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 Tenth 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: 1938.
Nominees taken from: boxd.it/cuU30
Categories:
Outstanding Picture:
Make Way for Tomorrow ***Winner***
Black Legion
Captains Courageous
Conquest
The Firefly
The Good Earth
Shall We Dance
Stage Door
A Star is Born
You Only Live Once
Best Director:
Leo McCarey - Make Way for Tomorrow ***Winner***
Clarence Brown - Conquest
Archie Mayo - The Black Legion
Mark Sandrich - Shall We Dance?
William Wellman - A Star is Born
Best Actor:
Victor Moore - Make Way for Tomorrow ***Winner***
Freddie Bartholomew - Captains Courageous
Humphrey Bogart - Black Legion
Henry Fonda - You Only Live Once
Frederic March - A Star is Born
Best Actress:
Beulah Bondi - Make Way for Tomorrow ***Winner***
Greta Garbo - Conquest
Janet Gaynor - A Star is Born
Sylvia Sidney - You Only Live Once
Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas
Best Supporting Actor:
Spencer Tracy - Captains Courageous ***Winner***
Dick Foran - Black Legion
William Gargan - You Only Live Once
Roland Lui - The Good Earth
Edward Norris - They Won't Forget
Best Supporting Actress:
Andrea Leeds - Stage Door ***Winner***
Gloria Dickson - They Won't Forget
Elisabeth Risdon - Make Way for Tomorrow
Anne Shirley - Stella Dallas
Verree Teasdale - First Lady
Best Original Story:
Black Legion***Winner***
A Day at the Races
Shall We Dance
A Star is Born
You Only Live Once
Best Adaptation:
Make Way for Tomorrow ***Winner***
Stage Door
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
They Gave Him a Gun
They Won't Forget
Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel:
The King Without a Crown ***Winner***
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
How to Undress In Front of Your Husband
Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel:
Goofs and Saddles ***Winner***
Jail Bait
People of the Cumberland
Best Live Action Short Subject, Color:
The Man Without a Country ***Winner***
The Littlest Diplomat
Penny Wisdom
Best Short Subject, Cartoon:
The Old Mill ***Winner***
Glen Falls Sequence
Pluto's Quin-puplets
Best Scoring
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ***Winner***
Broadway Melody of 1938
Captains Courageous
Conquest
A Day at the Races
The Good Earth
Heidi
Shall We Dance
Stage Door
A Star is Born
They Gave Him a Gun
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Topper
Varsity Show
Best Song
Everybody Sing - The Broadway Melody of 1938 ***Winner***
The Donkey Serenade - The Firefly
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Shall We Dance
Someday My Prince Will Come - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
They Can't Take That Away From Me - Shall We Dance
Best Sound Recording
Shall We Dance ***Winner***
Captains Courageous
Conquest
The Firefly
The Good Earth
In Old Chicago
The Shadow Strikes
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
A Star is Born
You Only Live Once
Best Art Direction:
The Good Earth ***Winner***
Broadway Melody of 1938
Call It a Day
Conquest
The Firefly
Lost Horizon
Make Way for Tomorrow
Shall We Dance
Stage Door
A Star is Born
Best Cinematography:
The Good Earth ***Winner***
Black Legion
Make Way for Tomorrow
Best Film Editing
The Good Earth ***Winner***
Conquest
The Shadow Strikes
They Gave Him a Gun
They Won't Forget
Best Dance Direction
Shall We Dance ***Winner***
Broadway Melody of 1938
Heidi
A Day at the Races
Pick a Star
Varsity Show
Waikiki Wedding
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Films with multiple nominations:
9: Shall We Dance
8: Make Way for Tomorrow, A Star is Born
7: Conquest, The Good Earth
6: Black Legion, You Only Live Once
5: Captains Courageous, Stage Door
4: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Broadway Melody of 1938, The Firefly, They Won't Forget
3: Stella Dallas, A Day at the Races, They Gave Him a Gun
2: Heidi, Varsity Show
Films with multiple wins
5: Make Way for Tomorrow
3: The Good Earth
2: Shall We Dance
