1936 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 107 Academy Award records for the 1936 film year, covering 53 films and including 22 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ The Great ZiegfeldMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
10 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- Anthony Adverse
4 wins from 7 award records
- The Great Ziegfeld
3 wins from 7 award records
- The Story of Louis Pasteur
3 wins from 4 award records
- Dodsworth
1 win from 7 award records
- San Francisco
1 win from 6 award records
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1 win from 5 award records
Category winners
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- ★ The Story of Louis Pasteur — Louis Pasteur
- ★ Come and Get It — Swan Bostrom
- ★ The Great Ziegfeld — Anna Held
- ★ Anthony Adverse — Faith Paleologue
- ★ The Great Ziegfeld — A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody
- ★ Swing Time — The Way You Look Tonight
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 107 of 107 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ The Great Ziegfeld IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Anthony Adverse IMDB — Warner Bros.
- Dodsworth IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Libeled Lady IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town IMDB — Columbia
- Romeo and Juliet IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- San Francisco IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- The Story of Louis Pasteur IMDB — Cosmopolitan
- A Tale of Two Cities IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Three Smart Girls IMDB — Universal
Best Actor
- ★ The Story of Louis Pasteur IMDB — Paul MuniLouis Pasteur
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town IMDB — Gary CooperLongfellow Deeds
- Dodsworth IMDB — Walter HustonSam Dodsworth
- My Man Godfrey IMDB — William PowellGodfrey Parks
- San Francisco IMDB — Spencer TracyFather Tim Mullen
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Come and Get It IMDB — Walter BrennanSwan Bostrom
- My Man Godfrey IMDB — Mischa AuerCarlo
- Pigskin Parade IMDB — Stuart ErwinAmos Dodd
- Romeo and Juliet IMDB — Basil RathboneTybalt
- The General Died at Dawn IMDB — Akim TamiroffGeneral Yang
Best Actress
- ★ The Great Ziegfeld IMDB — Luise RainerAnna Held
- Theodora Goes Wild IMDB — Irene DunneTheodora Lynn
- Valiant Is the Word for Carrie IMDB — Gladys GeorgeCarrie Snyder
- My Man Godfrey IMDB — Carole LombardIrene Bullock
- Romeo and Juliet IMDB — Norma ShearerJuliet
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ Anthony Adverse IMDB — Gale SondergaardFaith Paleologue
- The Gorgeous Hussy IMDB — Beulah BondiRachel Jackson
- My Man Godfrey IMDB — Alice BradyAngelica Bullock
- These Three IMDB — Bonita GranvilleMary Tilford
- Dodsworth IMDB — Maria OuspenskayaBaroness von Obersdorf
Art Direction
- ★ Dodsworth IMDB — Richard Day
- Anthony Adverse IMDB — Anton Grot
- The Great Ziegfeld IMDB — Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu, Edwin B. Willis
- Lloyds of London IMDB — William S. Darling
- The Magnificent Brute IMDB — Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Otterson
- Romeo and Juliet IMDB — Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope, Edwin B. Willis
- Winterset IMDB — Perry Ferguson
Assistant Director
Cinematography
Dance Direction
- ★ The Great Ziegfeld IMDB — Seymour FelixA Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody
- Gold Diggers of 1937 IMDB — Busby BerkeleyLove and War
- Cain and Mabel IMDB — Bobby Connolly1000 Love Songs
- Born to Dance IMDB — Dave GouldSwingin' the Jinx
- One in a Million IMDB — Jack HaskellSkating Ensemble
- Dancing Pirate IMDB — Russell LewisThe Finale
- Swing Time IMDB — Hermes PanBojangles of Harlem
Best Director
Film Editing
Original Song
- ★ Swing Time IMDB — Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Dorothy FieldsThe Way You Look Tonight
- Suzy IMDB — Music by Walter Donaldson; Lyrics by Harold AdamsonDid I Remember
- Born to Dance IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Cole PorterI've Got You Under My Skin
- Trail of the Lonesome Pine IMDB — Music by Louis Alter; Lyrics by Sidney MitchellA Melody From The Sky
- Pennies from Heaven IMDB — Music by Arthur Johnston; Lyrics by Johnny BurkePennies From Heaven
- Sing, Baby, Sing IMDB — Music by Richard A. Whiting; Lyrics by Walter BullockWhen Did You Leave Heaven
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ Anthony Adverse IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
- The Charge of the Light Brigade IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
- The Garden of Allah IMDB — Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
- The General Died at Dawn IMDB — Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by Werner Janssen)
- Winterset IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret, head of department (Score by Nathaniel Shilkret)
Animated Short Film
- ★ The Country Cousin IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- Old Mill Pond IMDB — Harman-Ising
- Sinbad the Sailor IMDB — Paramount
Short Subject (Color)
- ★ Give Me Liberty IMDB — Warner Bros.
