9th Academy Awards
The 9th Academy Awards were held on March 4, 1937, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California.[1] They were hosted by George Jessel; music was provided by the Victor Young Orchestra, which at the time featured Spike Jones on drums. This ceremony marked the introduction of the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories, and was the first year that the awards for directing and acting were fixed at five nominees per category.
9th Academy Awards | |
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Date | March 4, 1937 |
Site | Biltmore Hotel |
Hosted by | George Jessel |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | The Great Ziegfeld |
Most awards | Anthony Adverse (4) |
Most nominations | Anthony Adverse, Dodsworth and The Great Ziegfeld (7) |
My Man Godfrey became the first film to receive nominations in all four acting categories, but did not win in any category. It is the only such film to not receive a nomination for Best Picture, and was the only one to lose all of its nominations until Sunset Boulevard at the 23rd Academy Awards. It was also the first of four films to receive four acting nominations without one for Best Picture, followed by I Remember Mama (1948), Othello (1965), and Doubt (2008).
Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[1]
Academy Honorary Awards
- W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson "for the color cinematography of the Selznick International Production, The Garden of Allah".
- The March of Time "for its significance to motion pictures and for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry – the newsreel".
Multiple nominations and awards
The following twenty films received multiple nominations:
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The following three films received multiple awards:
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References
- "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-07.