Oscars Academy Awards (1927-1939) ------------------------------------ The Academy Awards, commonly known as The Oscars, is an annual American awards ceremony honoring achievements in the film industry. The awards, first presented in 1927, are overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1953 and is now seen live in more than 200 countries. ------------------------------------ 1927/28 (1st) ACTOR Emil Jannings -- The Last Command {"General Dolgorucki [Grand Duke Sergius Alexander]"}; and The Way of All Flesh {"August Schilling"} ACTRESS Janet Gaynor -- 7th Heaven {"Diane"}; Street Angel {"Angela"}; and Sunrise {"The Wife"} ART DIRECTION William Cameron Menzies -- The Dove; and Tempest CINEMATOGRAPHY Charles Rosher -- Sunrise [NOTE: For this awards year, awards were presented in the name of the individual and could honor work on one or more films. Charles Rosher and Karl Struss were both honored for cinematography on this film. It is considered a single nomination for the film.] Karl Struss -- Sunrise [NOTE: For this awards year, awards were presented in the name of the individual and could honor work on one or more films. Charles Rosher and Karl Struss were both honored for cinematography on this film. It is considered a single nomination for the film.] DIRECTING (Comedy Picture) Lewis Milestone -- Two Arabian Knights DIRECTING (Dramatic Picture) Frank Borzage -- 7th Heaven ENGINEERING EFFECTS Roy Pomeroy -- Wings OUTSTANDING PICTURE Paramount Famous Lasky -- Wings UNIQUE AND ARTISTIC PICTURE Fox -- Sunrise WRITING (Adaptation) Benjamin Glazer -- 7th Heaven WRITING (Original Story) Ben Hecht -- Underworld WRITING (Title Writing) Joseph Farnham [NOTE: This award was not associated with any specific film title.] SPECIAL AWARD To Warner Bros., for producing The Jazz Singer, the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry. To Charles Chaplin, for acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus. [NOTE: "The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus. The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself." (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1928/29 (2nd) ACTOR Warner Baxter -- In Old Arizona {"The Cisco Kid"} [NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners () were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.] ACTRESS Mary Pickford -- Coquette {"Norma Besant"} [NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners () were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.] ART DIRECTION Cedric Gibbons -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey [NOTE: The award citation reads 'for 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey' and other pictures.' THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners () were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.] CINEMATOGRAPHY Clyde De Vinna -- White Shadows in the South Seas [NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners () were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.] DIRECTING Frank Lloyd -- The Divine Lady [NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners () were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.] OUTSTANDING PICTURE Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- The Broadway Melody [NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners () were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.] WRITING Hans Kraly -- The Patriot [NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners () were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1929/30 (3rd) ACTOR George Arliss -- Disraeli {"Benjamin Disraeli"} [NOTE: As allowed by the award rules for this year, a single nomination could honor work in one or more films. Though the final awards ballot listed both Disraeli and The Green Goddess in his nomination, the award was announced for only the Disraeli performance. It has never been established as to why this was, but it possibly could have been because the original report from the Acting Branch Board of Judges only listed the Disraeli performance in the results of the nominations voting, or it could have been because on some of the final ballots, the voters had indicated the Disraeli performance over the other.] ACTRESS Norma Shearer -- The Divorcee {"Jerry"} [NOTE: As allowed by the award rules for this year, a single nomination could honor work in one or more films. Though the final awards ballot listed both The Divorcee and Their Own Desire in her nomination, the award was announced for only the The Divorcee performance. It has never been established as to why this was, but it possibly could have been because the original report from the Acting Branch Board of Judges only listed The Divorcee performance in the results of the nominations voting, or it could have been because on some of the final ballots, the voters had indicated the The Divorcee performance over the other.] ART DIRECTION King of Jazz -- Herman Rosse CINEMATOGRAPHY With Byrd at the South Pole -- Joseph T. Rucker, Willard Van Der Veer DIRECTING Lewis Milestone -- All Quiet on the Western Front OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION All Quiet on the Western Front -- Universal SOUND RECORDING The Big House -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director WRITING The Big House -- Frances Marion ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1930/31 (4th) ACTOR Lionel Barrymore -- A Free Soul {"Stephen Ashe"} ACTRESS Marie Dressler -- Min and Bill {"Min"} ART DIRECTION Cimarron -- Max Rée CINEMATOGRAPHY Tabu -- Floyd Crosby DIRECTING Skippy -- Norman Taurog OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION Cimarron -- RKO Radio SOUND RECORDING Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department [NOTE: This award was not associated with any specific film title.] WRITING (Adaptation) Cimarron -- Howard Estabrook WRITING (Original Story) The Dawn Patrol -- John Monk Saunders SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class I) To ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS, INC., RCA-PHOTOPHONE, INC. and RKO RADIO PICTURES, INC., for noise reduction recording equipment. [Sound] To DuPONT FILM MANUFACTURING CORP. and EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for super-sensitive panchromatic film. [Film] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To FOX FILM CORP. for effective use of synchro-projection composite photography. [Sound] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS, INC. for moving coil microphone transmitters. [Sound] To RKO RADIO PICTURES, INC. for reflex type microphone concentrators. [Sound] To RCA-PHOTOPHONE, INC. for ribbon microphone transmitters. [Sound] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1931/32 (5th) ACTOR Wallace Beery -- The Champ {"Champ"} [NOTE: A tie. Mr. Beery had one vote less than Fredric March (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), and rules at the time stated that if any achievement came within three votes of the First Award, it would be considered a tie.] Fredric March -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde {"Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde"} [NOTE: A tie. Wallace Beery (The Champ) had one vote less than Mr. March, and rules at the time stated that if any achievement came within three votes of the First Award, it would be considered a tie.] ACTRESS Helen Hayes -- The Sin of Madelon Claudet {"Madelon"} ART DIRECTION Transatlantic -- Gordon Wiles CINEMATOGRAPHY Shanghai Express -- Lee Garmes DIRECTING Bad Girl -- Frank Borzage OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION Grand Hotel -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) Flowers and Trees -- Walt Disney, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Comedy) The Music Box -- Hal Roach, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Novelty) Wrestling Swordfish -- Mack Sennett, Producer SOUND RECORDING Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department [NOTE: This award was not associated with any specific film title.] WRITING (Adaptation) Bad Girl -- Edwin Burke WRITING (Original Story) The Champ -- Frances Marion SPECIAL AWARD To Walt Disney for the creation of "Mickey Mouse." SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORP. for its color cartoon process. [Cartoon Process] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for its Type II-B Sensitometer. [Laboratory] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1932/33 (6th) ACTOR Charles Laughton -- The Private Life of Henry VIII {"Henry VIII"} ACTRESS Katharine Hepburn -- Morning Glory {"Eva Lovelace"} ART DIRECTION Cavalcade -- William S. Darling ASSISTANT DIRECTOR William Tummel (Fox) Charles Dorian (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Charles Barton (Paramount) Dewey Starkey (RKO Radio) Fred Fox (United Artists) Scott Beal (Universal) Gordon Hollingshead (Warner Bros.) CINEMATOGRAPHY A Farewell to Arms -- Charles Bryant Lang, Jr. DIRECTING Cavalcade -- Frank Lloyd OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION Cavalcade -- Fox SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) The Three Little Pigs -- Walt Disney, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Comedy) So This Is Harris -- Louis Brock, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Novelty) Krakatoa -- Joe Rock, Producer SOUND RECORDING A Farewell to Arms -- Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director WRITING (Adaptation) Little Women -- Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason WRITING (Original Story) One Way Passage -- Robert Lord SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS, INC. for their wide range recording and reporducing system. [Sound] To RCA-VICTOR COMPANY, INC. for their high-fidelity recording and reproducing system. [Sound] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To FOX FILM CORPORATION, FRED JACKMAN and WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC., and SIDNEY SANDERS of RKO Studios, Inc., for their development and effective use of the translucent cellulose screen in composite photography. [Special Photographic] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1934 (7th) ACTOR Clark Gable -- It Happened One Night {"Peter Warne"} ACTRESS Claudette Colbert -- It Happened One Night {"Ellie Andrews"} ART DIRECTION The Merry Widow -- Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope [NOTE: won by two votes] ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Viva Villa! -- John Waters CINEMATOGRAPHY Cleopatra -- Victor Milner DIRECTING It Happened One Night -- Frank Capra FILM EDITING Eskimo -- Conrad Nervig MUSIC (Scoring) One Night of Love -- Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn) MUSIC (Song) "The Continental" from The Gay Divorcee -- Music by Con Conrad; Lyrics by Herb Magidson OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION It Happened One Night -- Columbia SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) The Tortoise and the Hare -- Walt Disney, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Comedy) La Cucaracha -- Kenneth Macgowan, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Novelty) City of Wax -- Stacy Woodard and Horace Woodard, Producers SOUND RECORDING One Night of Love -- Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director WRITING (Adaptation) It Happened One Night -- Robert Riskin WRITING (Original Story) Manhattan Melodrama -- Arthur Caesar SPECIAL AWARD To Shirley Temple, in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934. SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS, INC. for their development of the Vertical Cut Disc Method of recording sound for motion pictures (hill and dale recording). [Sound] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION for their application of the Vertical Cut Disc Method (hill and dale recording) to actual studio production, with their recording of the sound on the picture One Night of Love. [Sound] To