- La Fiesta de Santa Barbara IMDB — Lewis Lewyn, Producer
- Popular Science J-6-2 IMDB — Paramount
Short Subject (One-Reel)
- ★ Bored of Education IMDB — Hal Roach, Producer
- Moscow Moods IMDB — Paramount
- Wanted, a Master IMDB — Pete Smith, Producer
Short Subject (Two-Reel)
- ★ The Public Pays IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Double or Nothing IMDB — Warner Bros.
- Dummy Ache IMDB — RKO Radio
Sound Recording
- ★ San Francisco IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- Banjo on My Knee IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
- The Charge of the Light Brigade IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
- Dodsworth IMDB — United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
- General Spanky IMDB — Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town IMDB — Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
- The Texas Rangers IMDB — Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director
- That Girl from Paris IMDB — RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, J. O. Aalberg, Sound Director
- Three Smart Girls IMDB — Universal Studio Sound Department, Homer G. Tasker, Sound Director
Special Award
- ★ The March of Time IMDB
Source context
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.
- ★ The Garden of Allah IMDB — W. Howard Greene, Harold Rosson
Source context
To W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson for the color cinematography of the Selznick International Production, The Garden of Allah.
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ The Story of Louis Pasteur IMDB — Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
- After the Thin Man IMDB — Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
- Dodsworth IMDB — Sidney Howard
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town IMDB — Robert Riskin
- My Man Godfrey IMDB — Eric Hatch, Morris Ryskind
Writing (Original Story)
- ★ The Story of Louis Pasteur IMDB — Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
- Fury IMDB — Norman Krasna
- The Great Ziegfeld IMDB — William Anthony McGuire
- San Francisco IMDB — Robert Hopkins
- Three Smart Girls IMDB — Adele Comandini
Nominated films and other recorded entries
53 films represented in the 1936 archive selection.
- A Tale of Two Cities
- After the Thin Man
- Anthony Adverse
- Banjo on My Knee
- Bored of Education
- Born to Dance
- Cain and Mabel
- Come and Get It
- Dancing Pirate
- Dodsworth
- Double or Nothing
- Dummy Ache
- Fury
- General Spanky
- Give Me Liberty
- Gold Diggers of 1937
- La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
- Libeled Lady
- Lloyds of London
- Moscow Moods
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
- My Man Godfrey
- Old Mill Pond
- One in a Million
- Pennies from Heaven
- Pigskin Parade
- Popular Science J-6-2
- Romeo and Juliet
- San Francisco
- Sinbad the Sailor
- Sing, Baby, Sing
- Suzy
- Swing Time
- That Girl from Paris
- The Charge of the Light Brigade
- The Country Cousin
- The Garden of Allah
- The General Died at Dawn
- The Gorgeous Hussy
- The Great Ziegfeld
- The Last of the Mohicans
- The Magnificent Brute
- The March of Time
- The Public Pays
- The Story of Louis Pasteur
- The Texas Rangers
- Theodora Goes Wild
- These Three
- Three Smart Girls
- Trail of the Lonesome Pine
- Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
- Wanted, a Master
- Winterset
About these award records
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