Awards/Nominations for 1938 Academy Awards View for other years: 1938 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928

Best Picture Win: You Can't Take It With You Runner-Up: Alexander's Ragtime Band Runner-Up: Boys Town Runner-Up: Four Daughters Runner-Up: Jezebel Runner-Up: La Grande Illusion Runner-Up: Pygmalion Runner-Up: Test Pilot Runner-Up: The Adventures of Robin Hood Runner-Up: The Citadel Best Director Win: Frank Capra, You Can't Take It With You Runner-Up: Michael Curtiz, Angels with Dirty Faces Runner-Up: Norman Taurog, Boys Town Runner-Up: Michael Curtiz, Four Daughters Runner-Up: King Vidor, The Citadel Best Actor Win: Spencer Tracy, Boys Town Runner-Up: Charles Boyer, Algiers Runner-Up: James Cagney, Angels with Dirty Faces Runner-Up: Leslie Howard, Pygmalion Runner-Up: Robert Donat, The Citadel Best Actress Win: Bette Davis, Jezebel Runner-Up: Norma Shearer, Marie Antoinette Runner-Up: Wendy Hiller, Pygmalion Runner-Up: Margaret Sullivan, Three Comrades Runner-Up: Fay Bainter, White Banners Best Supporting Actor Win: Walter Brennan, Kentucky Runner-Up: Gene Lockhart, Algiers Runner-Up: John Garfield, Four Daughters Runner-Up: Basil Rathbone, If I Were King Runner-Up: Robert Morley, Marie Antoinette Best Supporting Actress Win: Fay Bainter, Jezebel Runner-Up: Billie Burke, Merrily We Live Runner-Up: Beulah Bondi, Of Human Hearts Runner-Up: Miliza Korjus, The Great Waltz Runner-Up: Spring Byington, You Can't Take It With You Best Original Story Win: Eleanore Griffin, Dore Schary , Boys Town Runner-Up: Irving Berlin, Alexander's Ragtime Band Runner-Up: Rowland Brown, Angels with Dirty Faces Runner-Up: John Howard Lawson, Blockade Runner-Up: Marcella Burke, Frederick Kohner , Mad About Music Runner-Up: Frank Wead, Test Pilot Best Screenplay Win: George Bernard Shaw, Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb , Pygmalion Runner-Up: John Meehan, Dore Schary , Boys Town Runner-Up: Lenore J. Coffee, Julius J. Epstein , Four Daughters Runner-Up: Ian Dalrymple, Elizabeth Hill, Frank Wead , The Citadel Runner-Up: Robert Riskin, You Can't Take It With You

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