The ceremony was moved from the Shrine Auditorium to the Academy's own theater, primarily because the major Hollywood studios had withdrawn their financial support in order to address rumors that they had been trying to influence voters.
[1] Like Best Cinematography and Best Set Decoration, it was split into Color and Black & White categories.
Humphrey Bogart's lack of a nomination for Best Actor has been since considered one of the Academy's greatest slights.
[5] Hamlet became the fifth film to win Best Picture without a screenwriting nomination; the next to do so would be The Sound of Music at the 38th Academy Awards.
I Remember Mama received four acting nominations but not one for Best Picture, tying the record set by My Man Godfrey in 1936.