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Photoplay Awards

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Medal of Honor

Winner
Captains Courageous
7.9 (12K)
Louis D. Lighton

Photoplay Award

Best Performances of the Month (April)

Winner
A Yank at Oxford
6.6 (1.4K)
Lionel Barrymore
Winner
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
7.1 (2.4K)
Tommy Kelly
Winner
The Adventures of Marco Polo
5.6 (1.3K)
Gary Cooper
Winner
Everybody Sing
6.2 (700)
Fanny Brice
Winner
The Adventures of Marco Polo
5.6 (1.3K)
Alan Hale
Winner
The Adventures of Marco Polo
5.6 (1.3K)
Sigrid Gurie
Winner
Everybody Sing
6.2 (700)
Billie Burke
Winner
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
7.1 (2.4K)
Ann Gillis
Winner
Everybody Sing
6.2 (700)
Judy Garland
Winner
A Yank at Oxford
6.6 (1.4K)
Robert Taylor

Best Performances of the Month (August)

Winner
Holiday
7.7 (20K)
Cary Grant
Winner
Hold That Kiss
6.2 (297)
Mickey Rooney
Winner
Lord Jeff
6.7 (488)
Mickey Rooney
Winner
Alexander's Ragtime Band
6.8 (2.4K)
Don Ameche
Winner
White Banners
7.0 (491)
Jackie Cooper
Winner
Yellow Jack
6.2 (298)
Robert Montgomery
Winner
Hold That Kiss
6.2 (297)
Maureen O'Sullivan
Winner
White Banners
7.0 (491)
Fay Bainter
Winner
Holiday
7.7 (20K)
Katharine Hepburn
Winner
Alexander's Ragtime Band
6.8 (2.4K)
Tyrone Power
Winner
Cowboy from Brooklyn
5.7 (377)
Dick Powell
Winner
Three Blind Mice
6.4 (474)
Binnie Barnes
Winner
The Rage of Paris
6.9 (1.1K)
Danielle Darrieux
Winner
Alexander's Ragtime Band
6.8 (2.4K)
Alice Faye
Winner
Lord Jeff
6.7 (488)
Freddie Bartholomew

Best Performances of the Month (December)

Winner
If I Were King
7.1 (1.1K)
Ronald Colman
Winner
That Certain Age
6.5 (437)
Jackie Cooper
Winner
Stablemates
6.8 (315)
Mickey Rooney
Winner
That Certain Age
6.5 (437)
Deanna Durbin
Winner
Too Hot to Handle
6.6 (1.7K)
Clark Gable
Winner
Too Hot to Handle
6.6 (1.7K)
Walter Pidgeon
Winner
The Sisters
6.8 (2.2K)
Bette Davis
Winner
Too Hot to Handle
6.6 (1.7K)
Myrna Loy
Winner
If I Were King
7.1 (1.1K)
Basil Rathbone
Winner
The Sisters
6.8 (2.2K)
Errol Flynn
Winner
That Certain Age
6.5 (437)
Melvyn Douglas
Winner
Youth Takes a Fling
6.1 (55)
Joel McCrea
Winners
Brave Little Tailor
The Practical Pig
The Ugly Duckling
Donald's Lucky Day
Farmyard Symphony
Ferdinand the Bull
Goofy and Wilbur
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Walt Disney
Winner
Stablemates
6.8 (315)
Wallace Beery
Winner
That Certain Age
6.5 (437)
Juanita Quigley
Winner
The Arkansas Traveler
6.2 (76)
Bob Burns

Best Performances of the Month (February)

Winner
Nothing Sacred
6.8 (7.6K)
Carole Lombard
Winner
Tovarich
7.1 (663)
Claudette Colbert
Winner
Hitting a New High
4.9 (383)
Lily Pons
Winner
Wells Fargo
6.4 (685)
Frances Dee
Winner
Wells Fargo
6.4 (685)
Joel McCrea
Winner
Tovarich
7.1 (663)
Charles Boyer
Winner
A Damsel in Distress
6.8 (2.5K)
Fred Astaire

