Miglior Film

L’eterna illusione-YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (Columbia)
Frank Capra – Producer

Le avventure di Robin Hood-THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (Warner Bros) - Hal B. Wallis – Producer, Henry Blanke – Producer
La grande strada bianca-ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND (20th Century Fox) - Darryl F. Zanuck – Producer, Harry Joe Brown – Producer
La città dei ragazzi-BOYS TOWN (Mgm) - John W. Considine, Jr. – Producer
La cittadella-THE CITADEL (Mgm) - Victor Saville – Producer
Le quattro figlie-FOUR DAUGHTERS (Warner Bros) - Hal B. Wallis – Producer, Henry Blanke – Producer
La grande illusione-GRAND ILLUSION (R.C.A. World Pictures) - Frank Rollmer – Producer, Albert Pinkovitch – Producer
La figlia del vento-JEZEBEL (Warner Bros) - Hal B. Wallis – Producer, Henry Blanke – Producer
Pigmaglione-PYGMALION (Mgm-Inghilterra) - Gabriel Pascal – Producer
Arditi dell’aria-TEST PILOT (Mgm) - Louis D. Lighton – Producer

Frank Capra
L’eterna illusione-YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

Michael Curtiz - Gli angeli con la faccia sporca-ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
Michael Curtiz - Le quattro figlie-FOUR DAUGHTERS
Norman Taurog - La città dei ragazzi-BOYS TOWN
King Vidor - La cittadella-THE CITADEL

Miglior attore

Spencer Tracy
La città dei ragazzi-BOYS TOWN

Charles Boyer - Un’americana nella Casbah-ALGIERS
James Cagney - Gli angeli con la faccia sporca-ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
Robert Donat - La cittadella-THE CITADEL
Leslie Howard - Pigmaglione-PYGMALION

Miglior attrice

Bette Davis
La figlia del vento-JEZEBEL

Fay Bainter - Bandiere bianche-WHITE BANNERS
Dame Wendy Hiller - Pigmaglione-PYGMALION
Norma Shearer - Maria Antonietta-MARIE ANTOINETTE
Margaret Sullavan - Tre camerati-THREE COMRADES

Miglior attore non protagonista

Walter Brennan
KENTUCKY

John Garfield - Quattro figlie-FOUR DAUGHTERS
Gene Lockhart - Un’america nella Casbah-ALGIERS
Robert Morley - Maria Antonietta-MARIE ANTOINETTE
Basil Rathbone - Un vagabondo alla corte di Francia-IF I WERE KING

Miglior attrice non protagonista

Fay Bainter
La figlia del vento-JEZEBEL

Beulah Bondi - Cuori umani-OF HUMAN HEARTS
Billie Burke - Gioia di vivere-MERRILY WE LIVE
Spring Byington - L’eterna illusione-YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Miliza Korjus - Il grande valzer-THE GREAT WALTZ

Miglior sceneggiatura

Eleanore Griffin, Dore Schary
La città dei ragazzi-BOYS TOWN

Irving Berlin - La grande strada bianca-ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
Rowland Brown - Gli angeli con la faccia sporca-ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
John Howard Lawson - Marco il ribelle-BLOCKADE
Marcella Burke, Frederick Kohner - Pazza per la musica-MAD ABOUT MUSIC
Frank Wead - Arditi dell’aria-TEST PILOT

Miglior sceneggiatura non originale

George Bernard Shaw, Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb
Pigmaglione-PYGMALION

John Meehan, Dore Schary - La città dei ragazzi-BOYS TOWN
Ian Dalrymple, Elizabeth Hill, Frank Wead - La cittadella-THE CITADEL
Lenore Coffee, Julius J. Epstein - Le quattro figlie-FOUR DAUGHTERS
Robert Riskin - L’eterna illusione-YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

Miglior scenografia e arredamento

Carl J. Weyl - Art Direction
Le avventure di Robin Hood-THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD

Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction Le avventure di Tom Sawyer-THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Bernard Herzbrun - Art Direction, Boris Leven - Art Direction La lunga strada bianca-ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
Alexander Toluboff - Art Direction Un’americana nella Casbah-ALGIERS
Van Nest Polglase - Art Direction Girandola-CAREFREE
Richard Day - Art Direction Follie di Hollywood-THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES
Stephen Goosson - Art Direction, Lionel Banks - Art Direction Incantesimo-HOLIDAY
Hans Dreier - Art Direction, John B. Goodman - Art Direction Un vagabondo alla corte di Francia-IF I WERE KING
Jack Otterson - Art Direction Pazza per la musica-MAD ABOUT MUSIC
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction Maria Antonietta-MARIE ANTOINETTE
Charles D. Hall - Art Direction Gioia di vivere-MERRILY WE LIVE

Miglior fotografia

Joseph Ruttenberg
Il grande valzer-THE GREAT WALTZ

James Wong Howe - Un americana nella Casbah-ALGIERS
Ernest Miller, Harry Wild - ARMY GIRL
Victor Milner - I filibustieri-THE BUCCANEER
Ernest Haller - La figlia del vento-JEZEBEL
Joseph Valentie - Pazza per la musica-MAD ABOUT MUSIC
Norbert Brodine - Gioia di vivere-MERRILY WE LIVE
J. Peverell Marley - SUEZ
Robert de Grasse - Una donna vivace-VIVACIOUS LADY
Joseph Walker - L’eterna illusione-YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Leon Shamroy - Quattro in paradiso-THE YOUNG IN HEART

Miglior montaggio

Ralph Dawson
Le avventure di Robin Hood-THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD

Barbara McLean - La lunga strada bianca-ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
Tom Held - Il grande valzer-THE GREAT WALTZ
Tom Held - Arditi dell’aria-TEST PILOT
Gene Havlick - L’eterna illusione-YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

Miglior colonna sonora originale
(Rules changed in 1938: Music - Score divided into Score (regardless of source) and Original Score. Composers, rather than studio department heads, now receive the award.)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Le avventure di Robin Hood-THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD

Victor Young - ARMY GIRL
Werner Janssen - Marco il ribelle-BLOCKADE
Marvin Hatley - Vent’anni dopo/Stanlio e Ollio due teste dure-BLOCK-HEADS
Victor Young - Un colpo di vento-BREAKING THE ICE
Alfred Newman - La dama e il cowboy-THE COWBOY AND THE LADY
Richard Hageman - Un vagabondo alla corte di Francia-IF I WERE KING
Herbert Stothart - Maria Antonietta-MARIE ANTOINETTE
Russell Bennett - Tragedia sul Pacifico-PACIFIC LINER
Louis Silvers - SUEZ
Franz Waxman - Quattro in paradiso-THE YOUNG IN HEART

Miglior colonna sonora
(Rules changed in 1938: Music - Score divided into Score (regardless of source) and Original Score. Composers, rather than studio department heads, now receive the award.)

Alfred Newman
La lunga strada bianca-ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND

Victor Baravalle - Girandola-CAREFREE
Alfred Newman - Follie di Hollywood-THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES
Morris Stoloff, Gregory Stone - Vogliamo l’amore-GIRLS SCHOOL
Max Steiner - La figlia del vento-JEZEBEL
Charles Previn, Frank Skinner - Pazza per la musica-MAD ABOUT MUSIC
Cy Feuer - Tempesta sul Bengala-STORM OVER BENGAL
Herbert Stothart - Bisticci d’amore-SWEETHEARTS
Marvin Hatley - L’amore bussa tre volte-THERE GOES MY HEART
Boris Morros - TROPIC HOLIDAY
Franz Waxman - Quattro in paradiso-THE YOUNG IN HEART

Miglior canzone

Ralph Rainger – Music, Leo Robin – Lyrics
THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938 "Thanks for the Memory"

Edward Ward – Music, Chet Forrest – Lyrics, Bob Wright –– Lyrics - La donna che voglio-MANNEQUIN "Always and Always"
Irving Berlin - Music & Lyrics - Girandola-CAREFREE "Change Partners and Dance with Me"
Lionel Newman – Music, Arthur Quenzer – Lyrics - La dama e il cowboy-THE COWBOY AND THE LADY "Cowboy and the Lady"
Johnny Marvin - Music & Lyrics - UNDER WESTERN STARS "Dust"
Harry Warren – Music, Johnny Mercer – Lyrics - GOING PLACES "Jeepers Creepers"
Phil Craig – Music, Arthur Quenzer – Lyrics - Gioia di vivere-MERRILY WE LIVE "Merrily We Live"
Ben Oakland – Music, Oscar Hammerstein II – Lyrics - THE LADY OBJECTS "A Mist Over the Moon"
Jimmy McHugh – Music, Harold Adamson – Lyrics - Quella certa età-THAT CERTAIN AGE "My Own"
Irving Berlin - Music & Lyrics - La grande strada bianca-ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND "Now It Can Be Told"

Miglior Animated Short

Ferdinando e il toro-FERDINAND THE BULL
Walt Disney – Producer

BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR - Walt Disney – Producer
MOTHER GOOSE GOES HOLLYWOOD - Walt Disney – Producer
GOOD SCOUTS - Walt Disney – Producer
HUNKY AND SPUNKY - Paramount

Miglior Short Subjects - One-Reel

THAT MOTHERS MIGHT LIVE
MGM

THE GREAT HEART - MGM
TIMBER TOPPERS - 20th Century-Fox

Miglior Short Subjects - Two-Reel

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Warner Bros.

SWINGTIME IN THE MOVIES - Warner Bros.
THEY'RE ALWAYS CAUGHT - MGM

Miglior suono

Thomas Moulton
La dama e il cowboy-THE COWBOY AND THE LADY

Nathan Levinson - Le quattro figlie-FOUR DAUGHTERS
L.L. Ryder - Un vagabondo alla corte di Francia-IF I WERE KING
Elmer Raguse - Gioia di vivere-MERRILY WE LIVE
Douglas Shearer - Bisticci d’amore-SWEETHEARTS
Edmund Hansen - SUEZ
Bernard B. Brown - Quella certa età-THAT CERTAIN AGE
James Wilkinson - Una donna vivace-VIVACIOUS LADY
John Livadary - L’eterna illusione-YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

(No award given for 1938.)

Class II (Plaque)

(No award given for 1938.)

Class III (Citation)

John Aalberg
RKO Studio Sound Department
For the application of compression to variable area recording in motion picture production.
Byron Haskin
Special Effects Department of Warner Bros. Studio
For pioneering the development and for the first practical application to motion picture production of the triple head background projector.

Honorary and other awards

Deanna Durbin, Mickey Rooney
For their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement. Winners presented Miniature Statuettes..
Harry M. Warner
In recognition of patriotic service in the production of historical short subjects presenting significant episodes in the early struggle of the American people for liberty. Winner presented a Scroll.
Walt Disney
Biancaneve e i sette nani-SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
For Biancaneve e i sette nani-SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon. Winner presented one Statuette and seven Miniature Statuettes.
Oliver Marsh, Allen Davey
Bisticci d’amore-SWEETHEARTS
For the color cinematography of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, Bisticci d’amore-SWEETHEARTS. Winners presented Plaques.
Harry M. Warner
In recognition of patriotic service in the production of historical short subjects presenting significant episodes in the early struggle of the American people for liberty. Winner presented a Scroll.
Gordon Jennings - Special Effects, Jan Domela - Special Effects, Devereux Jennings - Special Effects, Irmin Roberts - Special Effects, Arthur Smith - Special Effects, Farciot Edouart - Transparencies, Loyal Griggs - Transparencies, Loren L. Ryder - Sound Effects, Harry Mills - Sound Effects, Louis H. Mesenkop - Sound Effects, Walter Oberst - Sound Effects
Il falco del nord-SPAWN OF THE NORTH
For outstanding achievement in creating special photographic and sound effects in the Paramount production, Il falco del nord-SPAWN OF THE NORTH. Winners presented Plaques.
J. Arthur Ball
For his outstanding contributions to the advancement of color in motion picture photography. Winner presented a Scroll.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Hal B. Wallis

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