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The 8th Academy Awards | 1936
Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel
Thursday, March 5, 1936
Honoring movies released in 1935
Highlights
Short Subject (Comedy)
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How To Sleep

Jack Chertok

Best Actress
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Dangerous

Bette Davis

Cinematography
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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Hal Mohr

Memorable Moments
D.W. Griffith
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Special Award recipient, second from left, with, from left: Frank Capra, Jean Hersholt, Henry B. Walthall, Frank Lloyd, Cecil B. DeMille and Donald Crisp

Victor McLaglen
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Best Actor winner for The Informer, with Louis B. Mayer and Clark Gable

Stan Laurel
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Attending the Academy Awards banquet

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Victor McLaglen
The Informer
Nominees
Clark Gable
Mutiny on the Bounty
Nominees
Charles Laughton
Mutiny on the Bounty
Nominees
Paul Muni
Black Fury
Nominees
Franchot Tone
Mutiny on the Bounty
Actress
Winner
Bette Davis
Dangerous
Nominees
Elisabeth Bergner
Escape Me Never
Nominees
Claudette Colbert
Private Worlds
Nominees
Katharine Hepburn
Alice Adams
Nominees
Miriam Hopkins
Becky Sharp
Nominees
Merle Oberon
The Dark Angel
Art Direction
Winner
The Dark Angel
Richard Day
Nominees
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson
Nominees
Top Hat
Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark
Assistant Director
Winner
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Clem Beauchamp, Paul Wing
Nominees
David Copperfield
Joseph Newman
Nominees
Les Misérables
Eric Stacey
Nominees
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sherry Shourds
Cinematography
Winner
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hal Mohr
Nominees
Barbary Coast
Ray June
Nominees
The Crusades
Victor Milner
Nominees
Les Misérables
Gregg Toland
Dance Direction
Winner
Broadway Melody of 1936
"I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling" from "Broadway Melody of 1936"
Winner
Folies Bergere
"Straw Hat" from "Folies Bergere"
Nominees
Gold Diggers of 1935
"Lullaby of Broadway" from "Gold Diggers of 1935"
Nominees
Gold Diggers of 1935
"The Words Are In My Heart" from "Gold Diggers of 1935"
Nominees
Go into Your Dance
"Latin from Manhattan" from "Go into Your Dance"
Nominees
Broadway Hostess
"Playboy from Paree" from "Broadway Hostess"
Nominees
King of Burlesque
"Lovely Lady" from "King of Burlesque"
Nominees
King of Burlesque
"Too Good To Be True" from "King of Burlesque"
Nominees
Top Hat
"Piccolino" from "Top Hat"
Nominees
Top Hat
"Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails" from "Top Hat"
Nominees
Big Broadcast of 1936
"It's the Animal in Me" from "Big Broadcast of 1936"
Nominees
All the King's Horses
"Viennese Waltz" from "All the King's Horses"
Nominees
She
"Hall of Kings" from "She"
Directing
Winner
The Informer
John Ford
Nominees
Captain Blood
Michael Curtiz
Nominees
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Henry Hathaway
Nominees
Mutiny on the Bounty
Frank Lloyd
Film Editing
Winner
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ralph Dawson
Nominees
David Copperfield
Robert J. Kern
Nominees
The Informer
George Hively
Nominees
Les Misérables
Barbara McLean
Nominees
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Ellsworth Hoagland
Nominees
Mutiny on the Bounty
Margaret Booth
Music (Scoring)
Winner
The Informer
RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
Nominees
Captain Blood
Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Nominees
Mutiny on the Bounty
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
Nominees
Peter Ibbetson
Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, head of department (Score by Ernst Toch)
Music (Song)
Winner
Gold Diggers of 1935
Lullaby Of Broadway in "Gold Diggers of 1935" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Al Dubin
Nominees
Top Hat
Cheek To Cheek in "Top Hat" Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Nominees
Roberta
Lovely To Look At in "Roberta" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh
Outstanding Production
Winner
Mutiny on the Bounty
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Alice Adams
RKO Radio
Nominees
Broadway Melody of 1936
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Captain Blood
Cosmopolitan
Nominees
David Copperfield
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
The Informer
RKO Radio
Nominees
Les Misérables
20th Century
Nominees
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Paramount
Nominees
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Warner Bros.
Nominees
Naughty Marietta
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Ruggles of Red Gap
Paramount
Nominees
Top Hat
RKO Radio
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Three Orphan Kittens
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
The Calico Dragon
Harman-Ising
Nominees
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Walt Disney, Producer
Short Subject (Comedy)
Winner
How to Sleep
Jack Chertok, Producer
Nominees
Oh, My Nerves
Jules White, Producer
Nominees
Tit for Tat
Hal Roach, Producer
Short Subject (Novelty)
Winner
Wings over Mt. Everest
Gaumont British and Skibo Productions
Nominees
Audioscopiks
Pete Smith, Producer
Nominees
Camera Thrills
Universal
Sound Recording
Winner
Naughty Marietta
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Nominees
Bride of Frankenstein
Universal Studio Sound Department, Gilbert Kurland, Sound Director
Nominees
Captain Blood
Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
Nominees
The Dark Angel
United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Nominees
I Dream Too Much
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Carl Dreher, Sound Director
Nominees
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director
Nominees
Love Me Forever
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Nominees
$1,000 a Minute
Republic Studio Sound Department
Nominees
Thanks a Million
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
Writing (Original Story)
Winner
The Scoundrel
Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
Nominees
Broadway Melody of 1936
Moss Hart
Nominees
G-Men
Gregory Rogers
Nominees
The Gay Deception
Don Hartman, Stephen Avery
Writing (Screenplay)
Winner
The Informer
Dudley Nichols
Nominees
Captain Blood
Casey Robinson
Nominees
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Screenplay by Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, Achmed Abdullah; Adaptation by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
Nominees
Mutiny on the Bounty
Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson

