Academy Awards 1938

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The 1938 Academy Awards took place on March 10, 1938 at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles . It was the 10th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, awards are always given to films from the previous year, in this case the films from 1937.

Statistics
(films with more than one nomination are listed)
N = nomination; S = victory
Movie N S.
The life of Emile Zola 10 3
In the shackles of Shangri-La 7th 2
A star is rising 7th 1
In Old Chicago 6th 2
The terrible truth 6th 1
The good earth 5 2
100 men and a girl 5 1
Manuel 4th 1
dead end 4th 0
Stage entrance 4th 0
... then came the hurricane 3 1
Shipwreck of souls 3 0
A young lady in need 2 1
Waikiki Wedding 2 1
May time 2 0
Topper - The blonde ghost 2 0
Night Must Fall 2 0
For you, Madame ... 2 0
Maria Walewska 2 0
Stella Dallas 2 0
The prisoner of Zenda 2 0

Moderation

Bob Burns

Winners and nominees

Best movie

The Life of Emile Zola (The Life of Emile Zola) - Warner Bros.

100 men and a girl (One Hundred Men and a Girl) - Universal
Manuel (Captain Courageous) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
In the Shackles of Shangri-La (Lost Horizon) - Columbia
The Good Earth (The Good Earth) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Awful Truth (The Awful Truth) - Columbia
Dead End (Dead End) - Samuel Goldwyn Productions
A Star Is Born (A Star is Born) - Selznick International Pictures
In Old Chicago - 20th Century Fox
Stage Door (Stage Door) - RKO Radio

Best Actor

Spencer Tracy - Manuel (Captain Courageous)

Charles Boyer - Maria Walewska (Conquest)
Fredric March - A Star Is Born (A Star is Born)
Robert Montgomery - Night Must Fall
Paul Muni - The Life of Emile Zola (The Life of Emile Zola)

Best supporting actor

Joseph Schildkraut - Das Leben des Emile Zola (The Life of Emile Zola)

Ralph Bellamy - The Awful Truth (The Awful Truth)
Thomas Mitchell - ... then came the hurricane (The Hurricane)
HB Warner - In the Shackles of Shangri-La (Lost Horizon)
Roland Young - Topper - The blonde ghost (Topper)

Best main actress

Luise Rainer - The Good Earth (The Good Earth)

Irene Dunne - The Awful Truth (The Awful Truth)
Greta Garbo - The Lady of the Camellias (Camille)
Janet Gaynor - A Star Is Born (A Star is Born)
Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas

The best supporting actress

Alice Brady - In Old Chicago

Andrea Leeds - Stage Door (Stage Door)
Anne Shirley - Stella Dallas
Claire Trevor - Dead End (Dead End)
Dame May Whitty - Night Must Fall

Best director

Leo McCarey - The Awful Truth (The Awful Truth)

William Dieterle - Das Leben des Emile Zola (The Life of Emile Zola)
Sidney Franklin - The Good Earth (The Good Earth)
Gregory La Cava - Stage Door (Stage Door)
William A. Wellman - A Star Is Born (A Star is Born)

Best assistant director

Robert D. Webb - In Old Chicago

Charles C. Coleman - In the Shackles of Shangri-La (Lost Horizon)
Russ Saunders - Das Leben des Emile Zola (The Life of Emile Zola)
Eric Stacey - A Star Is Born (A Star is Born)
Hal Walker - Souls at Sea (Souls at Sea)

Best original story

William A. Wellman , Robert Carson - A Star Is Born (A Star is Born)

Niven Bush - In Old Chicago
Heinz Herald , Géza Herczeg - Das Leben des Emile Zola (The Life of Emile Zola)
Hans Kraly - 100 Men and a Girl
Robert Lord - Secret Society Black Legion (Black Legion)

Best adapted script

Norman Reilly Raine , Heinz Herald , Géza Herczeg - Das Leben des Emile Zola (The Life of Emile Zola)

Viña Delmar - The Awful Truth (The Awful Truth)
John Lee Mahin , Marc Connelly , Dale Van Every - Manuel (Captain Courageous)
Dorothy Parker , Alan Campbell , Robert Carson - A Star Is Born (A Star is Born)
Morrie Ryskind , Anthony Veiller - Stage Door (Stage Door)

Best camera

Karl Freund - The Good Earth (The Good Earth)

Gregg Toland - Dead End (Dead End)
Joseph Valentine - Wings Over Honolulu

Best production design

Stephen Goosson - In the Shackles of Shangri-La (Lost Horizon)

Carroll Clark - A damsel in distress (A Damsel in Distress)
William S. Darling , David S. Hall - Recruit Willie Winkie (Wee Willie Winkie)
Richard Day - Dead End (Dead End)
Hans Dreier , Roland Anderson - Shipwreck of Souls (Souls At Sea)
Cedric Gibbons , William Horning - Maria Walewska (Conquest)
Anton Grot - The Life of Emile Zola (The Life of Emile Zola)
Wiard you - Every Day's a Holiday
John Victor Mackay - Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Jack Otterson - You're a Sweetheart
Alexander Toluboff - For you, Madame ... (Vogues of 1938)
Lyle R. Wheeler - The Prisoner of Zenda (The Prisoner of Zenda)

Best tone

Thomas T. Moulton ( United Artists SSD) - ... then came the hurricane (The Hurricane)