BELL AND HOWELL COMPANY for their development of the Bell and Howell Fully Automatic Sound and Picture Printer. [Laboratory] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1935 (8th) ACTOR Victor McLaglen -- The Informer {"Gypo Nolan"} ACTRESS Bette Davis -- Dangerous {"Joyce Heath"} ART DIRECTION The Dark Angel -- Richard Day ASSISTANT DIRECTOR The Lives of a Bengal Lancer -- Clem Beauchamp, Paul Wing CINEMATOGRAPHY A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Hal Mohr [NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.] DANCE DIRECTION Dave Gould -- "I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling" number from Broadway Melody of 1936; and "Straw Hat" number from Folies Bergere DIRECTING The Informer -- John Ford FILM EDITING A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Ralph Dawson MUSIC (Scoring) The Informer -- RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner) MUSIC (Song) "Lullaby Of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 -- Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Al Dubin OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION Mutiny on the Bounty -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) Three Orphan Kittens -- Walt Disney, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Comedy) How to Sleep -- Jack Chertok, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Novelty) Wings over Mt. Everest -- Gaumont British and Skibo Productions SOUND RECORDING Naughty Marietta -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director WRITING (Original Story) The Scoundrel -- Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur WRITING (Screenplay) The Informer -- Dudley Nichols [NOTE: Mr. Nichols initially refused the award, but Academy records indicate that he was in possession of a statuette by 1949.] SPECIAL AWARD To David Wark Griffith, for his distinguished creative achievements as director and producer and his invaluable initiative and lasting contributions to the progress of the motion picture arts. SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To AGFA ANSCO CORPORATION for their development of the Agfa infra-red film. [Film] To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for their development of the Eastman Pola-Screen. [Lenses and Filters] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIO for the development of anti-directional negative and positive development by means of jet turbulation, and the application of the method to all negative and print processing of the entire product of a major producing company. [Laboratory] To WILLIAM A. MUELLER of Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department for his method of dubbing, in which the level of the dialogue automatically controls the level of the accompanying music and sound effects. [Sound] To MOLE-RICHARDSON COMPANY for their development of the "Solar-spot" spot lamps. [Lighting] To DOUGLAS SHEARER and METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for their automatic control system for cameras and sound recording machines and auxiliary stage equipment. [Stage Operations] To ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS, INC. for their study and development of equipment to analyze and measure flutter resulting from the travel of the film through the mechanisms used in the recording and reproduction of sound. [Sound] To PARAMOUNT PRODUCTIONS, INC. for the design and construction of the Paramount transparency air turbine developing machine. [Laboratory] To NATHAN LEVINSON, Director of Sound Recording for Warner Bros.-First National Studio, for the method of intercutting variable density and variable area sound tracks to secure an increase in the effective volume range of sound recorded for motion pictures. [Sound] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1936 (9th) ACTOR Paul Muni -- The Story of Louis Pasteur {"Louis Pasteur"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Walter Brennan -- Come and Get It {"Swan Bostrom"} ACTRESS Luise Rainer -- The Great Ziegfeld {"Anna Held"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Gale Sondergaard -- Anthony Adverse {"Faith Paleologue"} ART DIRECTION Dodsworth -- Richard Day ASSISTANT DIRECTOR The Charge of the Light Brigade -- Jack Sullivan CINEMATOGRAPHY Anthony Adverse -- Gaetano Gaudio DANCE DIRECTION Seymour Felix -- "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" number from The Great Ziegfeld DIRECTING Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- Frank Capra FILM EDITING Anthony Adverse -- Ralph Dawson MUSIC (Scoring) Anthony Adverse -- Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold) MUSIC (Song) "The Way You Look Tonight" from Swing Time -- Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION The Great Ziegfeld -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) The Country Cousin -- Walt Disney, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Color) Give Me Liberty -- Warner Bros. SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) Bored of Education -- Hal Roach, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) The Public Pays -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SOUND RECORDING San Francisco -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director WRITING (Original Story) The Story of Louis Pasteur -- Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney WRITING (Screenplay) The Story of Louis Pasteur -- Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney SPECIAL AWARD To 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. To 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) To 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. [Sound] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To E. C. WENTE and the BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES for their multi-cellular high-frequency horn and receiver. [Sound] To RCA MANUFACTURING CO., INC., for their rotary stabilizer sound head. [Sound] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To 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). [Sound] To ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS, INC. for the ERPI "Type Q" portable recording channel. [Sound] To RCA MANUFACTURING CO., INC., for furnishing a practical design and specifications for a non-slip printer. [Laboratory] To UNITED ARTISTS STUDIO CORP. for the development of a practical, efficient and quiet wind machine. [Stage Operations] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1937 (10th) ACTOR Spencer Tracy -- Captains Courageous {"Manuel"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Joseph Schildkraut -- The Life of Emile Zola {"Captain Alfred Dreyfus"} ACTRESS Luise Rainer -- The Good Earth {"O-Lan"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Alice Brady -- In Old Chicago {"Molly O'Leary"} ART DIRECTION Lost Horizon -- Stephen Goosson ASSISTANT DIRECTOR In Old Chicago -- Robert Webb CINEMATOGRAPHY The Good Earth -- Karl Freund DANCE DIRECTION Hermes Pan -- "Fun House" number from A Damsel in Distress DIRECTING The Awful Truth -- Leo McCarey FILM EDITING Lost Horizon -- Gene Havlick, Gene Milford MUSIC (Scoring) One Hundred Men and a Girl -- Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department (no composer credit) MUSIC (Song) "Sweet Leilani" from Waikiki Wedding -- Music and Lyrics by Harry Owens OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION The Life of Emile Zola -- Warner Bros. SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) The Old Mill -- Walt Disney, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (Color) Penny Wisdom -- Pete Smith, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) The Private Life of the Gannets -- Skibo Productions SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) Torture Money -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SOUND RECORDING The Hurricane -- United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director WRITING (Original Story) A Star Is Born -- William A. Wellman, Robert Carson WRITING (Screenplay) The Life of Emile Zola -- Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg SPECIAL AWARD To Mack Sennett, "for his lasting contribution to the comedy technique of the screen, the basic principles of which are as important today as when they were first put into practice, the Academy presents a Special Award to that master of fun, discoverer of stars, sympathetic, kindly, understanding comedy genius - Mack Sennett." To Edgar Bergen for his outstanding comedy creation, "Charlie McCarthy." To The Museum of Modern Art Film Library for its significant work in collecting films dating from 1895 to the present and for the first time making available to the public the means of studying the historical and aesthetic development of the motion picture as one of the major arts. To W. Howard Greene for the color photography of A Star Is Born. (This Award was recommended by a committee of leading cinematographers after viewing all the color pictures made during the year.) IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD Darryl F. Zanuck SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class I) To AGFA ANSCO CORPORATION for Agfa Supreme and Agfa Ultra Speed pan motion picture negatives. [Film] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) To WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS, LTD. for the design and application to production of the Multi-Plane Camera. [Cartoon Process] To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for two fine-grain duplicating film stocks. [Film] To FARCIOT EDOUART and PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. for the development of the Paramount dual screen transparency camera setup. [Special Photographic] To DOUGLAS SHEARER and the METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for a method of varying the scanning width of variable density sound tracks (squeeze tracks) for the purpose of obtaining an increased amount of noise reduction. [Sound] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To JOHN ARNOLD and the METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIO CAMERA DEPARTMENT for their improvement of the semi-automatic follow focus device and its application to all of the cameras used by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio. [Photography] To JOHN LIVADARY, Director of Sound Recording for Columbia Pictures Corporation, for the application of the bi-planar light valve to motion picture sound recording. [Sound] To THOMAS T. MOULTON and the UNITED ARTISTS STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the application to motion picture sound recording of volume indicators which have peak reading response and linear decibel scales. [Sound] To RCA MANUFACTURING CO., INC. for the introduction of the modulated high-frequency method of determining optimum photographic processing conditions for variable width sound tracks. [Laboratory] To JOSEPH E. ROBBINS and PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. for an exceptional application of acoustic principles to the sound proofing of gasoline generators and water pumps. [Stage Operations] To DOUGLAS SHEARER and the METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design of the film drive mechanism as incorporated in the ERPI 1010 reproducer. [Sound] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1938 (11th) ACTOR Spencer Tracy -- Boys Town {"Father Flanagan"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Walter Brennan -- Kentucky {"Peter Goodwin"} ACTRESS Bette Davis -- Jezebel {"Julie Morrison"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Fay Bainter -- Jezebel {"Aunt Belle Massey"} ART DIRECTION The Adventures of Robin Hood -- Carl J. Weyl CINEMATOGRAPHY The Great Waltz -- Joseph Ruttenberg DIRECTING You Can't Take It with You -- Frank Capra FILM EDITING The Adventures of Robin Hood -- Ralph Dawson MUSIC (Original Score) The Adventures of Robin Hood -- Erich Wolfgang Korngold MUSIC (Scoring) Alexander's Ragtime Band -- Alfred Newman MUSIC (Song) "Thanks For The Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938 -- Music by Ralph Rainger; Lyrics by Leo Robin OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION You Can't Take It with You -- Columbia SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) Ferdinand the Bull -- Walt Disney, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) That Mothers Might Live -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) Declaration of Independence -- Warner Bros. SOUND RECORDING The Cowboy and the Lady -- United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director WRITING (Original Story) Boys Town -- Dore Schary, Eleanore Griffin WRITING (Screenplay) Pygmalion -- Screenplay and Dialogue by George Bernard Shaw; Adaptation by W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple 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 Hal B. Wallis [NOTE: This is the only year that nominations were announced for the Thalberg award.] SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To JOHN AALBERG and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the application of compression to variable area recording in motion picture production. [Sound] To BYRON HASKIN and the SPECIAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT OF WARNER BROS. STUDIO for pioneering the development and for the first practical application to motion picture production of the triple head background projector. [Special Photographic] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1939 (12th) ACTOR Robert Donat -- Goodbye, Mr. Chips {"Mr. Chips"} ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Thomas Mitchell -- Stagecoach {"Dr. Josiah Boone"} ACTRESS Vivien Leigh -- Gone with the Wind {"Scarlett O'Hara"} ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Hattie McDaniel -- Gone with the Wind {"Mammy"} ART DIRECTION Gone with the Wind -- Lyle Wheeler CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) Wuthering Heights -- Gregg Toland CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) Gone with the Wind -- Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan DIRECTING Gone with the Wind -- Victor Fleming FILM EDITING Gone with the Wind -- Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom MUSIC (Original Score) The Wizard of Oz -- Herbert Stothart MUSIC (Scoring) Stagecoach -- Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken MUSIC (Song) "Over The Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz -- Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION Gone with the Wind -- Selznick International Pictures SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) The Ugly Duckling -- Walt Disney, Producer SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) Busy Little Bears -- Paramount SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) Sons of Liberty -- Warner Bros. SOUND RECORDING When Tomorrow Comes -- Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director SPECIAL EFFECTS The Rains Came -- Fred Sersen, E. H. Hansen WRITING (Original Story) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Lewis R. Foster WRITING (Screenplay) Gone with the Wind -- Sidney Howard SPECIAL AWARD To Douglas Fairbanks (Commemorative Award) - recognizing the unique and outstanding contribution of Douglas Fairbanks, first President of the Academy, to the international development of the motion picture. To The Motion Picture Relief Fund - acknowledging the outstanding services to the industry during the past year of the Motion Picture Relief Fund and its progressive leadership. Presented to Jean Hersholt, President; Ralph Morgan, Chairman of the Executive Committee; Ralph Block, First Vice-President; and Conrad Nagel. To Judy Garland for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year. To William Cameron Menzies for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of Gone with the Wind. To the Technicolor Company for its contributions in successfully bringing three-color feature production to the screen. IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD David O. Selznick SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) To GEORGE ANDERSON of Warner Bros. Studio for an improved positive head for sun arcs. [Lighting] To JOHN ARNOLD of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio for the M-G-M mobile camera crane. [Camera Cranes] To THOMAS T. MOULTON, FRED ALBIN and the SOUND DEPARTMENT OF THE SAMUEL GOLDWYN STUDIO for the origination and application of the Delta db test to sound recording in motion pictures. [Laboratory] To FARCIOT EDOUART, JOSEPH E. ROBBINS, WILLIAM RUDOLPH and PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. for the design and construction of a quiet portable treadmill. [Stage Operations] To EMERY HUSE and RALPH B. ATKINSON of the Eastman Kodak Company for their specifications for chemical analysis of photographic developers and fixing baths. [Laboratory] To HAROLD NYE of Warner Bros. Studio for a miniature incandescent spot lamp. [Lighting] To A. J. TONDREAU of Warner Bros. Studio for the design and manufacture of an improved sound track printer. [Laboratory] For important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: F. R. ABBOTT, HALLER BELT, ALAN COOK and the BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL COMPANY for faster projection lenses; The MITCHELL CAMERA COMPANY for a new type process projection head; MOLE-RICHARDSON COMPANY for a new type automatically controlled projection arc lamp; CHARLES HANDLEY, DAVID JOY and the NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY for improved and more stable high-intensity carbons; WINTON HOCH and the TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORP. for an auxiliary optical system; DON MUSGRAVE and SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL PICTURES, INC. for pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production, Gone with the Wind. [Special Photographic]