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* Dance Direction - "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" from "The Great Ziegfeld" * Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Art Direction - Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu, Edwin B. Willis
The Academy Award for Best Dance Direction was presented from 1935 to 1937, after which it was discontinued due to pressure from the directors' branch. It is the only category for which a Marx Brothers film received an Oscar nomination, for the dance number All God's Chillun Got Rhythm in A Day at the Races (1937).
The 9th Academy Awards were held on March 4, 1937, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California to honor films released in 1936. They were hosted by George Jessel, with music by the Victor Young Orchestra, with Spike Jones on drums.
The Great Ziegfeld also won Academy Awards for Best Actress (Luise Rainer) and Dance Direction (Seymour Felix) The Academy began to honor performances by actors and actresses in supporting roles. Walter Brennan (Come and Get It) and Gale Sondergaard (Anthony Adverse) were the first winners.
Here are all the films that have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Dance Direction
Best Dance Direction (Choreography): Seymour Felix (A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody) Best Sound Mixing: Douglas Shearer Best Short Film - Animated: The Country Cousin (S)
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners in the category of Dance Direction. The symbol appears next to the winner for each year. Click on the name of a film, person or dance number in the list to display more information about that film, person or dance number.
