While going through Letterbox, I found this account, Cláudio Alves that has put together a list of films eligible for Oscars throughout the entire history of the Academy Awards. And I was incredibly impressed and thrilled to find such lists.
And such lists got me thinking: I've often ranted about how the Oscars get it wrong, every year, and have always done so. So how would I have done it? If I had been presented with these ballots every year, how would I have voted every time? In contrast, not taking into consideration Academy eligibility rules, which are often confusing and contradictory, what films would have stood out to me each year? So, this list was born.
This list will…
While going through Letterbox, I found this account, Cláudio Alves that has put together a list of films eligible for Oscars throughout the entire history of the Academy Awards. And I was incredibly impressed and thrilled to find such lists.
And such lists got me thinking: I've often ranted about how the Oscars get it wrong, every year, and have always done so. So how would I have done it? If I had been presented with these ballots every year, how would I have voted every time? In contrast, not taking into consideration Academy eligibility rules, which are often confusing and contradictory, what films would have stood out to me each year? So, this list was born.
This list will be part of an ongoing personal project where I go through every Academy Awards and make two lists: The first, a retrospective ballot based off actual eligible films and using official categories for that ceremony. The second will be a retrospective of my own personal awards that I choose each year, without taking into consideration Academy eligibility or how the Academy defines the release of each film.
This is my retrospective ballot for the Ninth Academy Awards.
Special note here, the list of eligible Oscar nominees does not include short films so, I'm using the release date to give myself as best an idea of what to pick from as I can, so what I choose may not completely accurately reflect what was eligible at the time since eligibility for shorts is weird a lot of the times. But it's the best I can do.
Partner to the Retrospective Golden Hourglass Awards: 1937
Nominees taken from: boxd.it/cuAnY
Categories:
Outstanding Picture:
Modern Times ***Winner***
Dodsworth
Fury
The General Died at Dawn
The Great Ziegfeld
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
My Man Godfrey
Show Boat
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Swing Time
Best Director:
Robert Z. Leonard - The Great Ziegfeld***Winner***
Charlie Chaplin - Modern Times
Fritz Lang - Fury
James Whale - Show Boat
William Wyler - Dodsworth
Best Actor:
Spencer Tracy - Fury ***Winner***
Gary Cooper - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Walter Huston - Dodsworth
Paul Muni - The Story of Louis Pasteur
William Powell - The Great Ziegfeld
Best Actress:
Carole Lombard - My Man Godfrey ***Winner***
Ruth Chatterton - Dodsworth
Joan Crawford - The Gorgeous Hussy
Irene Dunne - Theodora Goes Wild
Sylvia Sidney - Fury
Best Supporting Actor:
Paul Robeson - Show Boat ***Winner***
Fitz Lieber - The Story of Louis Pasteur
Frank Morgan - The Great Ziegfeld
Eugene Pallette - My Man Godfrey
Akim Tamiroff - The General Died at Dawn
Best Supporting Actress:
Alice Brady - My Man Godfrey***Winner***
Mary Astor - Dodsworth
Florence Eldridge - Mary of Scotland
Myrna Loy - The Great Ziegfeld
Gail Patrick - My Man Godfrey
Best Original Story:
Modern Times***Winner***
Fury
The General Died at Dawn
The Story of Louis and Pasteur
Theodora Goes Wild
Best Screenplay:
Dodsworth ***Winner***
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
My Man Godfrey
Show Boat
Swing Time
Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel:
Every Sunday ***Winner***
Important News
Killer Dog
Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel:
Pay As You Exit ***Winner***
Grand Slam Opera
The Plow That Broke the Plains
Best Live Action Short Subject, Color:
Give Me Liberty ***Winner***
The Song of a Nation
Yellowstone Park: 'Nature's Playground'
Best Short Subject, Cartoon:
Somewhere in Dreamland ***Winner***
I Love to Singa
Thru the Mirror
Best Scoring
Swing Time ***Winner***
Captain January
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The General Died at Dawn
Modern Times
Best Song
Never Gonna Dance - Swing Time ***Winner***
All Is Fair in Love and War - Gold Diggers of 1937
I've Got You Under My Skin - Born to Dance
Moonburn - Anything Goes
Oh My Goodness - Poor Little Rich Girl
The Way You Look Tonight - Swing Time
Best Sound Recording
The General Died at Dawn ***Winner***
Born to Dance
Captain January
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Great Ziegfeld
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
San Francisco
Show Boat
Swing Time
Best Art Direction:
The Great Ziegfeld ***Winner***
Dodsworth
Mary of Scotland
Modern Times
My Man Godfrey
Show Boat
Swing Time
Best Cinematography:
Modern Times ***Winner***
The General Died at Dawn
The Great Ziegfeld
Best Film Editing
The General Died at Dawn ***Winner***
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Fury
The Great Ziegfeld
Modern Times
Show Boat
Best Dance Direction
The Great Ziegfeld ***Winner***
Anything Goes
Born to Dance
Gold Diggers of 1937
Poor Little Rich Girl
Show Boat
Swing Time
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Films with multiple nominations:
10: The Great Ziegfeld
8: Show Boat, Swing Time
7: My Man Godfrey, Dodsworth, The General Died at Dawn, Modern Times
6: Fury
4: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Story of Louis Pasteur,
3: Born to Dance, The Charge of the Light Brigade
2: Theodora Goes Wild, Anything Goes, Captain January, The Gold Diggers of 1937, Mary of Scotland, Poor Little Rich Girl
Films with multiple wins
3: The Great Ziegfeld, Modern Times
2: The General Died at Dawn, My Man Godfrey
