10th Annual Academy Awards
March 10, 1938

A Banquet at the Biltmore Bowl of the
Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles

Your Host: Bob "Bazooka" Burns

Welcome by Academy president Frank Capra
Special Award to Museum of Modern Art Film Library:Cecil B. DeMille
Award accepted by MOMA honorary vice president Luella Parsons.
Film Editing:Cecil B. DeMille
Sound Recording:Cecil B. DeMille
Cinematography:Cecil B. DeMille
Art Direction:Cecil B. DeMille
Scientific or Technical Awards:Nathan Levinson
Short Subjects:Bob "Bazooka" Burns
Dance Direction:Bob "Bazooka" Burns
Song:Irving Berlin
Music Score:Dr. Arnold Schoenberg
Original Story:Howard Estabrook
Screenplay:Robert Riskin
Special Award to Edgar Bergen:Bob "Bazooka" Burns
Assistant Director:Frank Capra
Special Award to Mack Sennett:W.C. Fields
Director:Frank Capra
Best Picture:Frank Capra
Supporting Actor:Bob "Bazooka" Burns
Supporting Actress:Bob "Bazooka" Burns
Alice Brady was not present at the ceremony. Her Award was accepted by an unidentified impostor who was never seen again. She received another stauette at an informal ceremony held 12 days later.
Actor:C. Aubrey Smith
Spencer Tracy was not present at the ceremony. Louis B. Mayer and Tracy's mother accepted the Award on his behalf.
Actress:C. Aubrey Smith
Thalberg Award:Douglas Fairbanks

Luise Rainer holds her Best Actress Award for The Good Earth.
Frank Capra (r) presents Jack Warner with his first Best Picture Award for The Life of Emile Zola. - © LIFE Magazine
Douglas Fairbanks (r) presenting the Irving Thalberg Award to producer Darryl F. Zanuck. - © LIFE Magazine
C. Aubrey Smith (r) presenting an Award to Joseph Schildkraut during the ceremony. - © LIFE Magazine

Edger Bergen and Charlie McCarthy with his special wooden Oscar®
that featured a ventriloquist's dummy mouth detailing
Frank Capra (r) and ventriloquist Edgar Bergen (c)
standing with Bob Burns at the Awards. © LIFE Magazine