1936 (9th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1936. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person, song or dance number in the list to display more information about that film, person, song or dance number. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
Outstanding Production
Anthony Adverse, Warner Bros.Dodsworth, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.The Great Ziegfeld, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Libeled Lady, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Columbia.Romeo and Juliet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.San Francisco, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The Story of Louis Pasteur, Cosmopolitan; Warner Bros.-First National.A Tale of Two Cities, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Three Smart Girls, Universal.Best Actor
Best Actress
Actor in a Supporting Role
NOTE: Supporting Actor was a new category in 1936.
Actress in a Supporting Role
NOTE: Supporting Actress was a new category in 1936.
Directing
Art Direction
Assistant Director
Cinematography
Dance Direction
Busby Berkeley for the “Love and War” number from Gold Diggers of 1937, Warner Bros.-First National.Seymour Felix for the “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody” number from The Great Ziegfeld, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Film Editing
Music
(Scoring)
Anthony Adverse, Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department. (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)The Charge of the Light Brigade, Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department. (Score by Max Steiner)The Garden of Allah, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department. (Score by Max Steiner)The General Died at Dawn, Paramount. Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department. (Score by Werner Janssen)Winterset, RKO Radio. RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkrat, head of department. (Score by Nathaniel Shilkrat)(Song)
I’ve Got You Under My Skin from Born to Dance, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter.A Melody from the Sky from Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Walter Wanger; Paramount. Music by Louis Alter; lyrics by Sidney Mitchell.Pennies from Heaven from Pennies from Heaven, Columbia. Music by Arthur Johnston; lyrics by Johnny Burke.The Way You Look Tonight from Swing Time, RKO Radio. Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Dorothy Fields.When Did You Leave Heaven from Sing, Baby, Sing, 20th Century-Fox. Music by Richard A. Whiting; lyrics by Walter Bullock.Short Subjects
(Cartoons)
The Country Cousin, Walt Disney Productions; United Artists. [Silly Symphony Series] Walt Disney, Producer.Old Mill Pond, Harman-Ising; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Happy Harmonies Series]Sinbad the Sailor, Paramount. [Popeye Series](Color)
Give Me Liberty, Warner Bros. [Broadway Brevities Series]La Fiesta de Santa Barbara, Lewis Lewyn; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Musical Revues Series] Lewis Lewyn, Producer.Popular Science J-6-2, Paramount. [Popular Science Series](One-reel)
Moscow Moods, Paramount. [Headliners Series]Wanted, a Master, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Pete Smith Specialties Series] Pete Smith, Producer.(Two-reel)
Double or Nothing, Warner Bros. [Melody Masters Series]Dummy Ache, RKO Radio. [Edgar Kennedy Comedies Series]The Public Pays, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Crime Doesn’t Pay Series]Sound Recording
Banjo on My Knee, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director.The Charge of the Light Brigade, Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.Dodsworth, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.General Spanky, Hal Roach; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director.San Francisco, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.The Texas Rangers, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director.Writing
(Original Story)
The Story of Louis Pasteur, Cosmopolitan; Warner Bros.-First National. Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney.(Screenplay)
The Story of Louis Pasteur, Cosmopolitan; Warner Bros.-First National. Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney.Special Award
To March of Time. for its significance to motion pictures and for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry—the newsreel. [ [Statuette]]To W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson for the color cinematography of the Selznick International Production, The Garden of Allah. [ [Plaque]]Scientific or Technical Award
(Class I)
To Douglas Shearer and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department for the development of a practical two-way horn system and a biased Class A push-pull recording system.(Class II)
To E. C. Wente and Bell Telephone Laboratories for their multi-cellular high-frequency horn and receiver.To RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc., for their rotary stabilizer sound head.(Class III)
To RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc., for their development of a method of recording and printing sound records utilizing a restricted spectrum (known as ultra-violet light recording). [RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc. received three citations in the 1936 Scientific or Technical (Class III) category.]To Electrical Research Products, Inc. for the ERPI “Type Q” portable recording channel.To RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc., for furnishing a practical design and specifications for a non-slip printer.To United Artists Studio Corp. for the development of a practical, efficient and quiet wind machine.