Editing The Awful Truth (section)

==Awards and honors==
The film was nominated for six [[Academy Awards]] (only winning [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for [[Leo McCarey]]).{{sfn|Gehring|2006|page=88}}{{sfn|McCann|1998|page=88}}{{sfn|Eliot|2009|page=186}}{{Efn|Although remembered today for its set design, ''The Awful Truth'' was not nominated for its production design in 1937. Goosson was nominated and won for art direction for ''Lost Horizon'',{{sfn|Pickard|1979|page=95}} which was released on February 17, 1937.{{sfn|Larkin|1975|page=116}}}}

After winning the Oscar, McCarey said he had won it for the wrong picture, since he considered his direction of the 1937 melodrama ''[[Make Way for Tomorrow]]'' to be superior.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gold|first=Daniel M.|title=With 'Seriously Funny,' MoMA Celebrates Leo McCarey, an Early Film Talent|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 16, 2016|access-date=July 24, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/movies/with-seriously-funny-moma-celebrates-leo-mccarey-an-early-film-talent.html|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725212842/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/movies/with-seriously-funny-moma-celebrates-leo-mccarey-an-early-film-talent.html|archive-date=July 25, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[10th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Outstanding Production]]
| [[Leo McCarey]] and [[Everett Riskin]] (for [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]])
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Leo McCarey
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Irene Dunne]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Ralph Bellamy]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adaptation]]
| [[Viña Delmar]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Al Clark (film editor)|Al Clark]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| [[National Film Registry]]
| ''The Awful Truth''
| {{won|Inducted}}
|}

''The Awful Truth'' was selected in 1996 for preservation in the [[Library of Congress]]' [[National Film Registry]] for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{cite news|last=D'Ooge|first=Craig|title=Mrs. Robinson Finds A Home|work=Library of Congress Information Bulletin|date=December 30, 1996|pages=450–451|hdl=2027/mdp.39015082978449?urlappend=%3Bseq=450|access-date=March 20, 2019|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015082978449?urlappend=%3Bseq=450}}</ref>

The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' lists ''The Awful Truth'' as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref>

The film has since been recognized twice by [[American Film Institute]]:
* 2000: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]] – {{abbr|No.|Number}} 68<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624052741/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |archive-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref>
* 2002: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions]] – No. 77<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/passions100.pdf |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624052654/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/passions100.pdf |archive-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref>