The Oscars Academy Awards: 1938

The Academy Awards:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

1938 (11th)

Charles Boyer -- Algiers {"Pepe Le Moko"}

James Cagney -- Angels with Dirty Faces {"Rocky Sullivan"}

Robert Donat -- The Citadel {"Andrew Mason"}

Leslie Howard -- Pygmalion {"Professor Henry Higgins"}

*	Spencer Tracy -- Boys Town {"Father Flanagan"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

*	Walter Brennan -- Kentucky {"Peter Goodwin"}

John Garfield -- Four Daughters {"Mickey Borden"}

Gene Lockhart -- Algiers {"Regis"}

Robert Morley -- Marie Antoinette {"King Louis XVI"}

Basil Rathbone -- If I Were King {"Louis XI"}

ACTRESS

Fay Bainter -- White Banners {"Hannah"}

*	Bette Davis -- Jezebel {"Julie Morrison"}

Wendy Hiller -- Pygmalion {"Eliza Doolittle"}

Norma Shearer -- Marie Antoinette {"Marie Antoinette"}

Margaret Sullavan -- Three Comrades {"Pat Hollmann"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

*	Fay Bainter -- Jezebel {"Aunt Belle Massey"}

Beulah Bondi -- Of Human Hearts {"Mary Wilkins"}

Billie Burke -- Merrily We Live {"Mrs. Emily Kilbourne"}

Spring Byington -- You Can't Take It with You {"Penny Sycamore"}

Miliza Korjus -- The Great Waltz {"Carla Donner"}

ART DIRECTION

*	The Adventures of Robin Hood -- Carl J. Weyl

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer -- Lyle Wheeler

Alexander's Ragtime Band -- Bernard Herzbrun, Boris Leven

Algiers -- Alexander Toluboff

Carefree -- Van Nest Polglase

The Goldwyn Follies -- Richard Day

Holiday -- Stephen Goosson, Lionel Banks

If I Were King -- Hans Dreier, John Goodman

Mad about Music -- Jack Otterson

Marie Antoinette -- Cedric Gibbons

Merrily We Live -- Charles D. Hall

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Algiers -- James Wong Howe

Army Girl -- Ernest Miller, Harry Wild

The Buccaneer -- Victor Milner

*	The Great Waltz -- Joseph Ruttenberg

Jezebel -- Ernest Haller

Mad about Music -- Joseph Valentine

Merrily We Live -- Norbert Brodine

Suez -- Peverell Marley

Vivacious Lady -- Robert de Grasse

You Can't Take It with You -- Joseph Walker

The Young in Heart -- Leon Shamroy

DIRECTING

Angels with Dirty Faces -- Michael Curtiz

Boys Town -- Norman Taurog

The Citadel -- King Vidor

Four Daughters -- Michael Curtiz

*	You Can't Take It with You -- Frank Capra

FILM EDITING

*	The Adventures of Robin Hood -- Ralph Dawson

Alexander's Ragtime Band -- Barbara McLean

The Great Waltz -- Tom Held

Test Pilot -- Tom Held

You Can't Take It with You -- Gene Havlick

MUSIC (Original Score)

*	The Adventures of Robin Hood -- Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Army Girl -- Victor Young

Block-Heads -- Marvin Hatley

Blockade -- Werner Janssen

Breaking the Ice -- Victor Young

The Cowboy and the Lady -- Alfred Newman

If I Were King -- Richard Hageman

Marie Antoinette -- Herbert Stothart

Pacific Liner -- Russell Bennett

Suez -- Louis Silvers

The Young in Heart -- Franz Waxman

MUSIC (Scoring)

*	Alexander's Ragtime Band -- Alfred Newman

Carefree -- Victor Baravalle

Girls' School -- Morris Stoloff, Gregory Stone

The Goldwyn Follies -- Alfred Newman

Jezebel -- Max Steiner

Mad about Music -- Charles Previn, Frank Skinner

Storm over Bengal -- Cy Feuer

Sweethearts -- Herbert Stothart

There Goes My Heart -- Marvin Hatley

Tropic Holiday -- Boris Morros

The Young in Heart -- Franz Waxman

MUSIC (Song)

