Evening star., 1938-03-11
TRACY AND RAINIER
NO. | FILM STARS
Awards of Motion Picture
Academy Are Made for
Achievements.
By the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD, March 11.-Spencer
Tracy, likeable mug from Milwaukee,
and Luise Rainer, shy Austrian
brunette. we're hailed today as the
No. l stars Of the 1887 film year.
Seventeen gold statuettes, the
Oscars" symbolic of outstanding
achievement in the industry, were
passed out last night by the Academy
Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The two that counted most-for the
best acting-Went to Mr.. Tracy and
Miss Rainer.
Recovering at a hospital from an
operation. Mr. Tracy got the news
from his wife that his characterization
Of Portuguese sailor in Captains
Courageous" had been rewarded.
Its the incest thing that's happened
to me in my whole 1ife." he said
Miss Rainer. bird-like little figure
in light dress, with her black bangs
windbloWn across her forehead, was
present at the academy banquet when
it was announced she had won a
statuette for her Chinese peasant role
in THE Good Earth"
Double Victory Unprecedented.
Last year she also won for her i'm
personation of Anna Held in The
Great ziegfeld" Her double victory
Is unprecedented in the l0-year history
Of the academy acting awards.
The award for the best picture of
1887, as determined by poll of $4,000
fllm workers, including extras, went to
Warner Brothers The Life of Emile
Zola." There had been little argument
that it was one OF the most powerful
motion pictures ever to deal with the
subject Of social justice.
Awards for best supporting perform
ances were given Joseph Schildkraut.
the martyred Capt. Dreyfus Of "Zola,"
and Alice Brady, the heroic mother of
In Old Chicago" A broken ankle
kept Miss Brady at home last night,
but friends telephoned her the good
news.
Leo McCareys direction Of THE
Awful Truth" earned him the statuette
annually accorded the top megaphone-
wielder.
Even Charley Mccarthy, the wooden
wisecracker. was remembered as
starch-shirted notables distributed the
awards in crowded hotel dance room
and 1900 guests. who paid $25 a plate,
applauded continually.
Wooden oscar" Awarded.
The academy decided Edgar Bergen.
Charles vocal master, should have a
small wooden oscar" for his out
standing comedy creation.
Charlie, perched on Bergen.s arm,
looked over the golden array of statu-
cites and his own tiny lumber me-
mento.
"Knicknacks, huh!" he commented.
w. c. Fields presented Mack Sen
nett. old-time king Of bathing beauty
comedies. special award for service.
Norma Shearer gave a production
award to Daryl Zanuck of Twentieth
Century-Fox Studio. It bore the name
OF her late husband. Irving G. Thai
berg.
Walt Disney. Mickey Mouse's poppa.
received two awards-one for develop
ment Of q multi-plane color camera
and the other for his cartoon, The
Old Mill"
Guess I've hit the jackpot" he
smiled.
Other honors went to Screen Writers
William A. Wellman and Robert Car
son, Of "A Star Is Born; Norman
Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald and Geza
Herczeg, of "Zola"; Art Director
Stephen Goosson, of Lost Horizon;
Sound Recorder Thomas Moulton, of
Hurricane" Dance Director Hermes
Pan. Of "Damsel in Distress" and Song
Writer Harry Owens, of Sweet Le-
lanie"
Bob Burns, his hillbilly drawl con-
tradicting his smart dinner jacket,
heard honored celebrities one after
another declare the tribute really be-
longed, not to Themselves but to their
studio. Finally Burns disrupted the
modest atmosphere.
You know" he said, Il think some
one should come out and say what
they really tell their wife when they
60 home at night:
"If it hadn't been for me they
wouldn't have had picture.