Outstanding Production

• Anthony Adverse
• Dodsworth
• The Great Ziegfeld
• 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 Actor

• Gary Cooper, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
• Walter Huston, Dodsworth
• Paul Muni, The Story of Louis Pasteur
• William Powell, My Man Godfrey
• Spencer Tracy, San Francisco

Best Actress

• Irene Dunne, Theodora Goes Wild
• Gladys George, Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
• Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey
• Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld
• Norma Shearer, Romeo and Juliet

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Mischa Auer, My Man Godfrey
• Walter Brennan, Come and Get It
• Stuart Erwin, Pigskin Parade
• Basil Rathbone, Romeo and Juliet
• Akim Tamiroff, The General Died at Dawn

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Beulah Bondi, The Gorgeous Hussy
• Alice Brady, My Man Godfrey
• Bonita Granville, These Three
• Maria Ouspenskaya, Dodsworth
• Gale Sondergaard, Anthony Adverse

Directing

• Frank Capra, 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

Writing

• Original Story
  • Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney, The Story of Louis Pasteur
  • Adele Comandini, Three Smart Girls
  • Robert Hopkins, San Francisco
  • Norman Krasna, Fury
  • William Anthony McGuire, The Great Ziegfeld
• Screenplay
  • Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney, The Story of Louis Pasteur
  • Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, After the Thin Man
  • Eric Hatch and Morris Ryskind, My Man Godfrey
  • Sidney Howard, Dodsworth
  • Robert Riskin, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Cinematography

• George Folsey, The Gorgeous Hussy
• Gaetano Gaudio, Anthony Adverse
• Victor Milner, The General Died at Dawn

Art Direction

• Albert S. D'Agostino and Jack Otterson, The Magnificent Brute
• William S. Darling, Lloyds of London
• Richard Day, Dodsworth
• Perry Ferguson, Winterset
• Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope and Edwin B. Willis, Romeo and Juliet
• Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu and Edwin B. Willis, The Great Ziegfeld
• Anton Grot, Anthony Adverse

Sound Recording

• Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
• Hal Roach Studio Sound Dept., General Spanky
• MGM Studio Sound Dept., San Francisco
• Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The Texas Rangers
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., That Girl From Paris
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Banjo on My Knee
• United Artists Studio Sound Dept., Dodsworth
• Universal Studio Sound Dept., Three Smart Girls
• Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., The Charge of the Light Brigade

Assistant Director

• Clem Beauchamp, The Last of the Mohicans
• William Cannon, Anthony Adverse
• Joseph Newman, San Francisco
• Eric G. Stacey, Garden of Allah
• Jack Sullivan, The Charge of the Light Brigade

Music

• Song
  • Did I Remember, Suzy, Walter Donaldson, music; Harold Adamson, Iyrics
  • I've Got You Under My Skin, Born to Dance, Cole Porter, music and Iyrics
  • A Melody From the Sky, Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Louis Alter, music; Sidney Mitchell, Iyrics
  • Pennies From Heaven, Pennies From Heaven, Arthur Johnston, music; Johnny Burke, Iyrics
  • The Way You Look Tonight, Swing Time, Jerome Kern, music; Dorothy Fields, Iyrics
  • When Did You Leave Heaven, Sing, Baby Sing, Richard A. Whiting, music; Walter Bullock, Iyrics
• Score
  • Paramount Studio Music Dept., The General Died at Dawn
  • RKO Radio Studio Music Dept., Winterset
  • Selznick International Pictures Music Dept., The Garden of Allah
  • Warner Bros. Studio Music Dept., Anthony Adverse
  • Warner Bros. Studio Music Dept., The Charge of the Light Brigade

Film Editing

• Edward Curtiss, Come and Get It
• Ralph Dawson, Anthony Adverse
• William S. Gray, The Great Ziegfeld
• Barbara McLean, Lloyds of London
• Otto Meyer, Theodora Goes Wild
• Conrad A. Nervig, A Tale of Two Cities

Dance Direction

• Busby Berkeley, Love and War, Gold Diggers of 1937
• Bobby Connolly, 1,000 Love Songs, Cain and Mabel
• Seymour Felix, A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, The Great Ziegfeld
• Dave Gould, Swingin' the Jinx, Born to Dance
• Jack Haskell, Skating Ensemble, One in a Million
• Russell Lewis, The Finale, Dancing Pirate
• Hermes Pan, Bojangles of Harlem, Swing Time

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • The Country Cousin (Silly Symphony Series)
  • Old Mill Pond (Happy Harmonies Series)
  • Sinbad the Sailor (Popeye Series)
• One-Reel
  • Bored of Education (Our Gang Series)
  • Moscow Moods (Headliners Series)
  • Wanted, A Master (Pete Smith Specialties Series)
• Two-Reel
  • Double or Nothing (Melody Masters Series)
  • Dummy Ache (Edgar Kennedy Comedies Series)
  • The Public Pays (Crime Doesn't Pay Series)
• Color
  • Give Me Liberty (Broadway Brevities Series)
  • La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (Musical Revues Series)
  • Popular Science J-6-2 (Popular Science Series)

Special Awards

• To the March of Time for its significance to motion pictures and for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry and the newsreel
• To W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson for the color cinematography of the Selznick International Production, The Garden of Allah

Facts:

• Winners Announced: Thursday, March 4, 1937
• Held at: Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel
• Host: George Jessel
• Eligibility Year: 1936
• This ceremony marked the first time in which the categories of Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress were awarded.
• My Man Godfrey became the first film to receive nominations in all four acting categories. It also remains the only film not to get a Best Picture nomination or to win any award.