Awards & Winners

1936 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1936 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 9th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

9th Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Story

Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney

Honored for : The Story of Louis Pasteur

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pierre Collings The Story of Louis Pasteur
Sheridan Gibney The Story of Louis Pasteur
Norman Krasna Fury
William Anthony McGuire The Great Ziegfeld
Robert Hopkins San Francisco
Adele Comandini Three Smart Girls
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Walt Disney

Honored for : The Country Cousin

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Nominee Nominated Work
Max Fleischer Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
Hugh Harman The Old Mill Pond
Rudolf Ising The Old Mill Pond
Walt Disney The Country Cousin
Academy Award for Best Actor

Paul Muni

Honored for : The Story of Louis Pasteur
(Role: Louis Pasteur)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gary Cooper Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Role: Longfellow Deeds
William Powell My Man Godfrey
Role: Godfrey Parks
Walter Huston Dodsworth
Role: Sam Dodsworth
Spencer Tracy San Francisco
Role: Father Tim Mullen
Paul Muni The Story of Louis Pasteur
Role: Louis Pasteur
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Ralph Dawson

Honored for : Anthony Adverse

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Nominee Nominated Work
Otto Meyer Theodora Goes Wild
Edward Curtiss Come and Get It
William S. Gray The Great Ziegfeld
Conrad A. Nervig A Tale of Two Cities
Barbara McLean Lloyd's of London
Ralph Dawson Anthony Adverse
Academy Award for Best Dance Direction

Seymour Felix

Honored for : The Great Ziegfeld
(A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody number)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Seymour Felix The Great Ziegfeld
\"A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody\" number
Hermes Pan Swing Time
\"Bojangles of Harlem\" number
Bobby Connolly Cain and Mabel
\"1000 Love Songs\" number
Busby Berkeley Gold Diggers of 1937
\"Love and War\" number
Russell Lewis Dancing Pirate
\"The Finale\" number
Jack Haskell One In a Million
\"Skating Ensemble\" number
Dave Gould Born to Dance
"Swingin' the Jinx" number
Academy Award for Best Assistant Director

Jack Sullivan

Honored for : The Charge of the Light Brigade

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Nominee Nominated Work
Clem Beauchamp The Last of the Mohicans
William H. Cannon Anthony Adverse
Joseph M. Newman San Francisco
Eric G. Stacey The Garden of Allah
Jack Sullivan The Charge of the Light Brigade
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Richard Day

Honored for : Dodsworth

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Nominee Nominated Work
Perry Ferguson Winterset
Jack Otterson Magnificent Brute
Albert S. D'Agostino Magnificent Brute
Anton Grot Anthony Adverse
Cedric Gibbons The Great Ziegfeld
Eddie Imazu The Great Ziegfeld
Edwin B. Willis The Great Ziegfeld
Cedric Gibbons Romeo and Juliet
Fredric Hope Romeo and Juliet
Edwin B. Willis Romeo and Juliet
Richard Day Dodsworth
William S. Darling Lloyd's of London
Academy Award for Best Director

Frank Capra

Honored for : Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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Nominee Nominated Work
William Wyler Dodsworth
Gregory La Cava My Man Godfrey
Woody Van Dyke San Francisco
Frank Capra Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Robert Z. Leonard The Great Ziegfeld
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Walter Brennan

Honored for : Come and Get It
(Role: Swan Bostrom)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Akim Tamiroff The General Died at Dawn
Role: Gen. Yang
Basil Rathbone Romeo and Juliet
Role: Tybalt - Nephew to Lady Capulet
Mischa Auer My Man Godfrey
Role: Carlo
Walter Brennan Come and Get It
Role: Swan Bostrom
Stuart Erwin Pigskin Parade
Role: Amos Dodd
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern

Honored for : The Way You Look Tonight
(Swing Time)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Cole Porter I've Got You Under My Skin
Born to Dance
Sidney D. Mitchell A Melody From The Sky
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Louis Alter A Melody From The Sky
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Walter Donaldson Did I Remember
Suzy
Harold Adamson Did I Remember
Suzy
Walter Bullock When Did You Leave Heaven
Sing, Baby, Sing
Richard A. Whiting When Did You Leave Heaven
Sing, Baby, Sing
Johnny Burke Pennies from Heaven
Pennies from Heaven
Arthur Johnston Pennies from Heaven
Pennies from Heaven
Dorothy Fields The Way You Look Tonight
Swing Time
Jerome Kern The Way You Look Tonight
Swing Time
Academy Award for Best Actress