Best Performances of the Month (January)

Winner
Navy Blue and Gold
6.6 (740)
James Stewart
Winner
Merry-Go-Round of 1938
5.0 (33)
Jimmy Savo
Winner
Merry-Go-Round of 1938
5.0 (33)
Billy House
Winner
Navy Blue and Gold
6.6 (740)
Tom Brown
Winner
Live, Love and Learn
5.9 (497)
Rosalind Russell
Winner
Live, Love and Learn
5.9 (497)
Robert Benchley
Winner
The Barrier
7.1 (21)
Robert Barrat
Winner
Merry-Go-Round of 1938
5.0 (33)
Mischa Auer
Winner
Heidi
7.2 (5.2K)
Jean Hersholt
Winner
Conquest
6.5 (1.8K)
Charles Boyer
Winner
Second Honeymoon
6.2 (541)
Tyrone Power
Winner
The Hurricane
7.1 (3.2K)
Jon Hall
Winner
Merry-Go-Round of 1938
5.0 (33)
Bert Lahr
Winner
The Barrier
7.1 (21)
Leo Carrillo
Winner
Navy Blue and Gold
6.6 (740)
Robert Young
Winner
Conquest
6.5 (1.8K)
Greta Garbo
Winner
Heidi
7.2 (5.2K)
Shirley Temple
Winner
Live, Love and Learn
5.9 (497)
Robert Montgomery
Winner
Second Honeymoon
6.2 (541)
Marjorie Weaver

Best Performances of the Month (July)

Winner
Vivacious Lady
7.1 (4.7K)
Beulah Bondi
Winner
Doctor Rhythm
5.9 (111)
Beatrice Lillie
Winner
Vivacious Lady
7.1 (4.7K)
Ginger Rogers
Winner
Vivacious Lady
7.1 (4.7K)
James Stewart
Winner
Kentucky Moonshine
5.5 (126)
Jimmy Ritz
Al Ritz
Harry Ritz
Winner
Blockade
5.6 (671)
Madeleine Carroll
Winner
Doctor Rhythm
5.9 (111)
Bing Crosby
Winner
Josette
6.1 (175)
Robert Young
Winner
Josette
6.1 (175)
Don Ameche
Winner
Blockade
5.6 (671)
Henry Fonda
Winner
Vivacious Lady
7.1 (4.7K)
Charles Coburn
Winner
Josette
6.1 (175)
Simone Simon
Winner
Crime School
6.5 (1.5K)
Huntz Hall
Leo Gorcey
The Dead End Kids
Gabriel Dell
Billy Halop
Bobby Jordan
Bernard Punsly

Best Performances of the Month (June)

Winner
Test Pilot
6.8 (2.9K)
Myrna Loy
Winner
There's Always a Woman
6.7 (1.1K)
Melvyn Douglas
Winner
Port of Seven Seas
5.9 (150)
Frank Morgan
Winner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.9 (57K)
Basil Rathbone
Winner
There's Always a Woman
6.7 (1.1K)
Joan Blondell
Winner
Port of Seven Seas
5.9 (150)
Wallace Beery
Winner
The Girl of the Golden West
6.3 (502)
Nelson Eddy
Winner
Test Pilot
6.8 (2.9K)
Spencer Tracy
Winner
The Girl of the Golden West
6.3 (502)
Jeanette MacDonald
Winner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.9 (57K)
Errol Flynn
Winner
Test Pilot
6.8 (2.9K)
Clark Gable
Winner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.9 (57K)
Claude Rains

Best Performances of the Month (March)

