The Complete Oscar Quest: 10th Academy Awards (1937)

1937

Outstanding Production (Best Picture)

• The Awful Truth
• Captains Courageous
• Dead End
• The Good Earth
• In Old Chicago
• The Life of Emile Zola
• Lost Horizon
• One Hundred Men and a Girl
• Stage Door
• A Star Is Born

Best Director

• William Dieterle, The Life of Emile Zola
• Sidney Franklin, The Good Earth
• Gregory La Cava, Stage Door
• Leo McCarey, The Awful Truth
• William Wellman, A Star Is Born

Best Actor

• Charles Boyer, Conquest
• Fredric March, A Star Is Born
• Robert Montgomery, Night Must Fall
• Paul Muni, The Life of Emile Zola
• Spencer Tracy, Captains Courageous

Best Actress

• Irene Dunne, The Awful Truth
• Greta Garbo, Camille
• Janet Gaynor, A Star Is Born
• Luise Rainer, The Good Earth
• Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas

Best Supporting Actor

• Ralph Bellamy, The Awful Truth
• Thomas Mitchell, The Hurricane
• Joseph Schildkraut, The Life of Emile Zola
• H.B. Warner, Lost Horizon
• Roland Young, Topper

Best Supporting Actress

• Alice Brady, In Old Chicago
• Andrea Leeds, Stage Door
• Anne Shirley, Stella Dallas
• Claire Trevor, Dead End
• May Whitty, Night Must Fall

Best Story

• Black Legion
• In Old Chicago
• The Life of Emile Zola
• One Hundred Men and a Girl
• A Star Is Born

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Awful Truth
• Captains Courageous
• The Life of Emile Zola
• Stage Door
• A Star Is Born

Best Editing

• The Awful Truth
• Captains Courageous
• The Good Earth
• Lost Horizon
• One Hundred Men and a Girl

Best Cinematography

• Dead End
• The Good Earth
• Wings Over Honolulu

Best Score

• The Hurricane
• In Old Chicago
• The Life of Emile Zola
• Lost Horizon
• Make a Wish
• Maytime
• One Hundred Men and a Girl
• Portia on Trial
• The Prisoner of Zenda
• Quality Street
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• Something to Sing About
• Souls at Sea
• Way Out West

Best Song

• “Remember Me,” from Mr. Dodds Takes the Air
• “Sweet Leilani,” from Waikiki Wedding
• “That Old Feeling,” from Vogues of 1938
• “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” from Shall We Dance
• “Whispers in the Dark,” from Artists and Models

Best Art Direction

• Conquest
• A Damsel in Distress
• Dead End
• Every Day’s a Holiday
• The Life of Emile Zola
• Lost Horizon
• Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
• The Prisoner of Zenda
• Souls at Sea
• Vogues of 1938
• Wee Willie Winkie
• You’re a Sweetheart

Best Sound Recording

• The Girl Said No
• Hitting a New HIgh
• The Hurricane
• In Old Chicago
• The Life of Emile Zola
• Lost Horizon
• Maytime
• One Hundred Men and a Girl
• Topper
• Wells Fargo

Best Assistant Director

• In Old Chicago
• The Life of Emile Zola
• Lost Horizon
• A Star Is Born
• Souls at Sea

Best Dance Direction

• A Damsel in Distress
• A Day at the Races
• Ali Baba Goes to Town
• Ready, Willing and Able
• Thin Ice
• Varsity Show
• Waikiki Wedding

Best Live-Action Short, One-Reel

• A Night at the Movies
• The Private Life of the Gannets
• Romance of Radium

Best Live-Action Short, Two-Reel

• Deep South
• Should Wives Work?
• Torture Money

Best Live-Action Short, Color

• The Man Without a Country
• Penny Wisdom
• Popular Science

Best Animated Short

• Educated Fish
• The Little Match Girl
• The Old Mill

Total List of Films Nominated:

1. Ali Baba Goes to Town
2. Artists and Models
3. The Awful Truth
4. Black Legion
5. Camille
6. Captains Courageous
7. Conquest
8. A Damsel in Distress
9. A Day at the Races
10. Dead End
11. Every Day’s a Holiday
12. The Girl Said No
13. The Good Earth
14. Hitting a New High
15. The Hurricane
16. In Old Chicago
17. The Life of Emile Zola
18. Lost Horizon
19. Make a Wish
20. Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
21. Maytime
22. Mr. Dodds Takes the Air
23. Night Must Fall
24. One Hundred Men and a Girl
25. Portia on Trial
26. The Prisoner of Zenda
27. Quality Street
28. Ready, Willing and Able
29. Shall We Dance
30. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
31. Something to Sing About
32. Souls at Sea
33. Stage Door
34. A Star Is Born
35. Stella Dallas
36. Thin Ice
37. Topper
38. Varsity Show
39. Vogues of 1938
40. Waikiki Wedding
41. Way Out West
42. Wee Willie Winkie
43. Wells Fargo
44. Wings Over Honolulu
45. You’re a Sweetheart

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