Honorary Awards, 1937

Awards presented March 10, 1938

W.C. Fields hands the award to Mack Sennett as Frank Capra looks on

To Mack Sennett, "for his lasting contribution to the comedy technique of the screen, the basic principles of which are as important today as when they were first put into practice, the Academy presents a Special Award to that master of fun, discoverer of stars, sympathetic, kindly, understanding comedy genius -- Mack Sennett."

To Edgar Bergen, for his outstanding comedy creation, Charlie McCarthy

To the Museum of Modern Art Film Library for its significant work in collecting films dating from 1895 to the present and for the first time making available to the public the means of studying the historical and aesthetic development of the motion picture as one of the major arts. 

To W. Howard Greene for the color photography of A Star Is Born. (This award was recommended by a committee of leading cinematographers after viewing all the color pictures made during the year.)