1936 Academy Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The 1936 Academy Awards were presented March 4, 1937 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.

Outstanding Production

Anthony Adverse (Warner Bros.)

Dodsworth (Goldwyn; United Artists)

The Great Ziegfeld (MGM)

Libeled Lady (MGM)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Columbia)

Romeo and Juliet (MGM)

San Francisco (MGM)

The Story of Louis Pasteur (Cosmopolitan; Warner Bros.-First National)

A Tale of Two Cities (MGM)

Three Smart Girls (Universal)

Best Actor

Gary Cooper, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Walter Huston, Dodsworth

Paul Muni, The Story of Louis Pasteur

William Powell, My Man Godfrey

Spencer Tracy, San Francisco

Best Actress

Irene Dunne, Theodora Goes Wild

Gladys George, Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey

Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld

Norma Shearer, Romeo and Juliet

Actor in a Supporting Role

Mischa Auer, My Man Godfrey

Walter Brennan, Come and Get It

Stuart Erwin, Pigskin Parade

Basil Rathbone, Romeo and Juliet

Akim Tamiroff, The General Died at Dawn

Actress in a Supporting Role

Beulah Bondi, The Gorgeous Hussy

Alice Brady, My Man Godfrey

Bonita Granville, These Three

Maria Ouspenskaya, Dodsworth

Gale Sondergaard, Anthony Adverse

Directing

Frank Capra, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Gregory La Cava, My Man Godfrey

Robert Z. Leonard, The Great Ziegfeld

W. S. Van Dyke, San Francisco

William Wyler, Dodsworth

Frank Capra

Archive Photos

Writing

Original Story	Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney, The Story of Louis Pasteur
	Adele Comandini, Three Smart Girls
	Robert Hopkins, San Francisco
	Norman Krasna, Fury
	William Anthony McGuire, The Great Ziegfeld
Screenplay	Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney, The Story of Louis Pasteur
	Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, After the Thin Man
	Eric Hatch and Morris Ryskind, My Man Godfrey
	Sidney Howard, Dodsworth
	Robert Riskin, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Cinematography

George Folsey, The Gorgeous Hussy

Gaetano Gaudio, Anthony Adverse

Victor Milner, The General Died at Dawn

Art Direction

Albert S. D'Agostino and Jack Otterson, The Magnificent Brute

William S. Darling, Lloyds of London

Richard Day, Dodsworth

Perry Ferguson, Winterset

Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope and Edwin B. Willis, Romeo and Juliet

Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu and Edwin B. Willis, The Great Ziegfeld

Anton Grot, Anthony Adverse

Sound Recording

Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Hal Roach Studio Sound Dept., General Spanky

MGM Studio Sound Dept., San Francisco

Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The Texas Rangers

RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., That Girl From Paris

Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Banjo on My Knee

United Artists Studio Sound Dept., Dodsworth

Universal Studio Sound Dept., Three Smart Girls

Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., The Charge of the Light Brigade

Assistant Director

Clem Beauchamp, The Last of the Mohicans

William Cannon, Anthony Adverse

Joseph Newman, San Francisco

Eric G. Stacey, Garden of Allah

Jack Sullivan, The Charge of the Light Brigade

Music

Song	“Did I Remember,” Suzy, Walter Donaldson, music; Harold Adamson, Iyrics
	“I've Got You Under My Skin,” Born to Dance, Cole Porter, music and Iyrics
	“A Melody From the Sky,” Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Louis Alter, music; Sidney Mitchell, Iyrics
	“Pennies From Heaven,” Pennies From Heaven, Arthur Johnston, music; Johnny Burke, Iyrics
	*“The Way You Look Tonight,” Swing Time, Jerome Kern, music; Dorothy Fields, Iyrics*
	“When Did You Leave Heaven,” Sing, Baby Sing, Richard A. Whiting, music; Walter Bullock, Iyrics
Score	Paramount Studio Music Dept., The General Died at Dawn
	RKO Radio Studio Music Dept., Winterset
	Selznick International Pictures Music Dept., The Garden of Allah
	Warner Bros. Studio Music Dept., Anthony Adverse
	Warner Bros. Studio Music Dept., The Charge of the Light Brigade

Film Editing

Edward Curtiss, Come and Get It

Ralph Dawson, Anthony Adverse

William S. Gray, The Great Ziegfeld

Barbara McLean, Lloyds of London

Otto Meyer, Theodora Goes Wild

Conrad A. Nervig, A Tale of Two Cities

Dance Direction

Busby Berkeley, “Love and War,” Gold Diggers of 1937

Bobby Connolly, “1,000 Love Songs,” Cain and Mabel

Seymour Felix, “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody,” The Great Ziegfeld

Dave Gould, “Swingin' the Jinx,” Born to Dance

Jack Haskell, “Skating Ensemble,” One in a Million

Russell Lewis, “The Finale,” Dancing Pirate

Hermes Pan, “Bojangles of Harlem,” Swing Time

Short Subjects

Cartoon	The Country Cousin (Silly Symphony Series) (Walt Disney Productions; United Artists)
	Old Mill Pond (Happy Harmonies Series) (Harman-Ising; MGM)
	Sinbad the Sailor (Popeye Series) (Paramount)
One-Reel	Bored of Education (Our Gang Series) (Hal Roach, producer; MGM)
	Moscow Moods (Headliners Series) (Paramount)
	Wanted, A Master (Pete Smith Specialties Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM)
Two-Reel	Double or Nothing (Melody Masters Series) (Warner Bros.)
	Dummy Ache (Edgar Kennedy Comedies Series) (RKO Radio)
	The Public Pays (Crime Doesn't Pay Series) (MGM)
Color	Give Me Liberty (Broadway Brevities Series) (Warner Bros.)
	La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (Musical Revues Series) (Lewis Lewyn, producer; MGM)
	Popular Science J-6-2 (Popular Science Series) (Paramount)

Special Awards

To the March of Time for its significance to motion pictures and for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry—the newsreel

To W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson for the color cinematography of the Selznick International Production, The Garden of Allah

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