Winner
Love and Hisses
6.2 (55)
Simone Simon
Winner
In Old Chicago
6.7 (2.8K)
Tyrone Power
Winner
Wise Girl
6.5 (866)
Miriam Hopkins
Winner
Man-Proof
6.0 (686)
Rosalind Russell
Winner
Mannequin
6.6 (1.6K)
Spencer Tracy
Winner
The Buccaneer
6.6 (829)
Hugh Sothern
Winner
The Buccaneer
6.6 (829)
Franciska Gaal
Winner
Wise Girl
6.5 (866)
Ray Milland
Winner
In Old Chicago
6.7 (2.8K)
Alice Brady
Winner
Man-Proof
6.0 (686)
Myrna Loy
Winner
Mannequin
6.6 (1.6K)
Joan Crawford

Best Performances of the Month (May)

Winner
Bringing Up Baby
7.8 (69K)
Cary Grant
Winner
Romance in the Dark
7.6 (77)
John Barrymore
Winner
The Big Broadcast of 1938
6.1 (1.1K)
W.C. Fields
Winner
Jezebel
7.4 (16K)
Henry Fonda
Winner
Jezebel
7.4 (16K)
George Brent
Winner
Mad About Music
7.1 (716)
Deanna Durbin
Winner
Jezebel
7.4 (16K)
Bette Davis
Winner
Romance in the Dark
7.6 (77)
Gladys Swarthout
Winner
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
7.1 (5K)
Claudette Colbert
Winner
The Big Broadcast of 1938
6.1 (1.1K)
Kirsten Flagstad
Winner
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
7.0 (2K)
Shirley Temple
Winner
The Baroness and the Butler
6.5 (752)
William Powell
Winner
Bringing Up Baby
7.8 (69K)
Katharine Hepburn

Best Performances of the Month (November)

Winner
Block-Heads
7.5 (4.8K)
Oliver Hardy
Stan Laurel
Winner
My Lucky Star
6.0 (221)
Sonja Henie
Winner
You Can't Take It with You
7.8 (30K)
Edward Arnold
Winner
Three Loves Has Nancy
6.4 (559)
Janet Gaynor
Winner
Rich Man, Poor Girl
6.2 (409)
Lew Ayres
Winner
I Am the Law
6.6 (545)
Edward G. Robinson
Winner
You Can't Take It with You
7.8 (30K)
Lionel Barrymore
Winner
Three Loves Has Nancy
6.4 (559)
Franchot Tone
Winner
Three Loves Has Nancy
6.4 (559)
Robert Montgomery
Winner
The Gladiator
6.0 (137)
Joe E. Brown
Winner
Carefree
6.9 (4.5K)
Fred Astaire
Winner
Boys Town
7.2 (6.7K)
Mickey Rooney
Winner
Boys Town
7.2 (6.7K)
Spencer Tracy
Winner
You Can't Take It with You
7.8 (30K)
James Stewart
Winner
Carefree
6.9 (4.5K)
Ginger Rogers

Best Performances of the Month (October)

Winner
Give Me a Sailor
6.4 (503)
Martha Raye
Winner
The Crowd Roars
6.7 (470)
Robert Taylor
Winner
Four Daughters
6.9 (2.4K)
John Garfield
Winner
Four Daughters
6.9 (2.4K)
Priscilla Lane
Winner
The Crowd Roars
6.7 (470)
Edward Arnold
Winner
Boy Meets Girl
5.9 (833)
James Cagney
Winner
Letter of Introduction
6.1 (465)
Charlie McCarthy
Winner
The Texans
6.3 (399)
May Robson
Winner
Letter of Introduction
6.1 (465)
Edgar Bergen
Winner
Marie Antoinette
7.3 (3.5K)
Robert Morley
Winner
Give Me a Sailor
6.4 (503)
Bob Hope
Winner
Love Finds Andy Hardy
6.7 (2.2K)
Mickey Rooney
Winner
Marie Antoinette
7.3 (3.5K)
Norma Shearer
Winner
Letter of Introduction
6.1 (465)
Adolphe Menjou
Winner
The Crowd Roars
6.7 (470)
Frank Morgan
Winner
Boy Meets Girl
5.9 (833)
Marie Wilson
Winner
Mother Carey's Chickens
6.3 (349)
Donnie Dunagan
Winner
Four's a Crowd
6.3 (1.4K)
Errol Flynn
Winner
Letter of Introduction
6.1 (465)
Andrea Leeds
Winner
Four Daughters
6.9 (2.4K)
Jeffrey Lynn

