Academy Awards®
Awards for 1938
Picture
Hal B. Wallis - Producer, Henry Blanke - Producer, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer, Harry Joe Brown - Producer, ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
John W. Considine, Jr. - Producer, BOYS TOWN
Victor Saville - Producer, THE CITADEL
Hal B. Wallis - Producer, Henry Blanke - Producer, FOUR DAUGHTERS
Frank Rollmer - Producer, Albert Pinkovitch - Producer, GRAND ILLUSION
Hal B. Wallis - Producer, Henry Blanke - Producer, JEZEBEL
Gabriel Pascal - Producer, PYGMALION
Louis D. Lighton - Producer, TEST PILOT
* Frank Capra - Producer, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Actor
Charles Boyer, ALGIERS
James Cagney, ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
Robert Donat, THE CITADEL
Leslie Howard, PYGMALION
* Spencer Tracy, BOYS TOWN
Actress
Fay Bainter, WHITE BANNERS
* Bette Davis, JEZEBEL
Dame Wendy Hiller, PYGMALION
Norma Shearer, MARIE ANTOINETTE
Margaret Sullavan, THREE COMRADES
Supporting Actor
* Walter Brennan, KENTUCKY
John Garfield, FOUR DAUGHTERS
Gene Lockhart, ALGIERS
Robert Morley, MARIE ANTOINETTE
Basil Rathbone, IF I WERE KING
Supporting Actress
* Fay Bainter, JEZEBEL
Beulah Bondi, OF HUMAN HEARTS
Billie Burke, MERRILY WE LIVE
Spring Byington, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Miliza Korjus, THE GREAT WALTZ
Director
* Frank Capra, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Michael Curtiz, ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
Michael Curtiz, FOUR DAUGHTERS
Norman Taurog, BOYS TOWN
King Vidor, THE CITADEL
Writing - Original Story
Irving Berlin, ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
Rowland Brown, ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
John Howard Lawson, BLOCKADE
* Eleanore Griffin, Dore Schary, BOYS TOWN
Marcella Burke, Frederick Kohner, MAD ABOUT MUSIC
Frank Wead, TEST PILOT
Writing - Screenplay
John Meehan, Dore Schary, BOYS TOWN
Ian Dalrymple, Elizabeth Hill, Frank Wead, THE CITADEL
Lenore Coffee, Julius J. Epstein, FOUR DAUGHTERS
* George Bernard Shaw, Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb, PYGMALION
Robert Riskin, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Art Direction
* Carl J. Weyl - Art Direction, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Bernard Herzbrun - Art Direction, Boris Leven - Art Direction, ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
Alexander Toluboff - Art Direction, ALGIERS
Van Nest Polglase - Art Direction, CAREFREE
Richard Day - Art Direction, THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES
Stephen Goosson - Art Direction, Lionel Banks - Art Direction, HOLIDAY
Hans Dreier - Art Direction, John B. Goodman - Art Direction, IF I WERE KING
Jack Otterson - Art Direction, MAD ABOUT MUSIC
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, MARIE ANTOINETTE
Charles D. Hall - Art Direction, MERRILY WE LIVE
Cinematography
James Wong Howe, ALGIERS
Ernest Miller, Harry Wild, ARMY GIRL
Victor Milner, THE BUCCANEER
* Joseph Ruttenberg, THE GREAT WALTZ
Ernest Haller, JEZEBEL
Joseph Valentine, MAD ABOUT MUSIC
Norbert Brodine, MERRILY WE LIVE
J. Peverell Marley, SUEZ
Robert de Grasse, VIVACIOUS LADY
Joseph Walker, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Leon Shamroy, THE YOUNG IN HEART
Film Editing
* Ralph Dawson, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Barbara McLean, ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
Tom Held, THE GREAT WALTZ
Tom Held, TEST PILOT
Gene Havlick, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Music - Original Score
Rules changed in 1938: Music - Score divided into Score (regardless of source) and Original Score. Composers, rather than studio department heads, now receive the award.
* Erich Wolfgang Korngold, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Victor Young, ARMY GIRL
Werner Janssen, BLOCKADE
Marvin Hatley, BLOCK-HEADS
Victor Young, BREAKING THE ICE
Alfred Newman, THE COWBOY AND THE LADY
Richard Hageman, IF I WERE KING
Herbert Stothart, MARIE ANTOINETTE
Russell Bennett, PACIFIC LINER
Louis Silvers, SUEZ
Franz Waxman, THE YOUNG IN HEART
Music - Score
Rules changed in 1938: Music - Score divided into Score (regardless of source) and Original Score. Composers, rather than studio department heads, now receive the award.
