Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
You Can't Take It with You
Frank Capra, producer
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Boys Town
The Citadel
Four Daughters
Grand Illusion
Jezebel
Pygmalion
Test Pilot
Best Director
Winner
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
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Spencer Tracy
Boys Town
Charles Boyer— Algiers
James Cagney— Angels with Dirty Faces
Robert Donat— The Citadel
Leslie Howard— Pygmalion
Best Actress
Winner
Bette Davis
Jezebel
Fay Bainter— White Banners
Wendy Hiller— Pygmalion
Norma Shearer— Marie Antoinette
Margaret Sullavan— Three Comrades
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Walter Brennan
Kentucky
John Garfield— Four Daughters
Gene Lockhart— Algiers
Robert Morley— Marie Antoinette
Basil Rathbone— If I Were King
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
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
Writing
Best Writing (Original Story)
Winner
Eleanore Griffin, Dore Schary
Boys Town
Best Screenplay
Winner
George Bernard Shaw; adaptation by Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb
Pygmalion
Music
Best Score
Winner
Alfred Newman (20th Century Fox Music Dept.)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Best Original Song
Winner
"Thanks for the Memory" — Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Joseph Ruttenberg
The Great Waltz
Best Film Editing
Winner
Ralph Dawson
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Carl J. Weyl
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Thomas T. Moulton, Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept.
The Cowboy and the Lady
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Ferdinand the Bull
Walt Disney / RKO