1936 Oscars 8th Academy Awards |
Winners Announced: March 5, 1936 Held at: Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California Host: Frank Capra Eligibility Year: 1935 |
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1936 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
Outstanding Production: Mutiny on the Bounty – Frank Lloyd and Irving Thalberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (WINNER) Alice Adams – Pandro S. Berman for RKO Pictures Broadway Melody of 1936 – John W. Considine, Jr. for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Captain Blood – Hal B. Wallis, Harry Joe Brown, and Gordon Hollingshead for Warner Bros. and Cosmopolitan David Copperfield – David O. Selznick for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Informer – Cliff Reid for RKO Pictures The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Louis D. Lighton for Paramount A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Henry Blanke for Warner Bros. Les Misérables – Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century and United Artists Naughty Marietta – Hunt Stromberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ruggles of Red Gap – Arthur Hornblow Jr. for Paramount Top Hat – Pandro S. Berman for RKO Pictures |
Best Director: John Ford – The Informer (WINNER) Michael Curtiz – Captain Blood (write-in, not official nomination)[2] Henry Hathaway – The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Frank Lloyd – Mutiny on the Bounty |
Best Actor: Victor McLaglen – The Informer as “Gypo” Nolan (WINNER) Clark Gable – Mutiny on the Bounty as Fletcher Christian Charles Laughton – Mutiny on the Bounty as Captain Bligh Paul Muni – Black Fury (write-in, not official nomination)[3] as Joe Radek Franchot Tone – Mutiny on the Bounty as Byam |
Best Actress: Bette Davis – Dangerous as Joyce Heath (WINNER) Elisabeth Bergner – Escape Me Never as Gemma Jones Claudette Colbert – Private Worlds as Dr. Jane Everest Katharine Hepburn – Alice Adams as Alice Adams Miriam Hopkins – Becky Sharp as Becky Sharp Merle Oberon – The Dark Angel as Kitty Vane |
Best Original Story: The Scoundrel – Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur (WINNER) Broadway Melody of 1936 – Moss Hart G Men – Gregory Rogers (pseudonym of Darryl F. Zanuck) (write-in, not official nomination)[4] The Gay Deception – Don Hartman and Stephen Morehouse Avery |
Best Adaptation: The Informer – Dudley Nichols (refused), based on the novel by Liam O’Flaherty (WINNER) Captain Blood – Casey Robinson, based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini (write-in, not official nomination) The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Achmed Abdullah, John L. Balderston, Waldemar Young, Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt, based on the autobiography of Francis Yeats-Brown Mutiny on the Bounty – Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings and Carey Wilson, based on the novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall |
Best Live Action Short Subject, Comedy: How to Sleep – Jack Chertok and MGM (WINNER) Oh, My Nerves – Jules White and Columbia Tit for Tat – Hal Roach and MGM |
Best Live Action Short Subject, Novelty: Wings Over Everest – Gaumont British and Skibo Productions (WINNER) Audioscopiks – Pete Smith and MGM Camera Thrills – Universal |
Best Short Subject, Cartoon: Three Orphan Kittens – Walt Disney Productions and United Artists (WINNER) The Calico Dragon – Harman-Ising and MGM Who Killed Cock Robin? – Walt Disney Productions and United Artists |
Best Scoring: The Informer – RKO Radio Studio Music Department (WINNER) Captain Blood – Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department (write-in, not official nomination) Mutiny on the Bounty – MGM Studio Music Department Peter Ibbetson – Paramount Studio Music Department |
Best Song: “Lullaby of Broadway” from Gold Deggirs of 1935 – Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Al Dubin (WINNER) “Cheek to Cheek” from Top Hat – Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin “Lovely to Look At” from Roberta – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh |
Best Sound Recording: Naughty Marietta – Douglas Shearer (WINNER) $1,000 a Minute – Republic Studio Sound Department Bride of Frankenstein – Gilbert Kurland Captain Blood – Nathan Levinson The Dark Angel – Thomas T. Moulton I Dream Too Much – Carl Dreher The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Franklin Hansen Love Me Forever – John P. Livadary Thanks a Million – E. H. Hansen |
Best Art Direction: The Dark Angel – Richard Day (WINNER) The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson Top Hat – Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase |
Best Cinematography: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Hal Mohr (WINNER) (write-in, not official nomination) Barbary Coast – Ray June The Crusades – Victor Milner Les Misérables – Gregg Toland |
Best Film Editing: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Ralph Dawson (WINNER) David Copperfield – Robert J. Kern The Informer – George Hively The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Ellsworth Hoagland Les Misérables – Barbara McLean Mutiny on the Bounty – Margaret Booth |
Best Dance Direction: Broadway Melody of 1936 and Folies Bergère de Paris – Dave Gould (WINNER) All the King’s Horses and The Big Broadcast of 1936 – LeRoy Prinz Broadway Hostess and Go into Your Dance – Bobby Connolly Gold Deggirs of 1935 – Busby Berkeley King of Burlesque – Sammy Lee She – Benjamin Zemach Top Hat – Hermes Pan |
Best Assistant Director: The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing (WINNER) David Copperfield – Joseph M. Newman Les Misérables – Eric Stacey A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Sherry Shourds (write-in, not official nomination) |
Academy Honorary Award: D. W. Griffith – “For his distinguished creative achievements as director and producer and his invaluable initiative and lasting contributions to the progress of the motion picture arts.” |
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