Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
The Great Ziegfeld
Hunt Stromberg, producer
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
Best Director
Winner
Frank Capra
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town — Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Gregory La Cava— My Man Godfrey
Robert Z. Leonard— The Great Ziegfeld
W.S. Van Dyke— San Francisco
William Wyler— Dodsworth
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
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
Best Actress
Winner
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
Winner
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
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Gale Sondergaard
Anthony Adverse
Beulah Bondi— The Gorgeous Hussy
Alice Brady— My Man Godfrey
Bonita Granville— These Three
Andrea Leeds— Stage Door... wait Stage Door was 1938
Writing
Best Writing (Original Story)
Winner
Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Best Screenplay
Winner
Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Music
Best Score
Winner
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Anthony Adverse
Best Original Song
Winner
"The Way You Look Tonight" — Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
Swing Time
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Tony Gaudio
Anthony Adverse
Best Film Editing
Winner
Ralph Dawson
Anthony Adverse
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Richard Day
Dodsworth
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Dept.
San Francisco
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
The Country Cousin
Walt Disney / UA