9th Academy Awards

9th
Date	March 4, 1937
Site	Biltmore Hotel
Hosted by	George Jessel
Highlights
Best Picture	The Great Ziegfeld

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 in which the categories of Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress were awarded.

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 William Wyler – Dodsworth W.S. Van Dyke – San Francisco
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 Three Smart Girls – Adele Comandini San Francisco – Robert Hopkins Fury – Norman Krasna The Great Ziegfeld – William Anthony McGuire	The Story of Louis Pasteur – Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney After the Thin Man – Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett My Man Godfrey – Eric Hatch and Morris Ryskind Dodsworth – Sidney Howard Mr. Deeds Goes to Town – Robert Riskin
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 Sinbad the Sailor – Paramount
Best Score	Best Song
Anthony Adverse – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department The General Died at Dawn – Paramount Studio Music Department Winterset – RKO Radio Studio Music Department The Garden of Allah – Selznick International Pictures Music Department The Charge of the Light Brigade – Warner Bros. 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 The Magnificent Brute – Albert S. D'Agostino and Jack Otterson Lloyds of London – William S. Darling Winterset – Perry Ferguson Romeo and Juliet – Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope and Edwin B. Willis The Great Ziegfeld – Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu and Edwin B. Willis	Anthony Adverse – Gaetano Gaudio The Gorgeous Hussy – George Folsey The General Died at Dawn – Victor Milner
Best Sound Recording	Best Film Editing
San Francisco – MGM Studio Sound Department Mr. Deeds Goes to Town – Columbia Studio Sound Department General Spanky – Hal Roach Studio Sound Department The Texas Rangers – Paramount Studio Sound Department That Girl From Paris – RKO Radio Studio Sound Department Banjo on My Knee – Fox Studio Sound Department Dodsworth – United Artists Studio Sound Department Three Smart Girls – Universal Studio Sound Department The Charge of the Light Brigade – Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department	Anthony Adverse – Ralph Dawson Come and Get It – Edward Curtiss The Great Ziegfeld – William S. Gray Lloyds of London – Barbara McLean Theodora Goes Wild – Otto Meyer A Tale of Two Cities – Conrad A. Nervig
Best Assistant Director	Best Dance Direction
The Charge of the Light Brigade – Jack Sullivan The Last of the Mohicans – Clem Beauchamp Anthony Adverse – William Cannon San Francisco – Joseph Newman Garden of Allah – Eric G. Stacey	The Great Ziegfeld – Seymour Felix Gold Diggers of 1937 – Busby Berkeley Cain and Mabel – Bobby Connolly Born to Dance – Dave Gould One in a Million – Jack Haskell Dancing Pirate – Russell Lewis Swing Time – Hermes Pan

Academy Honorary Award

• W. Howard Greene
• Harold Rosson
• the March of Time