8th Academy Awards

Date: March 5, 1936

Host: Frank Capra

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Outstanding Production

• Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Alice Adams (1935)
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Captain Blood (1935)
David Copperfield (1935)
The Informer (1935)
Les Misérables (1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Top Hat (1935)


Best Director

• John Ford (The Informer)

Michael Curtiz (Captain Blood)
Henry Hathaway (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer)
Frank Lloyd (Mutiny on the Bounty)


Best Actor

• Victor McLaglen (The Informer)

Clark Gable (Mutiny on the Bounty)
Charles Laughton (Mutiny on the Bounty
Paul Muni (Black Fury)
Franchot Tone (Mutiny on the Bounty)


Best Actress

• Bette Davis (Dangerous)

Elisabeth Bergner (Escape Me Never)
Claudette Colbert (Private Worlds)
Katharine Hepburn (Alice Adams)
Miriam Hopkins (Becky Sharp)
Merle Oberon (The Dark Angel)


Best Story

• Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur (The Scoundrel)

Moss Hart (Broadway Melody of 1936)
Don Hartman and Stephen Morehouse Avery (The Gay Deception)
Gregory Rogers (G Men)


Best Adapted Screenplay

• Dudley Nichols (The Informer)

Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer)
Achmed Abdullah, John L. Balderston,Waldemar Young, Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings and Carey Wilson (Mutiny on the Bounty)
Casey Robinson (Captain Blood )


Best Live Action Short Film, Comedy

• Jack Chertok and MGM (How to Sleep)

Jules White and Columbia (Oh, My Nerves)
Hal Roach and MGM (Tit for Tat)


Best Live Action Short Film, Novelty

• Gaumont British and Skibo Productions (Wings Over Everest)

Pete Smith and MGM (Audioscopiks)
Universal (Camera Thrills)


Best Animated Short Film

• Walt Disney Productions and United Artists (Three Orphan Kittens)

Harman-Ising and MGM (The Calico Dragon)
Walt Disney Productions and United Artists (Who Killed Cock Robin?)


Best Score

• RKO Radio Studio Music Department (The Informer)

Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department (Captain Blood)
MGM Studio Music Department (Mutiny on the Bounty)
Paramount Studio Music Department (Peter Ibbetson)


Best Song

• Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Al Dubin ("Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935)

Music and Lyric by Irving Berlin ("Cheek to Cheek" from Top Hat)
Music by Jerome Kern; Lyric by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh ("Lovely to Look At" from Roberta)


Best Art Direction

• Richard Day (The Dark Angel)

Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer)
Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase (Top Hat)


Best Cinematography

• Hal Mohr (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Ray June (Barbary Coast)
Victor Milner (The Crusades)
Gregg Toland (Les Misérables)


Best Sound Recording

• Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department (Naughty Marietta)

Republic Studio Sound Department ($1,000 a Minute)
Gilbert Kurland, Universal Studio Sound Department (Bride of Frankenstein)
Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department (Captain Blood)
Thomas T. Moulton, United Artists Studio Sound Department (The Dark Angel)
Carl Dreher, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department (I Dream Too Much)
Franklin B. Hansen, Paramount Studio Sound Department (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer)
John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department (Love Me Forever)
E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department (Thanks a Million)


Best Film Editing

• Ralph Dawson (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Robert J. Kern (David Copperfield)
George Hively (The Informer)
Barbara McLean (Les Misérables)
Ellsworth Hoagland (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer)
Margaret Booth (Mutiny on the Bounty)


Best Assistant Director

• Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer)

Joseph M. Newman (David Copperfield)
Eric Stacey (Les Misérables)
Sherry Shourds (A Midsummer Night's Dream)


Best Dance Direction

• Dave Gould (Broadway Melody of 1936 and Folies Bergère de Paris)

LeRoy Prinz (All the King's Horses and The Big Broadcast of 1936)
Bobby Connolly (Broadway Hostess and Go into Your Dance)
Busby Berkeley (Gold Diggers of 1935)
Sammy Lee (King of Burlesque)
Benjamin Zemach (She)
Hermes Pan (Top Hat)


Honorary Awards

• 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.")