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1937 Academy Awards — 119 nominations across 21 categories.
Best Picture
- ★ The Life of Emile Zola IMDB — Warner Bros.
- The Awful Truth IMDB — Columbia
- Captains Courageous IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Dead End IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- The Good Earth IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- In Old Chicago IMDB — 20th Century-Fox
- Lost Horizon IMDB — Columbia
- One Hundred Men and a Girl IMDB — Universal
- Stage Door IMDB — RKO Radio
- A Star Is Born IMDB — Selznick International Pictures
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ART DIRECTION
- ★ Lost Horizon IMDB — Stephen Goosson
- Conquest IMDB — Cedric Gibbons, William Horning
- A Damsel in Distress IMDB — Carroll Clark
- Dead End IMDB — Richard Day
- Every Day's a Holiday IMDB — Wiard Ihnen
- The Life of Emile Zola IMDB — Anton Grot
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round IMDB — John Victor Mackay
- The Prisoner of Zenda IMDB — Lyle Wheeler
- Souls at Sea IMDB — Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson
- Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 IMDB — Alexander Toluboff
- Wee Willie Winkie IMDB — William S. Darling, David Hall
- You're a Sweetheart IMDB — Jack Otterson
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
CINEMATOGRAPHY
DANCE DIRECTION
DIRECTING
FILM EDITING
MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ One Hundred Men and a Girl IMDB — Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department (no composer credit)
- The Hurricane IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department (Score by Alfred Newman)
- In Old Chicago IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (no composer credit)
- The Life of Emile Zola IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
- Lost Horizon IMDB — Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)
- Make a Wish IMDB — Principal Productions, Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld, musical director (Score by Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld)
- Maytime IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
- Portia on Trial IMDB — Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, head of department (Score by Alberto Colombo)
- The Prisoner of Zenda IMDB — Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, musical director (Score by Alfred Newman)
- Quality Street IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, musical director (Score by Roy Webb)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs IMDB — Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department (Score by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith)
- Something to Sing About IMDB — Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff, musical director (Score by Victor Schertzinger)
- Souls at Sea IMDB — Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by W. Franke Harling and Milan Roder)
- Way Out West IMDB — Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, head of department (Score by Marvin Hatley)
MUSIC (Original Song)
- ★ Waikiki Wedding IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Harry Owens
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air IMDB — Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Al Dubin
- Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 IMDB — Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Lew Brown
- Shall We Dance IMDB — Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- Artists and Models IMDB — Music by Frederick Hollander; Lyrics by Leo Robin
SHORT FILM (Animated)
SHORT SUBJECT (Color)
SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)
SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)
SOUND RECORDING
- ★ The Hurricane IMDB — United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
- The Girl Said No IMDB — Grand National Studio Sound Department, A. E. Kaye, Sound Director
- Hitting a New High IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
- In Old Chicago IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
- The Life of Emile Zola IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
- Lost Horizon IMDB — Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
- Maytime IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- One Hundred Men and a Girl IMDB — Universal Studio Sound Department, Homer G. Tasker, Sound Director
- Topper IMDB — Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director
- Wells Fargo IMDB — Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
SPECIAL AWARD
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
- ★ The Life of Emile Zola IMDB — Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg
- The Awful Truth IMDB — Vina Delmar
- Captains Courageous IMDB — John Lee Mahin, Marc Connelly, Dale Van Every
- Stage Door IMDB — Morris Ryskind, Anthony Veiller
- A Star Is Born IMDB — Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson