| 9th Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
| 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 andThe Great Ziegfeld (7) |
The9th Academy Awards were held on March 4, 1937, at theBiltmore Hotel inLos Angeles, California[1] to honor films released in 1936. They were hosted byGeorge Jessel, with music by theVictor Young Orchestra, withSpike Jones on drums. This year marked the introduction of theBest Supporting Actor andBest Supporting Actress categories, and was the first year that the awards for directing and acting were fixed at five nominees per category.
Jessel assigned the wrong awards to the right winners of the newly-introduced supporting categories.The Great Ziegfeld was not a popular choice for Best Picture among members of the press, who felt that voters had been brainwashed by its lush gaudiness; they also felt thatLuise Rainer's win of Best Actress for her performance was unjustified due to the short length of her role in the film.[2]
My Man Godfrey became the firstfilm 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 untilSunset Boulevard at the23rd Academy Awards andAmerican Hustle at the86th. It was also the first of four films to receive four acting nominations without one for Best Picture, followed byI Remember Mama (1948),Othello (1965), andDoubt (2008).
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Nominees were announced on February 7, 1937. Winners are listed first and highlighted inboldface.[1]
| Awards | Film |
|---|---|
| 4 | Anthony Adverse |
| 3 | The Great Ziegfeld |
| The Story of Louis Pasteur |
