This list of American films of 1937 compiles American feature-length

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that were released in 1937. The

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, hosted by Bob Burns, were presented on March 10, 1938 at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel. There were ten nominees for Best Picture: '' The Awful Truth'' (also director in'', actress and supporting actor), ''

Captains Courageous ''Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks'' is an 1897 novel by Rudyard Kipling that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese f ...

'' (also actor in''), '' Dead End'' (also supporting actress), '' The Good Earth'' (also director and actress in''), ''

In Old Chicago ''In Old Chicago'' is a 1938 American disaster musical drama film directed by Henry King. The screenplay by Sonya Levien and Lamar Trotti was based on the Niven Busch story, "We the O'Learys". The film is a fictionalized account about the G ...

'' (also supporting actress in''), ''

Lost Horizon ''Lost Horizon'' is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. The book was turned into a film, also called '' Lost Horizon'', in 1937 by director Frank Capra. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamaser ...

'' (also supporting actor), '' One Hundred Men and a Girl'', ''

Stage Door ''Stage Door'' is a 1937 RKO film directed by Gregory La Cava. Adapted from the play of the same name, it tells the story of several would-be actresses who live together in a boarding house at 158 West 58th Street in New York City. The film ...

'' (also director and supporting actress), '' A Star Is Born'' (also director, actor and actress) and the winner, ''

The Life of Emile Zola ''The Life of Emile Zola'' is a 1937 American biographical film about the 19th-century French author Émile Zola starring Paul Muni and directed by William Dieterle. It premiered at the Los Angeles Carthay Circle Theatre to great critical and ...

'' (also director, actor and supporting actor in''). Additional films with acting nominations: '' Camille'' (actress), ''

Conquest Conquest is the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms. Military history provides many examples of conquest: the Roman conquest of Britain, the Mauryan conquest of Afghanistan and of vast areas of the Indian subcontinent, ...

'' (actor), '' The Hurricane'' (supporting actor), '' Night Must Fall'' (actor and supporting actress), '' Stella Dallas'' (actress and supporting actress), '' Topper'' (supporting actor). Films listed by number of nominations in all categories: ''

'' (10 wins, '' A Star Is Born'' (7 win and 1 non-competitive win, ''

'' (7 wins, ''

'' (6 wins, '' The Awful Truth'' (6 win, '' The Good Earth'' (5 wins, '' One Hundred Men and a Girl'' (5 win, ''

'' (4 win, ''

'' (4), '' Dead End'' (4), '' The Hurricane'' (3 win, ''

'' (2), '' Night Must Fall'' (2), '' Stella Dallas'' (2), '' Topper'' (2), '' Camille'' (1). Additional films with nominations: '' Souls at Sea'' (3), '' A Damsel in Distress'' (2), '' Maytime'' (2), ''

The Prisoner of Zenda ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in orde ...

'' (2), '' Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938'' (2), '' Waikiki Wedding'' (2), '' Black Legion'' (1), '' Wings over Honolulu'' (1).

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