In 1929, Irving Cummings was nominated for the Best Director Oscar for his Western “In Old Arizona,” but lost to Frank Lloyd who won for “The Divine Lady.” The other nominees were: Lionel Barrymore for the melodrama “Madame X,” Harry Beaumont for the musical “Broadway Melody,” which won Best Picture, Frank Lloyd for “Drag,” and Ernst Lubitsch for “The Patriot.”

In 1954, for his part in Kazab's “On the Waterfront,” Lee J. Cobb competed for the Supporting Actor Oscar with Edmond O'Brien, who won for “The Barefoot Contessa,” Karl Malden and Rod Steiger, both nominated for “On the Waterfront,” and Tom Tully in “The Caine Mutiny.”

In 1930, Nancy Carroll competed for the Best Actress Oscar with Norma Shearer who won for “The Divorcee,” Ruth Chatterton in “Sarah and Son,” Garbo in “Anna Christie” and “Romance,” and Gloria Swanson in “The Trespasser.”

In his long, distinguished screen career, Harry Carey received just one Oscar nomination, in the supporting league, for Capra's political comedy, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939).
He competed for the Supporting Actor Oscar with Thomas Mitchell who won for John Ford's Western “Stagecoach,” Brian Aherne in the Warner biopic “Juarez,” Brian Donlevy in the comedy “Beau Geste,” and Claude Rains, also for Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.”

“Young Lions” was nominated for three Oscars: Cinematography (b/w) for Joe MacDonald, Sound for Carl Faulkner, and Scoring (Drama or Comedy) for Hugo Friedlander.