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All nominated movies "Academy Awards, USA" in 1938

Site Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
Date March 10, 1938
Oscar / Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Life of Emile Zola 7.2
The Life of Emile Zola
Winner
All nominees
Captains Courageous 8.2
Captains Courageous
In Old Chicago 6.8
In Old Chicago
Lost Horizon 7.9
Lost Horizon
The Good Earth The Good Earth
A Star Is Born 7.6
A Star Is Born
One Hundred Men and a Girl 6.7
One Hundred Men and a Girl One Hundred Men And A Girl
Stage Door 7.7
Stage Door
The Awful Truth 7.6
The Awful Truth
Dead End 7.2
Dead End
Oscar / Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy
Captains Courageous
Winner
All nominees
Fredric March
Fredric March
A Star Is Born
Paul Mooney
The Life of Emile Zola
Robert Montgomery
Night Must Fall
Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
Conquest
Oscar / Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Luise Rainer
The Good Earth Luise Rainer became the first actress and first performer to win consecutive awards for lead roles.
Winner
All nominees
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
Camille
Irene Dunne
The Awful Truth
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
Stella Dallas
Janet Gaynor
A Star Is Born
Oscar / Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Dzhozef Shildkraut
The Life of Emile Zola
Winner
All nominees
Thomas Mitchell
The Hurricane
H. B. Warner
Lost Horizon
Ralph Bellamy
The Awful Truth
Roland Young
Topper
Oscar / Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Alice Brady
In Old Chicago
Winner
All nominees
Andrea Lidz
Stage Door
Claire Trevor
Dead End
Anne Shirley
Stella Dallas
May Whitty
Night Must Fall
Oscar / Best Achievement in Directing
Leo MakKeri
The Awful Truth
Winner
All nominees
Sidney Franklin
The Good Earth
Gregory La Cava
Stage Door
William A. Wellman
A Star Is Born
William Dieterle
The Life of Emile Zola
Oscar / Best Achievement in Cinematography
The Good Earth The Good Earth
Karl Freund
Winner
All nominees
Wings Over Honolulu Wings Over Honolulu
Joseph A. Valentine
Dead End 7.2
Dead End
Gregg Toland
Oscar / Best Achievement in Film Editing
Lost Horizon 7.9
Lost Horizon
Gene Havlick, Gene Milford
Winner
All nominees
The Awful Truth 7.6
The Awful Truth
Al Clark
The Good Earth The Good Earth
Basil Wrangell
Captains Courageous 8.2
Captains Courageous
Elmo Veron
One Hundred Men and a Girl 6.7
One Hundred Men and a Girl One Hundred Men And A Girl
Bernard W. Burton
Oscar / Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
One Hundred Men and a Girl 6.7
One Hundred Men and a Girl One Hundred Men And A Girl
Charles Previn No composer credit.
Winner
All nominees
Portia on Trial Portia on Trial
Alberto Colombo Score by Alberto Colombo.
The Life of Emile Zola 7.2
The Life of Emile Zola
Leo F. Forbstein Score by Max Steiner.
Lost Horizon 7.9
Lost Horizon
Morris Stoloff Score by Dimitri Tiomkin.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 7.7
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith (Walt Disney Studio Music Department)
In Old Chicago 6.8
In Old Chicago
Louis Silvers No composer credit.
The Hurricane 7.5
The Hurricane
Alfred Newman Score by Alfred Newman.
The Prisoner of Zenda 7.6
The Prisoner of Zenda
Alfred Newman Score by Alfred Newman.
Something to Sing About Something to Sing About
C. Bakaleinikoff Score by Victor Schertzinger.
Way Out West Way Out West
Marvin Hatley Score by Marvin Hatley.
Souls at Sea Souls at Sea
Boris Morros Score by W. Franke Harling and Milan Roder.
Quality Street 6.2
Quality Street
Roy Webb Score by Roy Webb.
Make a Wish Make a Wish
Hugo Riesenfeld Score by Hugo Riesenfeld.
Maytime 7.2
Maytime
Nat W. Finston Score by Herbert Stothart.
Oscar / Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Waikiki Wedding Waikiki Wedding
Harry Owens For the song "Sweet Leilani"
Winner
All nominees
Artist and Models Artists and Models
Friedrich Hollaender, Leo Robin For the song "Whispers in the Dark"
Shall We Dance 7.5
Shall We Dance
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin For the song "They Can't Take That Away from Me"
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Al Dubin, Harry Warren For the song "Remember Me"
Vogues of 1938 Vogues of 1938
Sammy Fain, Lew Brown For the song "That Old Feeling"
Oscar / Best Achievement in Production Design
Lost Horizon 7.9
Lost Horizon
Stephen Goosson
Winner
All nominees
Souls at Sea Souls at Sea
Roland Anderson, Hans Dreier
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
John Victor Mackay
Every Day's a Holiday Every Day's a Holiday
Wiard Ihnen
You're a Sweetheart You're a Sweetheart
Jack Otterson
Conquest 6.5
Conquest
Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning
Dead End 7.2
Dead End
Richard Day
Wee Willie Winkie Wee Willie Winkie
William S. Darling, David S. Hall
A Damsel in Distress 6.8
A Damsel in Distress
Carroll Clark
Vogues of 1938 Vogues of 1938
Alexander Toluboff
The Prisoner of Zenda 7.6
The Prisoner of Zenda
Lyle R. Wheeler
The Life of Emile Zola 7.2
The Life of Emile Zola
Anton Grot
Oscar / Best Adapted Screenplay
The Life of Emile Zola 7.2
The Life of Emile Zola
Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, Norman Reilly Raine
Winner
All nominees
Stage Door 7.7
Stage Door
Morrie Ryskind, Anthony Veiller
Captains Courageous 8.2
Captains Courageous
Marc Connelly, John Lee Mahin, Dale Van Every
A Star Is Born 7.6
A Star Is Born
Alan Campbell, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker
The Awful Truth 7.6
The Awful Truth
Viรฑa Delmar
Oscar / Best Animated Short Film
The Old Mill The Old Mill
Walt Disney
Winner
All nominees
Educated Fish Educated Fish
The Little Match Girl The Little Match Girl
Charles Mintz
Oscar / Best Assistant Director
Robert D. Webb
In Old Chicago
Winner
All nominees
Charles C. Coleman
Lost Horizon
Hal Walker
Souls at Sea
Russell Saunders
The Life of Emile Zola
Eric Stacey
A Star Is Born
Oscar / Best Dance Direction
A Damsel in Distress 6.8
A Damsel in Distress
Hermes Pan For "Fun House"
Winner
All nominees
Ali Baba Goes to Town Ali Baba Goes to Town
Sammy Lee For "Swing Is Here to Stay".
A Day at the Races A Day at the Races
Dave Gould For "All God's Children Got Rhythm".
Ready, Willing and Able Ready, Willing and Able
Bobby Connolly For "Too Marvelous for Words"
Thin Ice Thin Ice
Harry Losee For "Prince Igor Suite".
Varsity Show Varsity Show
Busby Berkeley For "The Finale"
Waikiki Wedding Waikiki Wedding
LeRoy Prinz For "Luau".
Oscar / Best Live Action Short Film
Torture Money Torture Money
Winner
The Private Life of the Gannets The Private Life of the Gannets
Winner
Penny Wisdom Penny Wisdom
Pete Smith
Winner
All nominees
Romance of Radium Romance of Radium
Pete Smith
Should Wives Work? Should Wives Work?
Deep South Deep South
The Man Without a Country The Man Without a Country
A Night at the Movies A Night at the Movies
Popular Science Popular Science
Oscar / Best Original Screenplay
A Star Is Born 7.6
A Star Is Born
Robert Carson, William A. Wellman
Winner
All nominees
Black Legion Black Legion
Robert Lord
In Old Chicago 6.8
In Old Chicago
Niven Busch
One Hundred Men and a Girl 6.7
One Hundred Men and a Girl One Hundred Men And A Girl
Hanns Krรคly
The Life of Emile Zola 7.2
The Life of Emile Zola
Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg
Oscar / Best Sound
The Hurricane 7.5
The Hurricane
Thomas T. Moulton
Winner
All nominees
Maytime 7.2
Maytime
Douglas Shearer
Wells Fargo Wells Fargo
Loren L. Ryder
Topper Topper
Elmer Raguse
In Old Chicago 6.8
In Old Chicago
Edmund H. Hansen
One Hundred Men and a Girl 6.7
One Hundred Men and a Girl One Hundred Men And A Girl
Homer G. Tasker
The Life of Emile Zola 7.2
The Life of Emile Zola
Nathan Levinson
The Girl Said No The Girl Said No
A.E. Kaye
Hitting a New High Hitting a New High
John Aalberg
Lost Horizon 7.9
Lost Horizon
John P. Livadary
Academy Award of Merit
Scientific and Engineering Award
Farciot Edouart
For the development of the Paramount dual screen transparency camera setup.
Winner
Douglas Shearer
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.
Winner
Technical Achievement Award
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Derril F. Zanuk
Winner
Honorary Award
A Star Is Born 7.6
A Star Is Born
W. Howard Greene For the color photography of A Star Is Born. (plaque) This award was recommended by a committee of leading cinematographers after viewing all the color pictures made during the year.
Winner
Year

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Golden Globes, USA
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Primetime Emmy Awards
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BAFTA Awards
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Venice Film Festival
Mostra Internazionale dโ€™Arte Cinematografica
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Razzie Awards
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1981-2024
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MTV Movie + TV Awards
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Sundance Film Festival
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St. Petersburg Message to Man Film Festival
1993-2024
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Berlin International Film Festival
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Sochi International Film Festival
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Sochi Open Russian Film Festival
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1990-2024
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Moscow International Film Festival
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Window to Europe
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Toronto International Film Festival
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
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