Oscars 1936 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: Top Hat!

Nominees:
Alice Adams
Broadway Melody of 1936
Captain Blood
David Copperfield
The Informer
Les Miserables
The Live of a Bengal Lancer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mutiny on the Bounty
Naughty Marietta
Ruggles of Red Gap

Best Director!

Winner: Mark Sandrich, Top Hat!

Nominees:
Michael Curtiz - Captain Blood
John Ford - The Informer
Henry Hathaway - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Frank Lloyd - Mutiny on the Bounty

Best Actor!

Winner: Victor McLaglen, The Informer!

Nominees:
Robert Donat - The 39 Steps
Clark Gable - Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Laughton - Mutiny on the Bounty
Paul Muni - Black Fury

Best Actress!

Winner: Katharine Hepburn, Alice Adams!

Nominees:
Elisabeth Bergner - Escape Me Never
Bette Davis - Dangerous
Miriam Hopkins - Becky Sharp
Merle Oberon - The Dark Angels

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Peter Lorre, The Man Who Knew Too Much!

Nominees:
Ralph Bellamy - Hands Across the Table
Raymond Massey - The Scarlet Pimpernel
Ernest Thesiger - Bride of Frankenstein
Franchot Tone - Mutiny on the Bounty

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Elsa Lanchester, The Bride of Frankenstein!

Nominees:
Alice Brady - Gold Diggers of 1935
Olivia de Havilland - Captain Blood
Margot Grahame - The Informer
Merle Oberon - The Scarlet Pimpernel

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Allan Scott, Dwight Taylor, Ben Holmes and Ralph Spence, Top Hat!

Nominees:
Joel Sayre and John Twist - Annie Oakley
Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur - Barbary Coast
Darryl F. Zanuck - G Men
George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind - A Night at the Opera

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: Dudley Nichols, The Informer!

Nominees:
Charles Bennett and Ian Hay - The 39 Steps
Casey Robinson - Captain Blood
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

Best Story!

Winner: Broadway Melody of 1936!

Nominees:
The Gay Deception
G Men
The Scoundrel

Best Live Action Short - Comedy!

Winner: Tit for Tat!

Nominees:
How to Sleep
Oh, My Nerves

Best Live Action Short - Novelty!

Winner: Wings Over Everest!

Nominees:
Audioscopiks
Camera Thrills

Best Animated Short!

Winner: Three Orphan Kittens!

Nominees:
The Calico Dragon
Who Killed Cock Robin?

Best Score!

Winner: The Informer!

Nominees:
Captain Blood
Mutiny on the Bounty
Peter Ibbetson

Best Song!

Winner: Irving Berlin - Cheek to Cheek, Top Hat!

Nominees:
Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh - Lovely to Look At, Roberta
Harry Warren and Al Dubin - Lullaby of Broadway, Gold Diggers of 1935

Best Art Direction!

Winner: Top Hat!

Nominees:
The Dark Angel
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Best Cinematography!

Winner: Les Miserables!

Nominees:
Barbary Coast
The Crusades
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Best Sound Recording!

Winner: The Bride of Frankenstein!

Nominees:
Captain Blood
The Dark Angel
Love Me Forever
Thanks a Million

Best Film Editing!

Winner: Mutiny on the Bounty!

Nominees:
David Copperfield
The Informer
Les Miserables
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Best Assistant Director!

Winner: Eric Stacey, Les Miserables!

Nominees:
Joseph M. Newman - David Copperfield
Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Sherry Shourds - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Best Dance Direction!

Winner: Top Hat!

Nominees:
All the King's Horses
Broadway Hostess
Broadway Melody of 1936
Gold Diggers of 1935