9th Academy Awards

9th Academy Awards
Date	March 4, 1937
Site	Biltmore Hotel
Host	George Jessel
Highlights
Best Picture	The Great Ziegfeld
Most wins	Anthony Adverse (4)
Most nominations	Anthony Adverse, Dodsworth, 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. They were hosted by George Jessel. This ceremony marked the first time when the categories of Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress were included in the awards list. My Man Godfrey became the first film to receive nominations in all four acting categories, but did not win in any category. It is the only such film to not receive a nomination for Best Picture, and was the only one to lose all of its nominations.

Nominees and Winners

Best Outstanding Production

The Great Ziegfeld

See also: Best Outstanding Production

Winner

The Great Ziegfeld — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Nominees

Anthony Adverse — Warner Bros.

Dodsworth — Samuel Goldwyn Productions

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

The Tale of Two Cities — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Three Smart Girls — Universal

Best Director

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

See also: Best Director

Winner

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town — Frank Capra

Nominees

Dodsworth — William Wyler

The Great Ziegfeld — Robert Z. Leonard

My Man Godfrey — Gregory La Cava

San Francisco — W.S. Van Dyke

Best Assistant Director

The Charge of the Light Brigade

See also: Best Assistant Director

Winner

The Charge of the Light Brigade — Jack Sullivan

Nominees

Anthony Adverse — William Cannon

The Garden of Allah — Eric G. Stacey

Last of the Mohicans — Clem Beauchamp

San Francisco — Joseph Newman

Best Actor

The Story of Louis Pasteur

See also: Best Actor

Winner

Paul Muni — The Story of Louis Pasteur

Nominees

Gary Cooper — Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Walter Huston — Dodsworth

William Powell — My Man Godfrey

Spencer Tracey — San Francisco

Best Supporting Actor

Come and Get It

See also: Best Supporting Actor

Winner

Walter Brennan — Come and Get It

Nominees

Mischa Auer — My Man Godfrey

Stuart Erwin — Pigskin Parade

Basil Rathbone — Romeo and Juliet

Akim Tamiroll — The General Died at Dawn

Best Actress

The Great Ziegfeld

See also: Best Acress

Winner

Luise Ranier — The Great Ziegfeld

Nominees

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 Actress

Anthony Adverse

See also: Best Supporting Acress

Winner

Gale Sondergaaard — Anthony Adverse

Nominees

Beulah Bondi — The Gorgeous Hussy

Alice Brady — My Man Godfrey

Bonita Granville — These Three

Maria Ouspenskaya — Dodsworth

Best Writing (Original Story)

The Story of Louis Pasteur

See also: Best Writing (Original Story)

Winner

The Story of Louis Pasteur — Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney

Nominees

Fury — Norma Krasna

The Great Ziegfeld — William Anthony McGuire

San Francisco — Robert Hopkins

The Three Smart Girls — Adele Comandini

Best Writing (Screenplay)

The Story of Louis Pasteur

See also: Best Writing (Screenplay)

Winner

The Story of Louis Pasteur — Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney

Nominees

After the Thin Man — Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett

Dodsworth — Sidney Howard

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town — Robert Riskin

My Man Godfrey — Eric Hatch, Morris Ryskind

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

The Country Cousin

See also: Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

Winner

The Country Cousin — Walt Disney

Nominees

Old Mill Pond — Harman-Ising

Sinbad the Sailor — Paramount

Best Short Subject (Color)

Give Me Liberty

See also: Best Short Subject (Color)

Winner

Give Me Liberty — Warner Bros.

Nominees

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara — Lewis Lewyn

Best Short Subject (One-Reel)

See also: Best Short Subject (One-Reel)

Winner

Wanted, a Master — Pete Smith

Nominees

Bored of Education — Hal Roach

Moscow Moods — Paramount

Best Short Subject (Two-Reel)

See also: Best Short Subject (Two-Reel)

Winner

The Public Pays — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Nominees

Double or Nothing — Warner Bros.

Dummy Ache — RKO Radio

Best Scoring

Anthony Adverse

See also: Best Scoring

Winner

Anthony Adverse — Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Nominees

The Charge of the Light Brigade — Max Steiner

The Garden of Allah — Max Steiner

The General Died at Dawn — Werner Janssen

Winterset — Nathaniel Shilkret

Best Song

Swing Time

See also: Best Song

Winner

"The Way You Look Tonight" from Swing Time — Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields

Nominees

"Did I Remember" from Suzy — Walter Donaldson, Harold Adamson

"I've Got You Under My Skin" from Born to Dance — Cole Porter

"A Melody from the Sky" from Trail of the Lonesome Pine — Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell

"Pennies from Heaven" from Pennies from Heaven — Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke

"When Did You Leave Heaven" from Sing, Baby, Sing — Richard A. Whiting, Walter Bullock

Best Dance Direction

The Great Ziegfeld

See also: Best Dance Direction

Winner

Seymour Felix — "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" from The Great Ziegfeld

Nominees

Busby Berkeley — "Love and War" from Gold Diggers of 1937

Bobby Connolly — "1000 Love Songs" from Cain and Mabel

Dave Gould — "Swingin' the Jinx" from Born to Dance

Jack Haskell — "Skating Ensemble" from One in a Million

Russell Lewis — "The Finale" from Dancing Pirate

Hermes Pan — "Bojangles of Harlem" from Swing Time

Best Cinematography

Anthony Adverse

See also: Best Cinematography

Winner

Anthony Adverse — Gaetano Gaudio

Nominees

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The General Died at Dawn — Victor Milner

The Gorgeous Hussy — George Folsey

Best Film Editing

Anthony Adverse

See also: Best Film Editing

Winner

Anthony Adverse — Ralph Dawson

Nominees

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 Art Direction

Dodsworth

See also: Best Art Direction

Winner

Dodsworth — Richard Day

Nominees

Anthony Adverse — Anton Grot

The Great Ziegfeld — Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu, Edwin B. Willis

Lloyds of London — William S. Darling

The Magnificent Brute — Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Otterson

Romeo and Juliet — Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope, Edwin B. Willis

Winterset — Perry Ferguson

Best Sound Recording

San Francisco

See also: Best Sound Recording

Winner

San Francisco — Douglas Shearer

Nominees

Banjo On My Knee — E. H. Hansen

The Charge of the Light Brigade — Nathan Levinson

Dodsworth — Thomas T. Moulton

General Spanky — Elmer A. Raguse

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town — John Livadary

The Texas Rangers — Franklin B. Hansen

That Girl from Paris — J.O. Aalberg

Three Smart Girls — Homer G. Tasker

Special Award

• The March of Time for its significance to motion pictures and for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry - the newsreel.
• W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson for the color cinematography of the Selznick International Production, The Garden of Allah.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class I)

• Douglas Shearer and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department for the development of a practical two-way horn system and a biased Class A push-pull recording system.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class II)

• E.C. Wente and the Bell Telephone Laboratories for their multi-cellular high-frequency horn and receiver.
• RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc. for their rotary stabilizer sound head.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III)

• RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc. for their development of a method of recording and printing sound records utilizing a restricted spectrum (known as ultra-violet light recording).
• Electrical Research Products, Inc. for the ERPI "Type Q" portable recording channel.
• RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc. for furnishing a practical design and specifications for a non-slip printer.
• United Artists Studio Corp. for the development of a practical, efficient and quiet wind machine.