John Aalberg ( RKO Radio SSD) - Hitting a New High
Edmund H. Hansen ( Fox SSD ) - In Old Chicago
AE Kaye ( Grand National SSD ) - The Girl Said No.
Nathan Levinson ( Warner Bros. SSD) - Das Leben des Emile Zola (The Life of Emile Zola)
John Livadary ( Columbia SSD ) - In the Shackles of Shangri-La (The Lost Horizon)
Elmer Raguse ( Hal Roach SSD) - Topper - The blonde ghost (Topper)
Loren L. Ryder ( Paramount SSD ) - Frisco-Express (Wells Fargo)
Douglas Shearer ( MGM SSD ) - Maytime (Maytime)
Homer G. Tasker ( Universal SSD ) - 100 men and a girl (100 Men and a Girl)

Best cut

Gene Havlick , Gene Milford - In the Shackles of Shangri-La (Lost Horizon)

Bernard W. Burton - 100 men and a girl (100 Men and a Girl)
Al Clark - The Awful Truth (The Awful Truth)
Elmo Veron - Manuel (Captain Courageous)
Basil Wrangell - The Good Earth (The Good Earth)

Best film score

Charles Previn ( Universal Studio Music Department ) - 100 men and a girl (100 Men and a Girl)

Constantin Bakaleinikoff ( Grand National Studio Music Department ) - Music in Fists (Something to Sing About)
Alberto Colombo ( Republic Studio Music Department ) - Portia on Trial
Nat W. Finston ( MGM Studio Music Department ) - Maytime (Maytime)
Leo F. Forbstein ( Warner Bros. Studio Music Department) - Das Leben des Emile Zola (The Life of Emile Zola)
Leigh Harline ( Walt Disney Studio Music Department ) - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
Marvin Hatley ( Roach Studio Music Department ) - Two Rode To Texas (Way Out West)
Boris Morros ( Paramount Studio Music Department ) - Souls at Sea (Souls at Sea)
Alfred Newman ( Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department) - ... then came the hurricane (The Hurricane)
Alfred Newman ( Selznick International Pictures Music Department ) - Der Gefangene von Zenda (The Prisoner of Zenda)
Hugo Riesenfeld ( RKO Radio ) - Make a Wish
Louis Silvers ( 20th Century Fox Studio Music Department) - In Old Chicago
Morris Stoloff ( Columbia Studio Music Department ) - In the Shackles of Shangri-La (Lost Horizon)
Roy Webb ( RKO Radio Studio Music Department) - Quality Street

Best song

Sweet Leilani ( Harry Owens ) - Waikiki Wedding

Remember me? (Music: Harry Warren , Text: Al Dubin ) - Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
That Old Feeling (Music: Sammy Fain , Text: Lew Brown ) - For you, Madame ... ( Vogues of 1938 )
They Can't Take That Away from Me (Music: George Gershwin , Text: Ira Gershwin ) - Tanz mit mir (Shall We Dance)
Whispers in the Dark (Music: Frederick Hollander , Text: Leo Robin ) - Künstlerball ( Artists and Models )

Best short film - cartoon

The Old Mill (The Old Mill) - Producer: Walt Disney

Educated Fish - Paramount
The Little Match Girl - Producer: Charles Mintz

Best short film - color

Penny Wisdom - Producer: Pete Smith

The Man Without a Country - Warner Bros.
Popular Science J-7-1 - Paramount

Best short film - a film role

The Private Life of the Gannets - Skibo Productions

A Night at the Movies - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Romance of Radium - Producer: Pete Smith

Best short film - two film roles

Torture Money - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Deep South - RKO Radio
Should Wives Work? - RKO radio

Best dance director

Hermes Pan - A damsel in distress (A Damsel in Distress)

Busby Berkeley - Varsity Show
Bobby Connolly - Ready, Willing and Able
Dave Gould - The Marx Brothers: A Day at the Races
Sammy Lee - Ali Baba Goes to Town
Harry Losee - Thin Ice
LeRoy Prince - Waikiki Wedding

Special awards

Honorary Oscar Mack Sennett
Edgar Bergen
The Museum of Modern Art Film Library
W. Howard Greene for his color shots in A Star Rises
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Darryl F. Zanuck
Academy Award of Merit Agfa Ansco Corporation for Agfa Supreme and Agfa Ultra Speed ​​pan motion picture negatives
Science and Development Award Walt Disney Productions, LTD. for the design and application to production of the Multi-Plane Camera
Eastman Kodak Company for two fine-grain duplicating film stocks
Farciot Edouart and Paramount Pictures , Inc. for the development of the Paramount dual screen transparency camera setup
Douglas Shearer and MGM SSD 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
Technical Merit Award John Arnold and MGM 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
John Livadary , Director of Sound Recording for Columbia Pictures Corporation for the application of the bi-planar light valve to motion picture sound recording
Thomas T. Moulton and United Artists SSD for the application to motion picture sound recording of volume indicators which have peak reading response and linear decibel scales
RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc. for the introduction of the modulated high-frequency method of determining optimum photographic processing conditions for variable width sound tracks
Joseph E. Robbins and Paramount Pictures Inc. for an exceptional application of acoustic principles to the sound proofing of gasoline generators and water pumps
Douglas Shearer and MGM SSD for the design of the film drive mechanism as incorporated in the ERPI 1010 reproducer

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