1938 Academy Awards – Original Story Winner and Nominees

A Star Is Born

William A. Wellman

A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, but achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.

Black Legion

Robert Lord

In Old Chicago

Niven Busch

One Hundred Men and a Girl

Hanns Kräly

The Life of Emile Zola

Heinz Herald