9th Academy Awards and was the only one to lose all of its nominations until "Sunset Boulevard" at the 23rd Academy Awards. It was also the first of four films to receive four acting nominations without one for Best Picture, followed by "I Remember Mama" (1948), "Othello" (1965), and "Doubt" (2008). Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The following twenty films received multiple nominations: The following three films received multiple awards: 9th Academy Awards The 9th Academy Awards were held on March 4, 1937, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by George Jessel; music was provided
Academy Awards favoring historical melodramas over critically acclaimed movies that depict current life issues. The Academy Awards have long received criticism over its lack of diversity among the nominees. This criticism is based on the statistics from every Academy Awards since 1929 which shows us that only 6.4% of academy award nominees have been non-white and since 1991, 11.2% of nominees have been non-white, with the rate of winners being even more polarizing. The 88th awards ceremony became the target of a boycott, popularized on social media by the #OscarsSoWhite, based on critics' perception that its all-white acting nominee list reflected bias.