"Always And Always" from Mannequin -- Music by Edward Ward; Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright

"Change Partners" from Carefree -- Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin

"The Cowboy And The Lady" from The Cowboy and the Lady -- Music by Lionel Newman; Lyrics by Arthur Quenzer

"Dust" from Under Western Stars -- Music and Lyrics by Johnny Marvin

"Jeepers Creepers" from Going Places -- Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer

"Merrily We Live" from Merrily We Live -- Music by Phil Charig; Lyrics by Arthur Quenzer

"A Mist Over The Moon" from The Lady Objects -- Music by Ben Oakland; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

"My Own" from That Certain Age -- Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Harold Adamson

"Now It Can Be Told" from Alexander's Ragtime Band -- Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin

*	"Thanks For The Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938 -- Music by Ralph Rainger; Lyrics by Leo Robin

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

The Adventures of Robin Hood -- Warner Bros.-First National

Alexander's Ragtime Band -- 20th Century-Fox

Boys Town -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Citadel -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Four Daughters -- Warner Bros.-First National

Grand Illusion -- Realization D'Art Cinematographique

Jezebel -- Warner Bros.

Pygmalion -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Test Pilot -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

*	You Can't Take It with You -- Columbia

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)

Brave Little Tailor -- Walt Disney, Producer

*	Ferdinand the Bull -- Walt Disney, Producer

Good Scouts -- Walt Disney, Producer

Hunky and Spunky -- Paramount

Mother Goose Goes Hollywood -- Walt Disney, Producer

SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)

The Great Heart -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

*	That Mothers Might Live -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Timber Toppers -- 20th Century-Fox

SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)

*	Declaration of Independence -- Warner Bros.

Swingtime in the Movies -- Warner Bros.

They're Always Caught -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

SOUND RECORDING

Army Girl -- Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles L. Lootens, Sound Director

*	The Cowboy and the Lady -- United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director

Four Daughters -- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director

If I Were King -- Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director

Merrily We Live -- Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director

Suez -- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Edmund H. Hansen, Sound Director

Sweethearts -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director

That Certain Age -- Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director

Vivacious Lady -- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director

You Can't Take It with You -- Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director

WRITING (Original Story)

Alexander's Ragtime Band -- Irving Berlin

Angels with Dirty Faces -- Rowland Brown

Blockade -- John Howard Lawson

*	Boys Town -- Dore Schary, Eleanore Griffin

Mad about Music -- Marcella Burke, Frederick Kohner

Test Pilot -- Frank Wead

WRITING (Screenplay)

Boys Town -- John Meehan, Dore Schary

The Citadel -- Ian Dalrymple, Frank Wead, Elizabeth Hill

Four Daughters -- Julius J. Epstein, Lenore Coffee

*	Pygmalion -- Screenplay and Dialogue by George Bernard Shaw; Adaptation by W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple

You Can't Take It with You -- Robert Riskin

SPECIAL AWARD

*	To Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney for their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement.

*	To Harry M. Warner in recognition of patriotic service in the production of historical short subjects presenting significant episodes in the early struggle of the American people for liberty.

*	To Walt Disney for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon.

*	To Oliver Marsh and Allen Davey for the color cinematography of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, Sweethearts.

For outstanding achievement in creating Special Photographic and Sound Effects in the Paramount production, Spawn of the North. Special Effects by Gordon Jennings, assisted by Jan Domela, Dev Jennings, Irmin Roberts and Art Smith. Transparencies by Farciot Edouart, assisted by Loyal Griggs. Sound Effects by Loren Ryder, assisted by Harry Mills, Louis H. Mesenkop and Walter Oberst.

*	To J. Arthur Ball for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of color in Motion Picture Photography.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

Samuel Goldwyn