Best Performances of the Month (September)

Winner
Algiers
6.6 (3.5K)
Charles Boyer
Winner
Little Miss Broadway
6.5 (998)
Shirley Temple
Winner
Romance of the Limberlost
6.8 (94)
Marjorie Main
Winner
Keep Smiling
6.0 (66)
Jane Withers
Winner
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
7.0 (3.2K)
Edward G. Robinson
Winner
The Shopworn Angel
6.9 (1.8K)
James Stewart
Winner
Having Wonderful Time
6.0 (1.1K)
Ginger Rogers
Winner
The Shopworn Angel
6.9 (1.8K)
Margaret Sullavan
Winner
Woman Against Woman
6.2 (273)
Virginia Bruce
Winner
Algiers
6.6 (3.5K)
Gene Lockhart
Winner
South Riding
6.7 (193)
Ralph Richardson
Winner
Little Tough Guy
6.1 (242)
Huntz Hall
David Gorcey
Billy Halop
Gabriel Dell
Hal E. Chester
The Dead End Kids
Bernard Punsly

Best Pictures of the Month (April)

Winner
The Adventures of Marco Polo
5.6 (1.3K)
Winner
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
7.1 (2.4K)
Winner
Gold Is Where You Find It
6.2 (634)
Winner
Paradise for Three
7.0 (660)
Winner
Happy Landing
6.2 (208)
Winner
Everybody Sing
6.2 (700)
Winner
Love Is a Headache
6.1 (330)
Winner
Action for Slander
6.6 (100)
Winner
The Divorce of Lady X
6.6 (1.7K)
Winner
A Yank at Oxford
6.6 (1.4K)

Best Pictures of the Month (August)

Winner
Lord Jeff
6.7 (488)
Winner
Holiday
7.7 (20K)
Winner
White Banners
7.0 (491)
Winner
The Rage of Paris
6.9 (1.1K)
Winner
Alexander's Ragtime Band
6.8 (2.4K)
Winner
Hold That Kiss
6.2 (297)
Winner
Yellow Jack
6.2 (298)
Winner
Tropic Holiday
5.4 (121)
Winner
Three Blind Mice
6.4 (474)

Best Pictures of the Month (December)

Winner
A Man to Remember
7.0 (487)
Winner
The Sisters
6.8 (2.2K)
Winner
If I Were King
7.1 (1.1K)
Winners
The Practical Pig
Ferdinand the Bull
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Brave Little Tailor
Donald's Lucky Day
Goofy and Wilbur
Farmyard Symphony
The Ugly Duckling
Winner
Too Hot to Handle
6.6 (1.7K)
Winner
Down on the Farm
5.3 (28)
Winner
Straight Place and Show
5.7 (159)
Winner
The Arkansas Traveler
6.2 (76)
Winner
Room Service
6.6 (5.8K)
Winner
Stablemates
6.8 (315)
Winner
That Certain Age
6.5 (437)

Best Pictures of the Month (February)

Winner
The Goldwyn Follies
5.3 (557)
Winner
Submarine D-1
5.7 (331)
Winner
Wells Fargo
6.4 (685)
Winner
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
5.5 (189)
Winner
Nothing Sacred
6.8 (7.6K)
Winner
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
7.6 (233K)
Winner
Tovarich
7.1 (663)
Winner
A Damsel in Distress
6.8 (2.5K)
Winner
Hitting a New High
4.9 (383)

Best Pictures of the Month (January)

Winner
Live, Love and Learn
5.9 (497)
Winner
Merry-Go-Round of 1938
5.0 (33)
Winner
Navy Blue and Gold
6.6 (740)
Winner
The Barrier
7.1 (21)
Winner
Heidi
7.2 (5.2K)
Winner
Portia on Trial
6.0 (99)
Winner
Ali Baba Goes to Town
6.3 (633)
Winner
Second Honeymoon
6.2 (541)
Winner
Conquest
6.5 (1.8K)
Winner
The Hurricane
7.1 (3.2K)