* Alfred Newman, ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
Victor Baravalle, CAREFREE
Alfred Newman, THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES
Morris Stoloff, Gregory Stone, GIRLS SCHOOL
Max Steiner, JEZEBEL
Charles Previn, Frank Skinner, MAD ABOUT MUSIC
Cy Feuer, STORM OVER BENGAL
Herbert Stothart, SWEETHEARTS
Marvin Hatley, THERE GOES MY HEART
Boris Morros, TROPIC HOLIDAY
Franz Waxman, THE YOUNG IN HEART
Song
Edward Ward - Music, Chet Forrest - Lyrics, Bob Wright - Lyrics, MANNEQUIN
"Always and Always"
Irving Berlin - Music & Lyrics, CAREFREE
"Change Partners and Dance with Me"
Lionel Newman - Music, Arthur Quenzer - Lyrics, THE COWBOY AND THE LADY
"Cowboy and the Lady"
Johnny Marvin - Music & Lyrics, UNDER WESTERN STARS
"Dust"
Harry Warren - Music, Johnny Mercer - Lyrics, GOING PLACES
"Jeepers Creepers"
Phil Craig - Music, Arthur Quenzer - Lyrics, MERRILY WE LIVE
"Merrily We Live"
Ben Oakland - Music, Oscar Hammerstein II - Lyrics, THE LADY OBJECTS
"A Mist Over the Moon"
Jimmy McHugh - Music, Harold Adamson - Lyrics, THAT CERTAIN AGE
"My Own"
Irving Berlin - Music & Lyrics, ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
"Now It Can Be Told"
* Ralph Rainger - Music, Leo Robin - Lyrics, THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938
"Thanks for the Memory"
Animated Short
Walt Disney - Producer, BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR
Walt Disney - Producer, MOTHER GOOSE GOES HOLLYWOOD
* Walt Disney - Producer, FERDINAND THE BULL
Walt Disney - Producer, GOOD SCOUTS
Paramount, HUNKY AND SPUNKY
Short Subjects - One-Reel
MGM, THE GREAT HEART
* MGM, THAT MOTHERS MIGHT LIVE
20th Century-Fox, TIMBER TOPPERS
Short Subjects - Two-Reel
* Warner Bros., DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Warner Bros., SWINGTIME IN THE MOVIES
MGM, THEY'RE ALWAYS CAUGHT
Sound Recording
Charles Lootens, ARMY GIRL
* Thomas Moulton, THE COWBOY AND THE LADY
Nathan Levinson, FOUR DAUGHTERS
L.L. Ryder, IF I WERE KING
Elmer Raguse, MERRILY WE LIVE
Douglas Shearer, SWEETHEARTS
Edmund Hansen, SUEZ
Bernard B. Brown, THAT CERTAIN AGE
James Wilkinson, VIVACIOUS LADY
John Livadary, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1938.
Class II (Plaque)
No award given for 1938.
Class III (Citation)
* John Aalberg, RKO Studio Sound Department, For the application of compression to variable area recording in motion picture production.
* Byron Haskin, 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.
Honorary and Other Awards
* Deanna Durbin, 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. Winners presented Miniature Statuettes.
* 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. Winner presented a Scroll.
* Walt Disney, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
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. Winner presented one Statuette and seven Miniature Statuettes.
* Oliver Marsh, Allen Davey, SWEETHEARTS
For the color cinematography of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, SWEETHEARTS. Winners presented Plaques.
* Gordon Jennings - Special Effects, Jan Domela - Special Effects, Devereux Jennings - Special Effects, Irmin Roberts - Special Effects, Arthur Smith - Special Effects, Farciot Edouart - Transparencies, Loyal Griggs - Transparencies, Loren L. Ryder - Sound Effects, Harry Mills - Sound Effects, Louis H. Mesenkop - Sound Effects, Walter Oberst - Sound Effects, SPAWN OF THE NORTH
For outstanding achievement in creating special photographic and sound effects in the Paramount production, SPAWN OF THE NORTH. Winners presented Plaques.
* J. Arthur Ball, For his outstanding contributions to the advancement of color in motion picture photography. Winner presented a Scroll.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
* Hal B. Wallis,