1937

1937 Academy Awards (Oscar winners and nominees)

(winners listed first in bold print)

Best Picture

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

The Awful Truth (1937)

Captains Courageous (1937)

Dead End (1937)

The Good Earth (1937)

In Old Chicago (1937)

Lost Horizon (1937)

One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)

Stage Door (1937)

A Star Is Born (1937)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Spencer Tracy Captains Courageous (1937)

Charles Boyer Conquest (1937)

Paul Muni The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Robert Montgomery Night Must Fall (1937)

Fredric March A Star Is Born (1937)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Luise Rainer The Good Earth (1937)

Irene Dunne The Awful Truth (1937)

Greta Garbo Camille (1936)

Janet Gaynor A Star Is Born (1937)

Barbara Stanwyck Stella Dallas (1937)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Joseph Schildkraut The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Ralph Bellamy The Awful Truth (1937)

Thomas Mitchell The Hurricane (1937)

H.B. Warner Lost Horizon (1937)

Roland Young Topper (1937)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Alice Brady In Old Chicago (1937)

Claire Trevor Dead End (1937)

Dame May Whitty Night Must Fall (1937)

Andrea Leeds Stage Door (1937)

Anne Shirley Stella Dallas (1937)

Best Director

Leo McCarey The Awful Truth (1937)

Sidney Franklin The Good Earth (1937)

William Dieterle The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Gregory La Cava Stage Door (1937)

William Wellman A Star Is Born (1937)

Best Writing Original Story

William Wellman & Robert Carson A Star Is Born (1937)

Robert Lord Black Legion (1937)

Niven Busch In Old Chicago (1937)

Heinz Herald & Geza Herczeg The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Hanns Kräly One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)

Best Writing Screenplay

Heinz Herald & Geza Herczeg & Norman Reilly Raine The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

ViZa Delmar The Awful Truth (1937)

Marc Connelly & John Lee Mahin & Dale Van Every Captains Courageous (1937)

Morrie Ryskind & Anthony Veiller Stage Door (1937)

Alan Campbell & Robert Carson & Dorothy Parker A Star is Born (1937)

Best Cinematography

Karl Freund The Good Earth (1937)

Gregg Toland Dead End (1937)

Joseph Valentine Wings Over Honolulu (1937)

Best Art Direction

Stephen Goosson Lost Horizon (1937)

Cedric Gibbons & William Horning Conquest (1937)

Carroll Clark A Damsel in Distress (1937)

Richard Day Dead End (1937)

Wiard Ihnen Every Day’s a Holiday (1937)

Anton Grot The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

John Victor Mackay Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)

Lyle Wheeler The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Hans Dreier & Roland Anderson Souls at Sea (1937)

Alexander Toluboff Vogues of 1938 (1937)

William Darling; David Hall Wee Willie Winkie (1937)

Jack Otterson You’re a Sweetheart (1937)

Best Sound Recording

Thomas Moulton The Hurricane (1937)

A.E. Kaye The Girl Said No (1937)

John Aalberg Hitting a New High (1937)

Edmund Hansen In Old Chicago (1937)

Nathan Levinson The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

John Livadary Lost Horizon (1937)

Douglas Shearer Maytime (1937)

Homer Tasker One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)

Elmer Raguse Topper (1937)

Loren Ryder Wells Fargo (1937)

Best Film Editing

Gene Havlick & Gene Milford Lost Horizon (1937)

Al Clark The Awful Truth (1937)

Elmo Veron Captains Courageous (1937)

Basil Wrangell The Good Earth (1937)

Bernard Burton One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)

Best Music Original Song

Harry Owens “Sweet Leilani” Waikiki Wedding (1937)

Frederick Hollander (music); Leo Robin (lyrics) “Whispers in the Dark” Artists & Models (1937)

Harry Warren (music); Al Dubin (lyrics) “Remember Me” Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)

George Gershwin (music); Ira Gershwin (lyrics) “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” Shall We Dance (1937)

Sammy Fain (music); Lew Brown (lyrics) “That Old Feeling” Vogues of 1938 (1937)

Best Music Score

Charles Previn One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)

Alfred Newman The Hurricane (1937)

Louis Silvers In Old Chicago (1937)

Leo Forbstein The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

(Score by Max Steiner)

Morris Stoloff Lost Horizon (1937)

(Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)

Hugo Riesenfeld Make a Wish (1937)

Nat Finston Maytime (1937)

(Score by Herbert Stothart)

Alberto Colombo Portia on Trial (1937)

Alfred Newman The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Roy Webb Quality Street (1937)

Leigh Harline Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

(Score by Frank Churchill & Leigh Harline & Paul J. Smith)

C. Bakaleinikoff Something to Sing About (1937)

(Score by Victor Schertzinger)

Boris Morros Souls at Sea (1937)

(Score by W. Franke Harling & Milan Roder)

Marvin Hatley Way Out West (1937)