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady
Johnny Marvin Dust
Under Western Stars
Harry Warren Jeepers Creepers
Going Places
Johnny Mercer Jeepers Creepers
Going Places
Phil Charig Merrily We Live
Merrily We Live
Arthur Quenzer Merrily We Live
Merrily We Live
Ben Oakland A Mist Over the Moon
The Lady Objects
Oscar Hammerstein II A Mist Over the Moon
The Lady Objects
Jimmy McHugh My Own
That Certain Age
Harold Adamson My Own
That Certain Age
Irving Berlin Now It Can Be Told
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Thomas T. Moulton

Honored for : The Cowboy and the Lady
(United Artists Studio Sound Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas T. Moulton The Cowboy and the Lady
United Artists Studio Sound Department
Charles L. Lootens Army Girl
Republic Studio Sound Department
Nathan Levinson Four Daughters
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
Loren L. Ryder If I Were King
Paramount Studio Sound Department
Elmer Raguse Merrily We Live
Hal Roach Studio Sound Department
Douglas Shearer Sweethearts
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
Edmund H. Hansen Suez
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
Bernard B. Brown That Certain Age
Universal Studio Sound Department
John O. Aalberg Vivacious Lady
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
John P. Livadary You Can't Take It With You
Columbia Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Joseph Ruttenberg

Honored for : The Great Waltz

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph Ruttenberg The Great Waltz
James Wong Howe Algiers
Ernest Miller Army Girl
Harry J. Wild Army Girl
Victor Milner The Buccaneer
Ernest Haller Jezebel
Joseph A. Valentine Mad About Music
Norbert Brodine Merrily We Live
J. Peverell Marley Suez
Robert De Grasse Vivacious Lady
Joseph Walker You Can't Take It With You
Leon Shamroy The Young in Heart
Academy Award for Best Picture

Columbia Pictures

Honored for : You Can't Take It With You

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Nominee Nominated Work
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Test Pilot
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pygmalion
Réalisation d'art cinématographique La Grande Illusion
Warner Bros. Entertainment Four Daughters
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Citadel
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Boys Town
20th Century Fox Alexander's Ragtime Band
Warner Bros. Entertainment The Adventures of Robin Hood
Warner Bros. Entertainment Jezebel
Columbia Pictures You Can't Take It With You
Academy Award for Best Actress

Bette Davis

Honored for : Jezebel
(Role: Julie Morrison)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Wendy Hiller Pygmalion
Role: Eliza Doolittle
Margaret Sullavan Three Comrades
Role: Pat Hollmann
Norma Shearer Marie Antoinette
Role: Marie Antoinette
Fay Bainter White Banners
Role: Hannah
Bette Davis Jezebel
Role: Julie Morrison
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Honored for : Declaration of Independence

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Nominee Nominated Work
Warner Bros. Entertainment Declaration of Independence
Warner Bros. Entertainment Swingtime in the Movies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer They're Always Caught
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

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Nominee Nominated Work
Julius J. Epstein Four Daughters
Lenore J. Coffee Four Daughters
Robert Riskin You Can't Take It With You
Frank Wead The Citadel
Elizabeth Hill The Citadel
Ian Dalrymple The Citadel
George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion
Cecil Arthur Lewis Pygmalion
Ian Dalrymple Pygmalion
W.P. Lipscomb Pygmalion
Dore Schary Boys Town
John Meehan Boys Town
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Ralph Dawson

Honored for : The Adventures of Robin Hood

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ralph Dawson The Adventures of Robin Hood
Barbara McLean Alexander's Ragtime Band
Tom Held The Great Waltz
Tom Held Test Pilot
Gene Havlick You Can't Take It With You
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Honored for : The Adventures of Robin Hood

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Nominee Nominated Work
Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood
Victor Young Army Girl
Werner Janssen Blockade
Marvin Hatley Block-Heads
Victor Young Breaking the Ice
Alfred Newman The Cowboy and the Lady
Richard Hageman If I Were King
Herbert Stothart Marie Antoinette
Robert Russell Bennett Pacific Liner
Louis Silvers Suez
Franz Waxman The Young in Heart
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Honored for : That Mothers Might Live

