1936 (9th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1936. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. 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 by film for that year.

After the Thin Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Writing (Screenplay). Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.

Anthony Adverse, Warner Bros.

Outstanding Production.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Gale Sondergaard.

Art Direction. Anton Grot.

Assistant Director. William Cannon.

Cinematography. Gaetano Gaudio.

Film Editing. Ralph Dawson.

Music (Scoring). Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department. (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)

Banjo on My Knee, 20th Century-Fox.

Sound Recording. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director.

Bored of Education, Hal Roach; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Our Gang Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Hal Roach, Producer.

Born to Dance, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Dance Direction. Dave Gould for the “Swingin’ the Jinx” number.

Music (Song). “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter.

Cain and Mabel, Warner Bros.-Cosmopolitan.

Dance Direction. Bobby Connolly for the “1000 Love Songs” number.

The Charge of the Light Brigade, Warner Bros.

Assistant Director. Jack Sullivan.

Music (Scoring). Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department. (Score by Max Steiner)

Sound Recording. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.

Come and Get It, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Walter Brennan.

Film Editing. Edward Curtiss.

The Country Cousin, Walt Disney Productions; United Artists. [Silly Symphony Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Dancing Pirate, Pioneer Pictures; RKO Radio.

Dance Direction. Russell Lewis for the “The Finale” number.

Dodsworth, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. Walter Huston.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Maria Ouspenskaya.

Directing. William Wyler.

Art Direction. Richard Day.

Sound Recording. United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay). Sidney Howard.

Double or Nothing, Warner Bros. [Melody Masters Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

Dummy Ache, RKO Radio. [Edgar Kennedy Comedies Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

Fury, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Writing (Original Story). Norman Krasna.

The Garden of Allah, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists.

Assistant Director. Eric G. Stacey.

Music (Scoring). Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department. (Score by Max Steiner)

The General Died at Dawn, Paramount.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Akim Tamiroff.

Cinematography. Victor Milner.

Music (Scoring). Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department. (Score by Werner Janssen)

General Spanky, Hal Roach; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Sound Recording. Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director.

Give Me Liberty, Warner Bros. [Broadway Brevities Series]

Short Subjects (Color).

Gold Diggers of 1937, Warner Bros.-First National.

Dance Direction. Busby Berkeley for the “Love and War” number.

The Gorgeous Hussy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Beulah Bondi.

Cinematography. George Folsey.

The Great Ziegfeld, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actress. Luise Rainer.

Directing. Robert Z. Leonard.

Art Direction. Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu and Edwin B. Willis.

Dance Direction. Seymour Felix for the “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody” number.

Film Editing. William S. Gray.

Writing (Original Story). William Anthony McGuire.

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara, Lewis Lewyn; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Musical Revues Series]

Short Subjects (Color). Lewis Lewyn, Producer.

The Last of the Mohicans, Reliance Pictures; United Artists.

Assistant Director. Clem Beauchamp.

Libeled Lady, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Lloyds of London, 20th Century-Fox.

Art Direction. William S. Darling.

Film Editing. Barbara McLean.

The Magnificent Brute, Universal.

Art Direction. Albert S. D’Agostino and Jack Otterson.

March of Time.

Special Award.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Columbia.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. Gary Cooper.

Directing. Frank Capra.

Sound Recording. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay). Robert Riskin.

Moscow Moods, Paramount. [Headliners Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel).

My Man Godfrey, Universal.

Best Actor. William Powell.

Best Actress. Carole Lombard.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Mischa Auer.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Alice Brady.

Directing. Gregory La Cava.

Writing (Screenplay). Eric Hatch and Morris Ryskind.

Old Mill Pond, Harman-Ising; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Happy Harmonies Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

One in a Million, 20th Century-Fox.

Dance Direction. Jack Haskell for the “Skating Ensemble” number.

Pennies from Heaven, Columbia.

Music (Song). “Pennies from Heaven”. Music by Arthur Johnston; lyrics by Johnny Burke.

Pigskin Parade, 20th Century-Fox.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Stuart Erwin.

Popular Science J-6-2, Paramount. [Popular Science Series]

Short Subjects (Color).

The Public Pays, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Crime Doesn’t Pay Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel).

Romeo and Juliet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actress. Norma Shearer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Basil Rathbone.

Art Direction. Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope and Edwin B. Willis.

San Francisco, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. Spencer Tracy.

Directing. W. S. Van Dyke.

Assistant Director. Joseph Newman.

Sound Recording. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.

Writing (Original Story). Robert Hopkins.

Sinbad the Sailor, Paramount. [Popeye Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

Sing, Baby, Sing, 20th Century-Fox.

Music (Song). “When Did You Leave Heaven”. Music by Richard A. Whiting; lyrics by Walter Bullock.

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

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. Paul Muni.

Writing (Original Story). Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney.

Writing (Screenplay). Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney.

Suzy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Song). “Did I Remember”. Music by Walter Donaldson; lyrics by Harold Adamson.

Swing Time, RKO Radio.

Dance Direction. Hermes Pan for the “Bojangles of Harlem” number.

Music (Song). “The Way You Look Tonight”. Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Dorothy Fields.

A Tale of Two Cities, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Film Editing. Conrad A. Nervig.

The Texas Rangers, Paramount.

Sound Recording. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director.

That Girl from Paris, RKO Radio.

Sound Recording. RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, J. O. Aalberg, Sound Director.

Theodora Goes Wild, Columbia.

Best Actress. Irene Dunne.

Film Editing. Otto Meyer.

These Three, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Bonita Granville.

Three Smart Girls, Universal.

Outstanding Production.

Sound Recording. Universal Studio Sound Department, Homer G. Tasker, Sound Director.

Writing (Original Story). Adele Comandini.

Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Walter Wanger; Paramount.

Music (Song). “A Melody from the Sky”. Music by Louis Alter; lyrics by Sidney Mitchell.

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie, Paramount.

Best Actress. Gladys George.

Wanted, a Master, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Pete Smith Specialties Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Pete Smith, Producer.

Winterset, RKO Radio.

Art Direction. Perry Ferguson.

Music (Scoring). RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkrat, head of department. (Score by Nathaniel Shilkrat)