1938 (11th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1938. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

The Adventures of Robin Hood, Warner Bros.-First National.

Outstanding Production.

Art Direction. Carl J. Weyl.

Film Editing. Ralph Dawson.

Music (Original Score). Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists.

Art Direction. Lyle Wheeler.

Alexander’s Ragtime Band, 20th Century-Fox.

Outstanding Production.

Art Direction. Bernard Herzbrun and Boris Leven.

Film Editing. Barbara McLean.

Music (Scoring). Alfred Newman.

Music (Song). “Now It Can Be Told”. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.

Writing (Original Story). Irving Berlin.

Algiers, Walter Wanger; United Artists.

Best Actor. Charles Boyer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Gene Lockhart.

Art Direction. Alexander Toluboff.

Cinematography. James Wong Howe.

Angels with Dirty Faces, Warner Bros.-First National.

Best Actor. James Cagney.

Directing. Michael Curtiz.

Writing (Original Story). Rowland Brown.

Army Girl, Republic.

Cinematography. Ernest Miller and Harry Wild.

Music (Original Score). Victor Young.

Sound Recording. Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles L. Lootens, Sound Director.

The Big Broadcast of 1938, Paramount.

Music (Song). “Thanks for the Memory”. Music by Ralph Rainger; lyrics by Leo Robin.

Block-Heads, Hal Roach; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Original Score). Marvin Hatley.

Blockade, Walter Wanger; United Artists.

Music (Original Score). Werner Janssen.

Writing (Original Story). John Howard Lawson.

Boys Town, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. Spencer Tracy.

Directing. Norman Taurog.

Writing (Original Story). Dore Schary and Eleanore Griffin.

Writing (Screenplay). John Meehan and Dore Schary.

Brave Little Tailor, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Mickey Mouse Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Breaking the Ice, Principal Productions; RKO Radio.

Music (Original Score). Victor Young.

The Buccaneer, Paramount.

Cinematography. Victor Milner.

Carefree, RKO Radio.

Art Direction. Van Nest Polglase.

Music (Scoring). Victor Baravalle.

Music (Song). “Change Partners”. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.

The Citadel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK)

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. Robert Donat.

Directing. King Vidor.

Writing (Screenplay). Ian Dalrymple, Frank Wead and Elizabeth Hill.

The Cowboy and the Lady, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

Music (Original Score). Alfred Newman.

Music (Song). “The Cowboy and the Lady”. Music by Lionel Newman; lyrics by Arthur Quenzer.

Sound Recording. United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.

Declaration of Independence, Warner Bros. [Historical Featurette Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

Ferdinand the Bull, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio.

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Four Daughters, Warner Bros.-First National.

Outstanding Production.

Actor in a Supporting Role. John Garfield.

Directing. Michael Curtiz.

Sound Recording. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay). Julius J. Epstein and Lenore Coffee.

Girls’ School, Columbia.

Music (Scoring). Morris Stoloff and Gregory Stone.

Going Places, Cosmopolitan; Warner Bros.-First National.

Music (Song). “Jeepers Creepers”. Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

The Goldwyn Follies, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

Art Direction. Richard Day.

Music (Scoring). Alfred Newman.

Good Scouts, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Donald Duck Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Grand Illusion, Realization D’Art Cinematographique; World Pictures. (France)

Outstanding Production.

The Great Heart, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Miniature Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

The Great Waltz, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Miliza Korjus.

Cinematography. Joseph Ruttenberg.

Film Editing. Tom Held.

Holiday, Columbia.

Art Direction. Stephen Goosson and Lionel Banks.

Hunky and Spunky, Paramount.

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

If I Were King, Paramount.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Basil Rathbone.

Art Direction. Hans Dreier and John Goodman.

Music (Original Score). Richard Hageman.

Sound Recording. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Jezebel, Warner Bros.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actress. Bette Davis.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Fay Bainter.

Cinematography. Ernest Haller.

Music (Scoring). Max Steiner.

Kentucky, 20th Century-Fox.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Walter Brennan.

The Lady Objects, Columbia.

Music (Song). “A Mist over the Moon”. Music by Ben Oakland; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.

Mad About Music, Universal.

Art Direction. Jack Otterson.

Cinematography. Joseph Valentine.

Music (Scoring). Charles Previn and Frank Skinner.

Writing (Original Story). Marcella Burke and Frederick Kohner.

Mannequin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Song). “Always and Always”. Music by Edward Ward; lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright.

Marie Antoinette, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actress. Norma Shearer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Robert Morley.

Art Direction. Cedric Gibbons.

Music (Original Score). Herbert Stothart.

Merrily We Live, Hal Roach; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Billie Burke.

Art Direction. Charles D. Hall.

Cinematography. Norbert Brodine.

Music (Song). “Merrily We Live”. Music by Phil Charig; lyrics by Arthur Quenzer.

Sound Recording. Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director.

Mother Goose Goes Hollywood, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Silly Symphony Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Of Human Hearts, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Beulah Bondi.

Pacific Liner, RKO Radio.

Music (Original Score). Russell Bennett.

Pygmalion, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK)

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. Leslie Howard.

Best Actress. Wendy Hiller.

Writing (Screenplay). Screenplay and dialogue by George Bernard Shaw; adaptation by W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis and Ian Dalrymple.

Storm over Bengal, Republic.

Music (Scoring). Cy Feuer.

Suez, 20th Century-Fox.

Cinematography. Peverell Marley.

Music (Original Score). Louis Silvers.

Sound Recording. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Edmund H. Hansen, Sound Director.

Sweethearts, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Scoring). Herbert Stothart.

Sound Recording. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.

Swingtime in the Movies, Warner Bros. [Broadway Brevities Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

Test Pilot, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Film Editing. Tom Held.

Writing (Original Story). Frank Wead.

That Certain Age, Universal.

Music (Song). “My Own”. Music by Jimmy McHugh; lyrics by Harold Adamson.

Sound Recording. Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director.

That Mothers Might Live, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Miniature Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

There Goes My Heart, Hal Roach; United Artists.

Music (Scoring). Marvin Hatley.

They’re Always Caught, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Crime Doesn’t Pay Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

Three Comrades, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actress. Margaret Sullavan.

Timber Toppers, 20th Century-Fox. [Ed Thorgensen—Sports Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

Tropic Holiday, Paramount.

Music (Scoring). Boris Morros.

Under Western Stars, Republic.

Music (Song). “Dust”. Music and lyrics by Johnny Marvin.

Vivacious Lady, RKO Radio.

Cinematography. Robert de Grasse.

Sound Recording. RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director.

White Banners, Warner Bros.-Cosmopolitan.

Best Actress. Fay Bainter.

You Can’t Take It with You, Columbia.

Outstanding Production.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Spring Byington.

Directing. Frank Capra.

Cinematography. Joseph Walker.

Film Editing. Gene Havlick.

Sound Recording. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay). Robert Riskin.

The Young in Heart, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists.

Cinematography. Leon Shamroy.

Music (Original Score). Franz Waxman.

Music (Scoring). Franz Waxman.