Best Pictures of the Month (July)

Winner
The Saint in New York
6.3 (1.1K)
Winner
Vivacious Lady
7.1 (4.7K)
Winner
Kidnapped
6.6 (359)
Winner
Four Men and a Prayer
6.1 (944)
Winner
Blockade
5.6 (671)
Winner
Josette
6.1 (175)
Winner
Crime School
6.5 (1.5K)
Winner
Kentucky Moonshine
5.5 (126)
Winner
The Toy Wife
5.8 (409)
Winner
Doctor Rhythm
5.9 (111)
Winner
Cocoanut Grove
6.3 (95)

Best Pictures of the Month (June)

Winner
Joy of Living
6.3 (947)
Winner
There's Always a Woman
6.7 (1.1K)
Winner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.9 (57K)
Winner
Three Comrades
7.1 (2.3K)
Winner
The Girl of the Golden West
6.3 (502)
Winner
Test Pilot
6.8 (2.9K)
Winner
Un Carnet de bal
7.4 (1.1K)
Winner
Stolen Heaven
6.1 (32)
Winner
Port of Seven Seas
5.9 (150)

Best Pictures of the Month (March)

Winner
The Buccaneer
6.6 (829)
Winner
Wise Girl
6.5 (866)
Winner
Man-Proof
6.0 (686)
Winner
Young and Innocent
6.8 (12K)
Winner
Hollywood Hotel
6.4 (874)
Winner
In Old Chicago
6.7 (2.8K)
Winner
I'll Take Romance
5.9 (140)
Winner
Rosalie
6.0 (625)
Winner
You're a Sweetheart
5.4 (157)
Winner
Love and Hisses
6.2 (55)
Winner
The Bad Man of Brimstone
6.3 (234)
Winner
Mannequin
6.6 (1.6K)

Best Pictures of the Month (May)

Winner
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
7.0 (2K)
Winner
Bringing Up Baby
7.8 (69K)
Winner
Merrily We Live
7.3 (2.5K)
Winner
Jezebel
7.4 (16K)
Winner
Mad About Music
7.1 (716)
Winner
The Baroness and the Butler
6.5 (752)
Winner
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
7.1 (5K)
Winner
The Big Broadcast of 1938
6.1 (1.1K)
Winner
Radio City Revels
5.9 (133)
Winner
Romance in the Dark
7.6 (77)
Winner
Sally, Irene and Mary
6.2 (140)

Best Pictures of the Month (November)

Winner
Three Loves Has Nancy
6.4 (559)
Winner
Carefree
6.9 (4.5K)
Winner
Valley of the Giants
6.2 (304)
Winner
Boys Town
7.2 (6.7K)
Winner
You Can't Take It with You
7.8 (30K)
Winner
I Am the Law
6.6 (545)

Best Pictures of the Month (October)

Winner
Four's a Crowd
6.3 (1.4K)
Winner
Marie Antoinette
7.3 (3.5K)
Winner
Give Me a Sailor
6.4 (503)
Winner
Four Daughters
6.9 (2.4K)
Winner
The Drum
6.3 (994)
Winner
The Crowd Roars
6.7 (470)
Winner
Boy Meets Girl
5.9 (833)
Winner
Sing, You Sinners
6.5 (267)
Winner
Letter of Introduction
6.1 (465)
Winner
The Texans
6.3 (399)
Winner
Love Finds Andy Hardy
6.7 (2.2K)

Best Pictures of the Month (September)

Winner
The Shopworn Angel
6.9 (1.8K)
Winner
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
7.0 (3.2K)
Winner
South Riding
6.7 (193)
Winner
Algiers
6.6 (3.5K)
Winner
Having Wonderful Time
6.0 (1.1K)
Winner
Little Tough Guy
6.1 (242)
Winner
Woman Against Woman
6.2 (273)

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