| Outstanding Production |
Best Director |
- The Life of Emile Zola
- The Awful Truth
- Captains Courageous
- Dead End
- The Good Earth
- In Old Chicago
- Lost Horizon
- One Hundred Men and a Girl
- Stage Door
- A Star Is Born
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- Leo McCarey – The Awful Truth
- William Dieterle – The Life of Emile Zola
- Sidney Franklin – The Good Earth
- Gregory La Cava – Stage Door
- William Wellman – A Star Is Born
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| Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- Spencer Tracy – Captains Courageous
- Charles Boyer – Conquest
- Fredric March – A Star Is Born
- Robert Montgomery – Night Must Fall
- Paul Muni – The Life of Emile Zola
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- Luise Rainer – The Good Earth
- Irene Dunne – The Awful Truth
- Greta Garbo – Camille
- Janet Gaynor – A Star Is Born
- Barbara Stanwyck – Stella Dallas
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| Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Joseph Schildkraut – The Life of Emile Zola
- Ralph Bellamy – The Awful Truth
- Thomas Mitchell – The Hurricane
- H. B. Warner – Lost Horizon
- Roland Young – Topper
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- Alice Brady – In Old Chicago
- Andrea Leeds – Stage Door
- Anne Shirley – Stella Dallas
- Claire Trevor – Dead End
- Dame May Whitty – Night Must Fall
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| Best Story |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- A Star Is Born – William A. Wellman and Robert Carson
- In Old Chicago – Niven Busch
- The Life of Emile Zola – Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg
- One Hundred Men and a Girl – Hans Kraly
- Black Legion – Robert Lord
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- The Life of Emile Zola – Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, Norman Reilly Raine
- Stage Door – Morris Ryskind and Anthony Veiller
- A Star Is Born – Alan Campbell, Robert Carson and Dorothy Parker
- The Awful Truth – Viña Delmar
- Captains Courageous – John Lee Mahin, Marc Connolly and Dale Van Every
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| Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel |
Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel |
- The Private Life of the Gannets – Skibo Productions and Educational
- A Night at the Movies – MGM
- Romance of Radium – Pete Smith and MGM
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- Torture Money – MGM
- Deep South – RKO Radio
- Should Wives Work? – RKO Radio
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| Best Live Action Short Film, Color |
Best Animated Short Film |
- Penny Wisdom – Pete Smith and MGM
- The Man Without a Country – Warner Bros.
- Popular Science J-7-1 – Paramount
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- The Old Mill – Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio
- Educated Fish – Paramount
- The Little Match Girl – Charles Mintz and Columbia
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| Best Score |
Best Song |
- One Hundred Men and a Girl – Universal Studio Music Department
- Lost Horizon – Columbia Studio Music Department
- The Hurricane – Goldwyn Studio Music Department
- Something to Sing About – Grand National Studio Music Department
- Way Out West – Hal Roach Studio Music Department
- Maytime – MGM Studio Music Department
- Souls at Sea – Paramount Studio Music Department
- Make a Wish – Principal Productions
- Portia on Trial – Republic Studio Music Department
- Quality Street – RKO Radio Studio Music Department
- The Prisoner of Zenda – Selznick International Pictures Music Department
- In Old Chicago – Twentieth Century Fox Studio Music Department
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Walt Disney Studio Music Department
- The Life of Emile Zola – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department
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- "Sweet Leilani" from Waikiki Wedding – Music and Lyric by Harry Owens
- "Remember Me" from Mr. Dodd Takes the Air – Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Al Dubin
- "That Old Feeling" from Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 – Music by Sammy Fain; Lyric by Lew Brown
- "They Can't Take That Away From Me" from Shall We Dance – Music by George Gershwin; Lyric by Ira Gershwin
- "Whispers in the Dark" from Artists and Models – Music by Frederick Hollander; Lyric by Leo Robin
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| Best Art Direction |
Best Cinematography |
- Lost Horizon – Stephen Goosson
- A Damsel in Distress – Carroll Clark
- Wee Willie Winkie – William S. Darling and David S. Hall
- Dead End – Richard Day
- Souls at Sea – Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson
- Conquest – Cedric Gibbons and William Horning
- The Life of Emile Zola – Anton Grot
- Every Day's a Holiday – Wiard Ihnen
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round – John Victor Mackay
- You're a Sweetheart – Jack Otterson
- Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 – Alexander Toluboff
- The Prisoner of Zenda – Lyle Wheeler
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- The Good Earth – Karl Freund
- Dead End – Gregg Toland
- Wings Over Honolulu – Joseph Valentine
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| Best Sound Recording |
Best Film Editing |
- The Hurricane – Thomas Moulton, United Artists Studio Sound Department
- Lost Horizon – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department
- The Girl Said No – A. E. Kaye, Grand National Studio Sound Department
- Topper – Elmer A. Raguse, Hal Roach Studio Sound Department
- Maytime – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department
- Wells Fargo – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department
- Hitting a New High – John Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
- In Old Chicago – E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department
- One Hundred Men and a Girl – Homer G. Tasker, Universal Studio Sound Department
- The Life of Emile Zola – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
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- Lost Horizon – Gene Havlick and Gene Milford
- One Hundred Men and a Girl – Bernard W. Burton
- The Awful Truth – Al Clark
- Captains Courageous – Elmo Vernon
- The Good Earth – Basil Wrangell
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| Best Assistant Director |
Best Dance Direction |
- In Old Chicago – Robert Webb
- Lost Horizon – C. C. Coleman, Jr.
- The Life of Emile Zola – Russ Saunders
- A Star Is Born – Eric G. Stacey
- Souls at Sea – Hal Walker
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- A Damsel in Distress – Hermes Pan
- Varsity Show – Busby Berkeley
- Ready, Willing and Able – Bobby Connolly
- A Day at the Races – Dave Gould
- Ali Baba Goes to Town – Sammy Lee
- Waikiki Wedding – LeRoy Prinz
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