Academy Awards, USA
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Award categories
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy
Boys Town

Nominated

Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard
Pygmalion
Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
Algiers
James Cagney
James Cagney
Angels with Dirty Faces
Robert Donat
Robert Donat
The Citadel
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan
Kentucky

Nominated

Basil Rathbone
Basil Rathbone
If I Were King
Robert Morley
Robert Morley
Marie Antoinette
John Garfield
John Garfield
Four Daughters
Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart
Algiers
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Bette Davis
Bette Davis
Jezebel

Nominated

Fay Bainter
Fay Bainter
White Banners
Wendy Hiller
Wendy Hiller
Pygmalion
Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer
Marie Antoinette
Margaret Sullavan
Margaret Sullavan
Three Comrades
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Fay Bainter
Fay Bainter
Jezebel

Nominated

Spring Byington
Spring Byington
You Can't Take It with You
Billie Burke
Billie Burke
Merrily We Live
Beulah Bondi
Beulah Bondi
Of Human Hearts
Miliza Korjus
Miliza Korjus
The Great Waltz
Best Art Direction
Winner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Carl Jules Weyl

Nominated

The Goldwyn Follies
The Goldwyn Follies
Richard Day
Mad About Music
Mad About Music
Jack Otterson
Holiday
Holiday
Stephen Goosson
Lionel Banks
Merrily We Live
Merrily We Live
Charles D. Hall
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Bernard Herzbrun
Boris Leven
If I Were King
If I Were King
Hans Dreier
John B. Goodman
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Lyle R. Wheeler
Algiers
Algiers
Alexander Toluboff
Carefree
Carefree
Van Nest Polglase
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
Cedric Gibbons
Best Cinematography
Winner
The Great Waltz
The Great Waltz
Joseph Ruttenberg

Nominated

Algiers
Algiers
James Wong Howe
Army Girl
Army Girl
Ernest Miller
Harry J. Wild
The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer
Victor Milner
Jezebel
Jezebel
Ernest Haller
Mad About Music
Mad About Music
Joseph A. Valentine
Merrily We Live
Merrily We Live
Norbert Brodine
Suez
Suez
J. Peverell Marley
Vivacious Lady
Vivacious Lady
Robert De Grasse
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You
Joseph Walker
The Young in Heart
The Young in Heart
Leon Shamroy
Best Director
Winner
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
You Can't Take It with You

Nominated

Norman Taurog
Norman Taurog
Boys Town
King Vidor
King Vidor
The Citadel
Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz
Four Daughters
Best Film Editing
Winner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ralph Dawson

Nominated

Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Barbara McLean
The Great Waltz
The Great Waltz
Tom Held
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You
Gene Havlick
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Tom Held
Best Music, Original Score
Winner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Nominated

Suez
Suez
Louis Silvers
The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady
Alfred Newman
Block-Heads
Block-Heads
Marvin Hatley
Breaking the Ice
Breaking the Ice
Victor Young
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
Herbert Stothart
Army Girl
Army Girl
Victor Young
Blockade
Blockade
Werner Janssen
If I Were King
If I Were King
Richard Hageman
The Young in Heart
The Young in Heart
Franz Waxman
Pacific Liner
Pacific Liner
Robert Russell Bennett
Best Music, Original Song
Winner
The Big Broadcast of 1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Ralph Rainger
Leo Robin

Nominated

That Certain Age
That Certain Age
Jimmy McHugh
Harold Adamson
Carefree
Carefree
Irving Berlin
The Lady Objects
The Lady Objects
Ben Oakland
Oscar Hammerstein II
Under Western Stars
Under Western Stars
Johnny Marvin
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin
Going Places
Going Places
Harry Warren
Johnny Mercer
The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady
Lionel Newman
Arthur Quenzer
Mannequin
Mannequin
Edward Ward
Chet Forrest
Bob Wright
Merrily We Live
Merrily We Live
Phil Charig
Arthur Quenzer
Best Music, Scoring
Winner
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alfred Newman

Nominated

Jezebel
Jezebel
Max Steiner
Tropic Holiday
Tropic Holiday
Boris Morros
The Goldwyn Follies
The Goldwyn Follies
Alfred Newman
Mad About Music
Mad About Music
Charles Previn
Frank Skinner
There Goes My Heart
There Goes My Heart
Marvin Hatley
Carefree
Carefree
Victor Baravalle
Storm Over Bengal
Storm Over Bengal
Cy Feuer
Sweethearts
Sweethearts
Herbert Stothart
The Young in Heart
The Young in Heart
Franz Waxman
Girls' School
Girls' School
Morris Stoloff
Gregory Stone
Best Picture
Winner
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You

Nominated

Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Boys Town
Boys Town
Jezebel
Jezebel
The Citadel
The Citadel
The Grand Illusion
The Grand Illusion
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Four Daughters
Four Daughters
Pygmalion
Pygmalion
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
Winner
Ferdinand the Bull
Ferdinand the Bull
Walt Disney

Nominated

Good Scouts
Good Scouts
Walt Disney
Brave Little Tailor
Brave Little Tailor
Walt Disney
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Walt Disney
Hunky and Spunky
Hunky and Spunky
Best Short Subject, One-reel
Winner
That Mothers Might Live
That Mothers Might Live

Nominated

The Great Heart
The Great Heart
Timber Toppers
Timber Toppers
Best Short Subject, Two-reel
Winner
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence

Nominated

Swingtime in the Movies
Swingtime in the Movies
A Crime Does Not Pay Subject: They're Always Caught
A Crime Does Not Pay Subject: They're Always Caught
Best Sound, Recording
Winner
The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady
Thomas T. Moulton

Nominated

Army Girl
Army Girl
Charles L. Lootens
If I Were King
If I Were King
Loren L. Ryder
Vivacious Lady
Vivacious Lady
James Wilkinson
Four Daughters
Four Daughters
Nathan Levinson
Suez
Suez
Edmund H. Hansen
Sweethearts
Sweethearts
Douglas Shearer
That Certain Age
That Certain Age
Bernard B. Brown
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You
John P. Livadary
Merrily We Live
Merrily We Live
Elmer Raguse
Best Writing, Original Story
Winner
Boys Town
Boys Town
Eleanore Griffin
Dore Schary

Nominated

Blockade
Blockade
John Howard Lawson
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
Frank Wead
Angels with Dirty Faces
Angels with Dirty Faces
Rowland Brown
Mad About Music
Mad About Music
Marcella Burke
Frederick Kohner
Best Writing, Screenplay
Winner
Pygmalion
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
Ian Dalrymple
Cecil Lewis
W.P. Lipscomb

Nominated

Four Daughters
Four Daughters
Lenore J. Coffee
Julius J. Epstein
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You
Robert Riskin
Boys Town
Boys Town
John Meehan
Dore Schary
The Citadel
The Citadel
Ian Dalrymple
Elizabeth Hill
Frank Wead