It Happened One Night was the first film in Oscar's history to win in each of the five categroies it was nominated: Picture, Director (Frank Capra), Adaptation (Robert Riskin), Actor (Clark Gable), and Actress (Claudette Colbert).

Imitation of Life was nominated for 3
Oscars: Picture (produced by John M. Stahl),
Assistant Director (Scott Beal), and Sound Recording (Theodore Soderberg).

House of Rothchild was nominated for one Oscar, Best Picture, but lost out to It Happened One Night, which swept most of the awards.

Here Comes the Navy was nominated for one Oscar: Best Picture (produced by Lou Edelman). The winner, however, was It Happened One Night, which swept most of the awards.

Oscar Context

The Gay Divorcee won the Best Song Oscar (?¢¬Ä¬úThe Continental,?¢¬Ä music by Con Conrad, lyrics by Herb Magidson) and was nominated for four other awards: Best Picture (produced by Pandro S. Berman), Sound Recording (Carl Dreher), Interior Decoration (Van Nest Polglase and Carroll Clark), and Score (Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein).