9th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1937)
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- Date of Ceremony: Thursday, March 4, 1937
- For films released in: 1936
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 9th Annual Academy Awards.
And the nominees are:
Outstanding Production
- Anthony Adverse
Warner Bros. - Dodsworth
Samuel Goldwyn Productions - The Great Ziegfeld
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Libeled Lady
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Columbia - Romeo and Juliet
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - San Francisco
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - The Story of Louis Pasteur
Cosmopolitan - A Tale of Two Cities
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Three Smart Girls
Universal
Best Directing
- Dodsworth
William Wyler - The Great Ziegfeld
Robert Z. Leonard - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Frank Capra - My Man Godfrey
Gregory La Cava - San Francisco
W.S. Van Dyke
Best Actor
- Dodsworth
Walter Huston - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Gary Cooper - My Man Godfrey
William Powell - San Francisco
Spencer Tracy - The Story of Louis Pasteur
Paul Muni
Best Actress
- The Great Ziegfeld
Luise Rainer - My Man Godfrey
Carole Lombard - Romeo and Juliet
Norma Shearer - Theodora Goes Wild
Irene Dunne - Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Gladys George
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Come and Get It
Walter Brennan - The General Died at Dawn
Akim Tamiroff - My Man Godfrey
Mischa Auer - Pigskin Parade
Stuart Erwin - Romeo and Juliet
Basil Rathbone
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Anthony Adverse
Gale Sondergaard - Dodsworth
Maria Ouspenskaya - The Gorgeous Hussy
Beulah Bondi - My Man Godfrey
Alice Brady - These Three
Bonita Granville
Best Art Direction
- Anthony Adverse
Anton Grot - Dodsworth
Richard Day - The Great Ziegfeld
Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu and Edwin B. Willis - Lloyds of London
William S. Darling - The Magnificent Brute
Albert S. D'Agostino and Jack Otterson - Romeo and Juliet
Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope and Edwin B. Willis - Winterset
Perry Ferguson
Best Assistant Director
- Anthony Adverse
William Cannon - The Charge of the Light Brigade
Jack Sullivan - The Garden of Allah
Eric G. Stacey - The Last of the Mohicans
Clem Beauchamp - San Francisco
Joseph Newman
Best Cinematography
- Anthony Adverse
Gaetano "Tony" Gaudio - The General Died at Dawn
Victor Milner - The Gorgeous Hussy
George Folsey
Best Dance Direction
- Born to Dance
Dave Gould [Swinging the Jinx number] - Cain and Mabel
Bobby Connolly [1000 Love Songs number] - Dancing Pirate
Russell Lewis [The Finale number] - Gold Diggers of 1937
Busby Berkeley [Love and War number] - The Great Ziegfeld
Seymour Felix [A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody number] - One in a Million
Jack Haskell [Skating Ensemble number] - Swing Time
Hermes Pan [Bojangles of Harlem number]
Best Film Editing
- Anthony Adverse
Ralph Dawson - Come and Get It
Edward Curtiss - The Great Ziegfeld
William S. Gray - Lloyds of London
Barbara McLean - A Tale of Two Cities
Conrad A. Nervig - Theodora Goes Wild
Otto Meyer
Best Music (Scoring)
- Anthony Adverse
Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein [head of department] and Erich Wolfgang Korngold [Score by] - The Charge of the Light Brigade
Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein [head of department] and Max Steiner [Score by] - The Garden of Allah
Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner [head of department] and Max Steiner [Score by] - The General Died at Dawn
Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros [head of department] and Werner Janssen [Score by] - Winterset
RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret [head of department] and Nathaniel Shilkret [Score by]
Best Music (Song)
- Born to Dance "I've Got You Under My Skin"
Cole Porter [Music and Lyrics by] - Pennies from Heaven "Pennies from Heaven"
Arthur Johnston [Music by] and Johnny Burke [Lyrics by] - Sing, Baby, Sing "When Did You Leave Heaven"
Richard A. Whiting [Music by] and Walter Bullock [Lyrics by] - Suzy "Did I Remember"
Walter Donaldson [Music by] and Harold Adamson [Lyrics by] - Swing Time "The Way You Look Tonight"
Jerome Kern [Music by] and Dorothy Fields [Lyrics by] - Trail of the Lonesome Pine "A Melody from the Sky"
Louis Alter [Music by] and Sidney Mitchell [Lyrics by]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
- The Country Cousin
Walt Disney - Old Mill Pond
Harman-Ising - Sinbad the Sailor
Paramount
Best Short Subject (Color)
- Give Me Liberty
Warner Bros. - La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Lewis Lewyn - Popular Science J-6-2
Paramount
Best Short Subject (One-reel)
- Bored of Education
Hal Roach - Moscow Moods
Paramount - Wanted, a Master
Pete Smith
Best Short Subject (Two-reel)
- Double or Nothing
Warner Bros. - Dummy Ache
RKO Radio - The Public Pays
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Best Sound Recording
- Banjo on My Knee
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department and E.H. Hansen [Sound Director] - The Charge of the Light Brigade
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department and Nathan Levinson [Sound Director] - Dodsworth
United Artists Studio Sound Department and Thomas T. Moulton [Sound Director] - General Spanky
Hal Roach Studio Sound Department and Elmer A. Raguse [Sound Director] - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Columbia Studio Sound Department and John Livadary [Sound Director] - San Francisco
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department and Douglas Shearer [Sound Director] - The Texas Rangers
Paramount Studio Sound Department and Franklin B. Hansen [Sound Director] - That Girl from Paris
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department and John O. Aalberg [Sound Director] - Three Smart Girls
Universal City Studio Sound Department and Homer G. Tasker [Sound Director]
Best Writing (Screenplay)
- After the Thin Man
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett - Dodsworth
Sidney Howard - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Robert Riskin - My Man Godfrey
Eric Hatch and Morris Ryskind - The Story of Louis Pasteur
Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney
Best Writing (Original Story)
- Fury
Norman Krasna - The Great Ziegfeld
William Anthony McGuire - San Francisco
Robert Hopkins - The Story of Louis Pasteur
Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney - Three Smart Girls
Adele Comandini