The tenth Academy Awards was postponed for a week because torrential rains in Los Angeles caused major flooding. The Awards were held on Thursday, March 10, 1938 at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel. Luise Rainer, who had won the previous year for best actress, became the first person to win a second Academy Award. After the ceremony, Spencer Tracy's Oscar was sent to be inscribed. Unfortunately, there was an error and his Oscar came back engraved to "Dick Tracy." Comedian Bob Burns was the host.
The 1937 Academy Award Winners
Picture: The Life of Emile ZolaActor: Spencer Tracy (Captains Courageous)
Actress: Luise Rainer (The Good Earth)
Supporting Actor: Joseph Schildkraut (The Life of Emile Zola)
Supporting Actress: Alice Brady (In Old Chicago)
Director: Leo McCarey (The Awful Truth)
Adapted Screenplay: Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, and Norman Reilly Raine (The Life of Emile Zola)
Original Story: William A. Wellman and Robert Carson (A Star Is Born)
Song: "Sweet Leilani" (Waikiki Wedding)
Score: 100 Men and a Girl
Cinematography: The Good Earth
Interior Decoration: Lost Horizon
Film Editing: Lost Horizon
Sound: The Hurricane
Short Films: The Old Mill (Cartoons) / Private Life of the Gannetts (One-Reel) / Torture Money (Two-Reel) / Penny Wisdom (Color)