0-9

$1,000 a Minute
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - Republic Studio Sound Department

A

Alice Adams
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Katharine Hepburn
  • Outstanding Production - RKO Radio
All the King's Horses
1 NOMINATION
  • Dance Direction - "Viennese Waltz" from "All the King's Horses"
Audioscopiks
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Novelty) - Pete Smith, Producer

B

Barbary Coast
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography - Ray June
Becky Sharp
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Miriam Hopkins
Big Broadcast of 1936
1 NOMINATION
  • Dance Direction - "It's the Animal in Me" from "Big Broadcast of 1936"
Black Fury
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor - Paul Muni
Bride of Frankenstein
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - Universal Studio Sound Department, Gilbert Kurland, Sound Director
Broadway Hostess
1 NOMINATION
  • Dance Direction - "Playboy from Paree" from "Broadway Hostess"
Broadway Melody of 1936
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Dance Direction - "I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling" from "Broadway Melody of 1936"
  • Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Writing (Original Story) - Moss Hart

C

The Calico Dragon
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Harman-Ising
Camera Thrills
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Novelty) - Universal
Captain Blood
5 NOMINATIONS
  • Directing - Michael Curtiz
  • Music (Scoring) - Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
  • Outstanding Production - Cosmopolitan
  • Sound Recording - Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
  • Writing (Screenplay) - Casey Robinson
The Crusades
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography - Victor Milner

D

Dangerous
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Actress - Bette Davis
The Dark Angel
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Art Direction - Richard Day
  • Actress - Merle Oberon
  • Sound Recording - United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
David Copperfield
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Assistant Director - Joseph Newman
  • Film Editing - Robert J. Kern
  • Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

E

Escape Me Never
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Elisabeth Bergner

F

Folies Bergere
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Dance Direction - "Straw Hat" from "Folies Bergere"

G

G-Men
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Story) - Gregory Rogers
The Gay Deception
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Story) - Don Hartman, Stephen Avery
Go into Your Dance
1 NOMINATION
  • Dance Direction - "Latin from Manhattan" from "Go into Your Dance"
Gold Diggers of 1935
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Song) - Lullaby Of Broadway in "Gold Diggers of 1935" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Al Dubin
  • Dance Direction - "Lullaby of Broadway" from "Gold Diggers of 1935", "The Words Are In My Heart" from "Gold Diggers of 1935"

H

How to Sleep
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Comedy) - Jack Chertok, Producer

I

I Dream Too Much
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Carl Dreher, Sound Director
The Informer
6 NOMINATIONS, 4 WINS
  • * Actor - Victor McLaglen
  • * Directing - John Ford
  • * Music (Scoring) - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
  • * Writing (Screenplay) - Dudley Nichols
  • Film Editing - George Hively
  • Outstanding Production - RKO Radio

K

King of Burlesque
1 NOMINATION
  • Dance Direction - "Lovely Lady" from "King of Burlesque", "Too Good To Be True" from "King of Burlesque"

L

Les Misérables
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Assistant Director - Eric Stacey
  • Cinematography - Gregg Toland
  • Film Editing - Barbara McLean
  • Outstanding Production - 20th Century
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
7 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Assistant Director - Clem Beauchamp, Paul Wing
  • Art Direction - Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson
  • Directing - Henry Hathaway
  • Film Editing - Ellsworth Hoagland
  • Outstanding Production - Paramount
  • Sound Recording - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director
  • Writing (Screenplay) - Screenplay by Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, Achmed Abdullah; Adaptation by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
Love Me Forever
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director

M

A Midsummer Night's Dream
4 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Cinematography - Hal Mohr
  • * Film Editing - Ralph Dawson
  • Assistant Director - Sherry Shourds
  • Outstanding Production - Warner Bros.
Mutiny on the Bounty
6 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Actor - Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone
  • Directing - Frank Lloyd
  • Film Editing - Margaret Booth
  • Music (Scoring) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
  • Writing (Screenplay) - Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson

N

Naughty Marietta
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Sound Recording - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
  • Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

O

Oh, My Nerves
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Comedy) - Jules White, Producer

P

Peter Ibbetson
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Scoring) - Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, head of department (Score by Ernst Toch)
Private Worlds
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Claudette Colbert

R

Roberta
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song) - Lovely To Look At in "Roberta" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh
Ruggles of Red Gap
1 NOMINATION
  • Outstanding Production - Paramount

S

The Scoundrel
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Writing (Original Story) - Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
She
1 NOMINATION
  • Dance Direction - "Hall of Kings" from "She"

T

Thanks a Million
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Recording - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
Three Orphan Kittens
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
Tit for Tat
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Comedy) - Hal Roach, Producer
Top Hat
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction - Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark
  • Dance Direction - "Piccolino" from "Top Hat", "Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails" from "Top Hat"
  • Music (Song) - Cheek To Cheek in "Top Hat" Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
  • Outstanding Production - RKO Radio

W

Who Killed Cock Robin?
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
Wings over Mt. Everest
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Novelty) - Gaumont British and Skibo Productions
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