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9th Academy Awards

Date

March 4, 1937

Site

Biltmore Hotel

Host

George Jessel

Highlights

Best Picture

The Great Ziegfeld

Most awards

Anthony Adverse (4)

Most nominations

Anthony Adverse, Dodsworth and The Great Ziegfeld (7)

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The 9th Academy Awards were held on March 4, 1937 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California.^[1] They were hosted by George Jessel. This ceremony marked the first time in which the categories of Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress were awarded.

My Man Godfrey became the first film to receive all nominations in all four acting categories, and also remains the only one not to get a picture nomination or to win any award.

1936's Best Actress winner, Luise Rainer is, as of 2012, the earliest nominee or winner in any acting category who is still living. She also holds the record for the longest lived acting winner ever, aged 102.

Contents

1 Awards
- 1.1 Academy Honorary Award
- 1.2 Multiple nominations and awards
2 See also
3 References

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
The Great Ziegfeld Anthony Adverse Dodsworth Libeled Lady Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Romeo and Juliet San Francisco The Story of Louis Pasteur A Tale of Two Cities Three Smart Girls	Frank Capra – Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Gregory La Cava – My Man Godfrey Robert Z. Leonard – The Great Ziegfeld W.S. Van Dyke – San Francisco William Wyler – Dodsworth
Best Actor	Best Actress
Paul Muni – The Story of Louis Pasteur Gary Cooper – Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Walter Huston – Dodsworth William Powell – My Man Godfrey Spencer Tracy – San Francisco	Luise Rainer – The Great Ziegfeld Irene Dunne – Theodora Goes Wild Gladys George – Valiant Is the Word for Carrie Carole Lombard – My Man Godfrey Norma Shearer – Romeo and Juliet
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Walter Brennan – Come and Get It Mischa Auer – My Man Godfrey Stuart Erwin – Pigskin Parade Basil Rathbone – Romeo and Juliet Akim Tamiroff – The General Died at Dawn	Gale Sondergaard – Anthony Adverse Beulah Bondi – The Gorgeous Hussy Alice Brady – My Man Godfrey Bonita Granville – These Three Maria Ouspenskaya – Dodsworth
Best Story	Best Adapted Screenplay
The Story of Louis Pasteur – Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney Fury – Norman Krasna The Great Ziegfeld – William Anthony McGuire San Francisco – Robert Hopkins Three Smart Girls – Adele Comandini	The Story of Louis Pasteur – Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney 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
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel	Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
Bored of Education – Hal Roach and MGM Moscow Moods – Paramount Wanted – A Master – Pete Smith and MGM	The Public Pays – MGM Double or Nothing – Warner Bros. Dummy Ache – RKO Radio
Best Live Action Short Film, Color	Best Animated Short Film
Give Me Liberty – Warner Bros. La Fiesta de Santa Barbara – Lewis Lewyn and MGM Popular Science J-6-2 – Paramount	The Country Cousin – Walt Disney Productions and United Artists Old Mill Pond – Harman-Ising and MGM Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor – Paramount
Best Score	Best Song
Anthony Adverse – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department The Charge of the Light Brigade – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department The Garden of Allah – Selznick International Pictures Music Department The General Died at Dawn – Paramount Studio Music Department Winterset – RKO Radio Studio Music Department	*"The Way You Look Tonight" from Swing Time* – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyric by Dorothy Fields** "Did I Remember" from Suzy – Music by Walter Donaldson; Lyric by Harold Adamson "I've Got You Under My Skin" from Born to Dance – Music and Lyric by Cole Porter "A Melody From the Sky" from Trail of the Lonesome Pine – Music by Louis Alter; Lyric by Sidney Mitchell "Pennies from Heaven" from Pennies from Heaven – Music by Arthur Johnston; Lyric by Johnny Burke "When Did You Leave Heaven" from Sing, Baby Sing – Music by Richard A. Whiting; Lyric by Walter Bullock
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Dodsworth – Richard Day Anthony Adverse – Anton Grot 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, Frederic Hope and Edwin B. Willis Winterset – Perry Ferguson	Anthony Adverse – Tony Gaudio The General Died at Dawn – Victor Milner The Gorgeous Hussy – George Folsey
Best Sound Recording	Best Film Editing
San Francisco – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department Banjo on My Knee – E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department The Charge of the Light Brigade – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department Dodsworth – Thomas T. Moulton, United Artists Studio Sound Department General Spanky – Elmer A. Raguse, Hal Roach Studio Sound Department Mr. Deeds Goes to Town – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department The Texas Rangers – Franklin B. Hansen, Paramount Studio Sound Department That Girl From Paris – John Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department Three Smart Girls – Homer G. Tasker, Universal Studio Sound Department	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 Assistant Director	Best Dance Direction
The Charge of the Light Brigade – Jack Sullivan Anthony Adverse – William Cannon Garden of Allah – Eric G. Stacey The Last of the Mohicans – Clem Beauchamp San Francisco – Joseph M. Newman	The Great Ziegfeld – Seymour Felix Born to Dance – Dave Gould Cain and Mabel – Bobby Connolly Dancing Pirate – Russell Lewis Gold Diggers of 1937 – Busby Berkeley One in a Million – Jack Haskell Swing Time – Hermes Pan

Academy Honorary Award

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

7 nominations: Anthony Adverse, Dodsworth, The Great Ziegfeld
6 nominations: My Man Godfrey, San Francisco
5 nominations: Mr. Deeds Go to Town
4 nominations: Romeo and Juliet, The Story of Louis Pasteur
3 nominations: The Charge of the Light Brigade, The General Died at Dawn, Three Smart Girls
2 nominations: Born to Dance, Come and Get it, Garden of Allah, The Gorgeous Hussy, Lloyds of London, Swing Time, A Tale of Two Cities, Theodora Goes Wild, Winterset

The following films received multiple awards.

4 wins: Anthony Adverse
3 wins: The Great Ziegfeld, The Story of Louis Pasteur

References

^ "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/9th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-07.

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Merit awards	Best Picture Best Director Best Leading Actor Best Leading Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Animated Feature Best Art Direction Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short Subject Best Film Editing Best Foreign Language Film (Winners and nominees) Best Makeup Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Animated Short Film Best Live Action Short Film Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing Best Visual Effects

Special awards	Academy Honorary Award Special Achievement Academy Award Academy Scientific and Technical Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Retired awards	Best Assistant Director Best Dance Direction Best Director of a Comedy Picture Best Engineering Effects Best Short Subject, Two-reel Best Short Subject, Color Best Short Subject, Novelty Best Original Musical Best Original Story Best Title Writing Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production Academy Juvenile Award

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