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Assistant Director - Russ Saunders Directing - William Dieterle Music (Scoring) - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
The 10th Academy Awards were held on March 10, 1938 to honor films released in 1937, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California and hosted by Bob Burns. Originally scheduled for March 3, 1938, the ceremony was postponed due to the Los Angeles flood of 1938.
The first change was the date. It was originally scheduled for March 3rd, 1938 at the Biltmore Hotel, but was postponed until the 10th due to heavy flooding in Los Angeles. It was the final year for two categories: Best Dance Direction and Best Assistant Director. It introduced a new special award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
It was also the final year for the Best Dance Direction and Best Assistant Director categories, which were won by Hermes Pan (A Damsel in Distress’s “Fun House” number) and In Old Chicago’s Robert Webb respectively.
Many of the major Oscar winners in 1938 were repeat winners: Frank Capra (with his third Best Director award), Spencer Tracy (with his second Best Actor award), Bette Davis (with her second Best Actress award), Walter Brennan (with his second Best Supporting Actor award), and Walt Disney (with his seventh Best Short Subject: Cartoon award).
The Academy Award for Best Assistant Director was awarded from 1933 through 1937. In the first year of this award, it referred to no specific film. 1933: Charles Barton (Paramount) - winner; Scott Beal (Universal) - winner; Charles Dorian (M-G-M) - winner; Fred Fox (United Artists) - winner; Gordon Hollingshead (Warner Bros.) - winner
Best Director: Leo McCarey. Best Leading Actress: Luise Rainer. Best Leading Actor: Spencer Tracy. Best Supporting Actor: Joseph Schildkraut. Best Supporting Actress: Alice Brady. Best Screenplay: Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, Norman Reilly Raine. Best Story: William A. Wellman, Robert Carson. ↧ See All. Most awarded films. 3. 2. 1.