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Nominee Nominated Work
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer That Mothers Might Live
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Great Heart
20th Century Fox Timber Toppers
Academy Award for Best Director

Frank Capra

Honored for : You Can't Take It With You

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Curtiz Angels with Dirty Faces
King Vidor The Citadel
Michael Curtiz Four Daughters
Frank Capra You Can't Take It With You
Norman Taurog Boys Town
Academy Award for Best Actor

Spencer Tracy

Honored for : Boys Town
(Role: Father Flanagan)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Boyer Algiers
Role: Pepe Le Moko
James Cagney Angels with Dirty Faces
Role: Rocky Sullivan
Robert Donat The Citadel
Role: Andrew Mason
Leslie Howard Pygmalion
Role: Professor Henry Higgins
Spencer Tracy Boys Town
Role: Father Flanagan
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Alfred Newman

Honored for : Alexander's Ragtime Band

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood
Victor Young Army Girl
Werner Janssen Blockade
Marvin Hatley Block-Heads
Victor Young Breaking the Ice
Alfred Newman The Cowboy and the Lady
Richard Hageman If I Were King
Herbert Stothart Marie Antoinette
Robert Russell Bennett Pacific Liner
Louis Silvers Suez
Franz Waxman The Young in Heart
Academy Award for Best Story

Eleanore Griffin, Dore Schary

Honored for : Boys Town

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Nominee Nominated Work
Eleanore Griffin Boys Town
Dore Schary Boys Town
Irving Berlin Alexander's Ragtime Band
Rowland Brown Angels with Dirty Faces
John Howard Lawson Blockade
Marcella Burke Mad About Music
Frederick Kohner Mad About Music
Frank Wead Test Pilot
Academy Award for Best Screenplay

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Nominee Nominated Work
George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion
Ian Dalrymple Pygmalion
Cecil Arthur Lewis Pygmalion
W.P. Lipscomb Pygmalion
John Meehan Boys Town
Dore Schary Boys Town
Ian Dalrymple The Citadel
Elizabeth Hill The Citadel
Frank Wead The Citadel
Lenore J. Coffee Four Daughters
Julius J. Epstein Four Daughters
Robert Riskin You Can't Take It With You
Academy Honorary Award

Walt Disney

Honored for : Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [1937], recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon.)
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Carl Jules Weyl

Honored for : The Adventures of Robin Hood

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Nominee Nominated Work
Carl Jules Weyl The Adventures of Robin Hood
Lyle R. Wheeler The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Bernard Herzbrun Alexander's Ragtime Band
Boris Leven Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander Toluboff Algiers
Van Nest Polglase Carefree
Richard Day The Goldwyn Follies
Stephen Goosson Holiday
Lionel Banks Holiday
Hans Dreier If I Were King
John B. Goodman If I Were King
Jack Otterson Mad About Music
Cedric Gibbons Marie Antoinette
Charles D. Hall Merrily We Live
Academy Honorary Award

J. Arthur Ball

(for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of color in Motion Picture Photography.)
Academy Honorary Award

Gordon Jennings, Jan Domela, Devereaux Jennings, Irmin Roberts, Art Smith, Farciot Edouart, Loyal Griggs, Loren L. Ryder, Harry D. Mills, Louis Mesenkop, Walter Oberst

Honored for : Spawn of the North
(for outstanding achievement in creating Special Photographic and Sound Effects in the Paramount production, Spawn of the North)
Academy Honorary Award

Oliver T. Marsh, Allen M. Davey

Honored for : Sweethearts
(for the color cinematography of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, Sweethearts)
Academy Honorary Award

Harry Warner

(in recognition of patriotic service in the production of historical short subjects presenting significant episodes in the early struggle of the American people for liberty)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

John O. Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department

(for the application of compression to variable area recording in motion picture production. [Sound])
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Byron Haskin, Special Effects Department Of Warner Bros. Studio

(for pioneering the development and for the first practical application to motion picture production of the triple head background projector. [Special Photographic])
Academy Juvenile Award

Deanna Durbin

(For their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement.)
Academy Juvenile Award

Mickey Rooney

(For their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement.)