The 10th Academy Awards were held on March 10, 1938, to honor films released in 1937, at the

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and hosted by Bob Burns. Originally scheduled for March 3, 1938, the ceremony was postponed due to the Los Angeles flood of 1938. This was the last year for two Oscars categories: Best Dance Direction, which this year saw the only nomination ever received by a

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film (Dave Gould for "All God's Children Got Rhythm" in '' A Day at the Races''), and Best Assistant Director. ''

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'' was the first film to receive ten nominations and the second consecutive biographical film to win

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, following the previous year's ''

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''.

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received the

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for ''

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'', earning her the distinctions of being the first actor to win two Academy Awards and the first to win consecutive acting awards, following her win for ''The Great Ziegfeld''.

, who didn't think anyone could win in two consecutive years, stayed at home with her husband, playwright

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, on the night of the ceremony. She was informed of her win by telephone, hastily dressed herself up, and rushed out the door to collect her second Oscar, which was said to have "jinxed her". '' A Star Is Born'' was the first color film to receive a

nomination.

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's ''

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'', the world's first full-length

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animated feature film with sound and widely seen as one of the greatest motion pictures of all time, received only one nomination, for Best Original Score. The following year, the Academy presented Disney an

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(consisting of one full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature statuettes on a stepped base) "for creating ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''

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recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon". This is a rare case of a film being recognized in two successive ceremonies. This was the first year in which every film nominated for Best Picture received multiple nominations.

Winners and nominees

Awards

Nominations announced on February 6, 1938. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Special Awards

* To

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, for his lasting contribution to the comedy technique of the screen, the basic principles of which are as important today as when they were first put into practice, the Academy presents a Special Award to that master of fun, discoverer of stars, sympathetic, kindly, understanding comedy genius - Mack Sennett. * To

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for his outstanding comedy creation, ''Charlie McCarthy''. * To The Museum of Modern Art Film Library for its significant work in collecting films dating from 1895 to the present and for the first time making available to the public the means of studying the historical and aesthetic development of the motion picture as one of the major arts. * To W. Howard Greene for the color photography of '' A Star Is Born''.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

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Multiple nominations and awards

References