The Complete Oscar Quest: 9th Academy Awards (1936)

1936

Outstanding Production (Best Picture)

  • Anthony Adverse
  • Dodsworth
  • The Great Ziegfeld
  • Libeled Lady
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • San Francisco
  • The Story of Louis Pasteur
  • A Tale of Two Cities
  • Three Smart Girls

Best Director

  • 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

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

Best Supporting Actor

  • 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

Best Supporting Actress

  • Beulah Bondi, The Gorgeous Hussy
  • Alice Brady, My Man Godfrey
  • Bonita Granville, These Three
  • Maria Ouspenskaya, Dodsworth
  • Gale Sondergaard, Anthony Adverse

Best Story

  • Fury
  • The Great Ziegfeld
  • San Francisco
  • The Story of Louis Pasteur
  • Three Smart Girls

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • After the Thin Man
  • Dodsworth
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • My Man Godfrey
  • The Story of Louis Pasteur

Best Editing

  • Anthony Adverse
  • Come and Get It
  • The Great Ziegfeld
  • Lloyds of London
  • A Tale of Two Cities
  • Theodora Goes Wild

Best Cinematography

  • Anthony Adverse
  • The General Died at Dawn
  • The Gorgeous Hussy

Best Score

  • Anthony Adverse
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade
  • The Garden of Allah
  • The General Died at Dawn
  • Winterset

Best Song

  • “Did I Remember,” from Suzy
  • “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” from Born to Dance
  • “A Melody in the Sky,” from The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
  • “Pennies from Heaven,” from Pennies from Heaven
  • “The Way You Look Tonight,” from Swing Time
  • “When Did You Leave Heaven,” from Sing, Baby Sing

Best Art Direction

  • Anthony Adverse
  • Dodsworth
  • The Great Ziegfeld
  • Lloyds of London
  • The Magnificent Brute
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Winterset

Best Sound Recording

  • Banjo on My Knee
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade
  • Dodsworth
  • General Spanky
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • San Francisco
  • The Texas Rangers
  • That Girl from Paris
  • Three Smart Girls

Best Assistant Director

  • Anthony Adverse
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade
  • The Garden of Allah
  • The Last of the Mohicans
  • San Francisco

Best Dance Direction

  • Born to Dance
  • Cain and Mabel
  • Dancing Pirate
  • Gold Diggers of 1937
  • The Great Ziegfeld
  • One in a Million
  • Swing Time

Best Live-Action Short, One-Reel

  • Bored of Education
  • Moscow Moods
  • Wanted – A Master

Best Live-Action Short, Two-Reel

  • Double or Nothing
  • Dummy Ache
  • The public Pays

Best Live-Action Short, Color

  • Give Me Liberty
  • La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
  • Popular Science J-6-2

Best Animated Short

  • The Country Cousin
  • The Old Mill Pond
  • Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Total List of Films Nominated:

  1. After the Thin Man
  2. Anthony Adverse
  3. Banjo on My Knee
  4. Born to Dance
  5. Cain and Mabel
  6. The Charge of the Light Brigade
  7. Come and Get It
  8. Dancing Pirate
  9. Dodsworth
  10. Fury
  11. The Garden of Allah
  12. The General Died at Dawn
  13. General Spanky
  14. Gold Diggers of 1937
  15. The Gorgeous Hussy
  16. The Great Ziegfeld
  17. The Last of the Mohicans
  18. Libeled Lady
  19. Lloyds of London
  20. The Magnificent Brute
  21. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  22. My Man Godfrey
  23. One in a Million
  24. Pennies from Heaven
  25. Pigskin Parade
  26. Romeo and Juliet
  27. San Francisco
  28. Sing, Baby Sing
  29. The Story of Louis Pasteur
  30. Suzy
  31. Swing Time
  32. A Tale of Two Cities
  33. The Texas Rangers
  34. That Girl from Paris
  35. Theodora Goes Wild
  36. These Three
  37. Three Smart Girls
  38. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
  39. Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
  40. Winterset

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