Academy Awards 1936 Nominations

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Outstanding Production	Best Director
Best Actor	Best Actress
Best Writing (Original Story)	Best Screenplay
Best Live Action Short Subject (Comedy)	Best Live Action Short Subject (Novelty)
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)	Best Scoring
Best Song	Best Sound Recording
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing	Best Assistant Director
Best Dance Direction

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Outstanding Production

• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Alice Adams
• Broadway Melody of 1936
• Captain Blood
• David Copperfield
• Les Misérables
• Mutiny on the Bounty
• Naughty Marietta
• Ruggles of Red Gap
• The Informer
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
• Top Hat

Best Director

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

Best Actor

• Black Fury (Paul Muni)
• Mutiny on the Bounty (Clark Gable)
• Mutiny on the Bounty (Charles Laughton)
• Mutiny on the Bounty (Franchot Tone)
• The Informer (Victor McLaglen)

Best Actress

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

Best Writing (Original Story)

• 'G' Men
• Broadway Melody of 1936
• The Gay Deception
• The Scoundrel

Best Screenplay

• Captain Blood
• Mutiny on the Bounty
• The Informer
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Best Live Action Short Subject (Comedy)

• How to Sleep
• Oh, My Nerves
• Tit for Tat

Best Live Action Short Subject (Novelty)

• Audioscopiks
• Camera Thrills
• Wings Over Everest

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

• The Calico Dragon
• Three Orphan Kittens
• Who Killed Cock Robin?

Best Scoring

• Captain Blood
• Mutiny on the Bounty
• Peter Ibbetson
• The Informer

Best Song

• Gold Diggers of 1935 ("Lullaby of Broadway")
• Roberta ("Lovely to Look at")
• Top Hat ("Cheek to Cheek")

Best Sound Recording

• 1,000 Dollars a Minute
• Bride of Frankenstein
• Captain Blood
• I Dream Too Much
• Love Me Forever
• Naughty Marietta
• Thanks a Million
• The Dark Angel
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Best Art Direction

• The Dark Angel
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
• Top Hat

Best Cinematography

• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Barbary Coast
• Les Misérables
• The Crusades

Best Film Editing

• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• David Copperfield
• Les Misérables
• Mutiny on the Bounty
• The Informer
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Best Assistant Director

• A Midsummer Night's Dream (Sherry Shourds)
• David Copperfield (Joseph M. Newman)
• Les Misérables (Eric Stacey)
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (Paul Wing)
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (Clem Beauchamp)

Best Dance Direction

• All the King's Horses
• Broadway Hostess
• Broadway Melody of 1936
• Folies Bergère de Paris
• Go Into Your Dance
• Gold Diggers of 1935
• King of Burlesque
• She
• The Big Broadcast of 1936
• Top Hat