Academy Awards, USA
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Award categories
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Clark Gable
Clark Gable
It Happened One Night

Nominated

William Powell
William Powell
The Thin Man
Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan
The Affairs of Cellini
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
It Happened One Night

Nominated

Grace Moore
Grace Moore
One Night of Love
Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Bette Davis
Bette Davis
Of Human Bondage
Best Art Direction
Winner
The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow
Cedric Gibbons
Fredric Hope

Nominated

The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee
Van Nest Polglase
Carroll Clark
The Affairs of Cellini
The Affairs of Cellini
Richard Day
Best Assistant Director
Winner
John Waters
John Waters
Viva Villa!

Nominated

Cullen Tate
Cullen Tate
Cleopatra
Scott R. Beal
Scott R. Beal
Imitation of Life
Best Cinematography
Winner
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Victor Milner

Nominated

Operator 13
Operator 13
George J. Folsey
The Affairs of Cellini
The Affairs of Cellini
Charles Rosher
Best Director
Winner
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
It Happened One Night

Nominated

Victor Schertzinger
Victor Schertzinger
One Night of Love
W.S. Van Dyke
W.S. Van Dyke
The Thin Man
Best Film Editing
Winner
Eskimo
Eskimo
Conrad A. Nervig

Nominated

Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Anne Bauchens
One Night of Love
One Night of Love
Gene Milford
Best Music, Original Song
Winner
The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee
Con Conrad
Herb Magidson

Nominated

She Loves Me Not
She Loves Me Not
Ralph Rainger
Leo Robin
Flying Down to Rio
Flying Down to Rio
Vincent Youmans
Edward Eliscu
Gus Kahn
Best Music, Score
Winner
One Night of Love
One Night of Love
Louis Silvers

Nominated

The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee
Max Steiner
The Lost Patrol
The Lost Patrol
Max Steiner
Best Picture
Winner
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night

Nominated

Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Flirtation Walk
Flirtation Walk
Viva Villa!
Viva Villa!
The House of Rothschild
The House of Rothschild
Here Comes the Navy
Here Comes the Navy
The White Parade
The White Parade
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee
One Night of Love
One Night of Love
Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life
The Thin Man
The Thin Man
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
Winner
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Tortoise and the Hare
Walt Disney

Nominated

Jolly Little Elves
Jolly Little Elves
Walter Lantz
Holiday Land
Holiday Land
Charles Mintz
Best Short Subject, Comedy
Winner
La Cucaracha
La Cucaracha
Kenneth Macgowan

Nominated

Men in Black
Men in Black
Jules White
What, No Men?
What, No Men?
Best Short Subject, Novelty
Winner
City of Wax
City of Wax
Horace Woodard
Stacy Woodard

Nominated

Bosom Friends
Bosom Friends
Strikes and Spares
Strikes and Spares
Pete Smith
Best Sound, Recording
Winner
One Night of Love
One Night of Love
John P. Livadary

Nominated

Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life
Theodore Soderberg
The Affairs of Cellini
The Affairs of Cellini
Thomas T. Moulton
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Franklin Hansen
Flirtation Walk
Flirtation Walk
Nathan Levinson
The White Parade
The White Parade
Edmund H. Hansen
Viva Villa!
Viva Villa!
Douglas Shearer
The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee
Carl Dreher
Best Writing, Adaptation
Winner
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night
Robert Riskin

Nominated

The Thin Man
The Thin Man
Frances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Viva Villa!
Viva Villa!
Ben Hecht
Best Writing, Original Story
Winner
Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama
Arthur Caesar

Nominated

Hide-Out
Hide-Out
Mauri Grashin
The Richest Girl in the World
The Richest Girl in the World
Norman Krasna