Luise Rainer

Honored for : The Great Ziegfeld
(Role: Anna Held)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Carole Lombard My Man Godfrey
Norma Shearer Romeo and Juliet
Luise Rainer The Great Ziegfeld
Gladys George Valiant is the word for Carrie
Irene Dunne Theodora Goes Wild
Academy Award for Best Picture

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Honored for : The Great Ziegfeld

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Nominee Nominated Work
Universal Studios Three Smart Girls
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer A Tale of Two Cities
Warner Bros. Entertainment The Story of Louis Pasteur
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer San Francisco
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Romeo and Juliet
Columbia Pictures Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Libeled Lady
Samuel Goldwyn Productions Dodsworth
Warner Bros. Entertainment Anthony Adverse
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Great Ziegfeld
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney

Honored for : The Story of Louis Pasteur

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Nominee Nominated Work
Albert Hackett After the Thin Man
Frances Goodrich After the Thin Man
Sheridan Gibney The Story of Louis Pasteur
Pierre Collings The Story of Louis Pasteur
Morrie Ryskind My Man Godfrey
Eric S. Hatch My Man Godfrey
Robert Riskin Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Sidney Howard Dodsworth
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Douglas Shearer

Honored for : San Francisco
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Franklin Hansen The Texas Rangers
Paramount Studio Sound Department
Edmund H. Hansen Banjo on My Knee
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
Homer G. Tasker Three Smart Girls
Universal Studio Sound Department
Nathan Levinson The Charge of the Light Brigade
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
Elmer Raguse General Spanky
Hal Roach Studio Sound Department
Thomas T. Moulton Dodsworth
United Artists Studio Sound Department
John O. Aalberg That Girl from Paris
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
John P. Livadary Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Columbia Studio Sound Department
Douglas Shearer San Francisco
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel

Hal Roach

Honored for : Bored of Education

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hal Roach Bored of Education
Paramount Pictures Moscow Moods
Pete Smith Wanted \u2013 A Master
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Honored for : The Public Pays

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Nominee Nominated Work
Warner Bros. Entertainment Double or Nothing
RKO Pictures Dummy Ache
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Public Pays
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Tony Gaudio

Honored for : Anthony Adverse

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tony Gaudio Anthony Adverse
Victor Milner The General Died at Dawn
George J. Folsey The Gorgeous Hussy
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Gale Sondergaard

Honored for : Anthony Adverse
(Role: Faith Paleologue)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Maria Ouspenskaya Dodsworth
Bonita Granville These Three
Alice Brady My Man Godfrey
Beulah Bondi The Gorgeous Hussy
Gale Sondergaard Anthony Adverse
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Leo F. Forbstein

Honored for : Anthony Adverse
(Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Leo F. Forbstein Anthony Adverse
Warner Bros. Studio Music Department","Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Leo F. Forbstein The Charge of the Light Brigade
Warner Bros. Studio Music Department","Score by Max Steiner
Max Steiner The Garden of Allah
Selznick International Pictures Music Department","Score by Max Steiner
Boris Morros The General Died at Dawn
Paramount Studio Music Department","Score by Werner Janssen
Nathaniel Shilkret Winterset
RKO Radio Studio Music Department","Score by Nathaniel Shilkret
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Color

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Honored for : Give Me Liberty

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Warner Bros. Entertainment Give Me Liberty
Louis Lewyn La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Paramount Pictures Popular Science J-6-2
Academy Award for Best Screenplay

Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney

Honored for : The Story of Louis Pasteur

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pierre Collings The Story of Louis Pasteur
Sheridan Gibney The Story of Louis Pasteur
Frances Goodrich After the Thin Man
Albert Hackett After the Thin Man
Sidney Howard Dodsworth
Robert Riskin Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Eric S. Hatch My Man Godfrey
Morrie Ryskind My Man Godfrey
Academy Honorary Award

The March of Time

(for its significance to motion pictures and for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry \u2013 the newsreel)
Academy Honorary Award

W. Howard Greene, Harold Rosson

Honored for : The Garden of Allah
(for the color cinematography of the Selznick International Production, The Garden of Allah)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

RCA

(for their development of a method of recording and printing sound records utilizing a restricted spectrum (known as ultra-violet light recording). [Sound])
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Electrical Research Products, Inc.

(for the ERPI Type Q portable recording channel. [Sound])
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

RCA

(for furnishing a practical design and specifications for a non-slip printer. [Laboratory])
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

United Artists

(for the development of a practical, efficient and quiet wind machine. [Stage Operations])
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

E. C. Wente, Bell Labs

(For their multi-cellular high-frequency horn and receiver.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

RCA

(For their rotary stabilizer sound head.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)

Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department

(For the development of a practical two-way horn system and a biased Class A push-pull recording system.)