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The 9th Academy Awards were held on March 4, 1937, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California [1] to honor films released in 1936. They were hosted by George Jessel, with music by the Victor Young Orchestra, with Spike Jones on drums.
Walt Disney (winner, Short Subject Cartoon) and Dorothy... Memorable Moments. Attendees at the 9th Academy Awards. Sheridan Gibney. Original Screenplay winner for The Story of Louis Pasteur. Paul Muni, Luise Rainer and Frank Capra. Best Actor winner for The Story of Louis Pasteur, Best... View More Memorable Moments.
William Wellman and Robert Carson won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story for A Star is Born, and cinematographer W. Howard Greene took home a special Academy Award for color photography.
director William A. Wellman's earliest version of A Star is Born (with six nominations and one win - Best Original Story (for co-writer/director Wellman), and with a Special Award for Color Photography), about a shy hopeful actress who becomes a star through the help of a declining, alcoholic actor
Altogether, the four movies received 25 nominations for various Academy Awards, winning only three: 1937, Best Writing (original story); 1976, Best Music (original song); 2018, Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (original song), and also an honorary award in 1937 (color photography).
Feb 5, 2014 · Busby Berkeley – “Love and War” number – Gold Diggers of 1937. Bobby Connolly – “1000 Love Songs” number – Cain and Mabel. Seymour Felix – “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody” number – The Great Ziegfeld. Dave Gould – “Swingin’ the Jinx” number – Born to Dance.
Ben Hecht, one of Hollywood's and Broadway's greatest writers, won an Oscar for best original story for Underworld (1927) at the first Academy Awards in 1929 and had a hand in the writing of many classic films.
