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Academy Award 1936 (march 5, 1936)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 8 of the event; awards assigned:



Best director

poster del film the informer
  for the movie the informer
Assigned to
John Ford
nominations for the movie :

Best original screenplay

poster del film the scoundrel
  for the movie the scoundrel
Assigned to
Ben Hecht, Charles Mcarthur
nominations for the movie :


best actor

poster del film the informer
  for the movie the informer
Assigned to
Victor Mclaglen
nominations for the movie :

best actress

poster del film dangerous
  for the movie dangerous
Assigned to
Bette Davis
nominations for the movie :

Meilleure photographie

  for the movie a midsummer night's dream
Assigned to
Hal Mohr
nominations for the movie :
  barbary coast
Assigned to
Ray June
  the crusades
Assigned to
Victor Milner

Meilleure musique originale

poster del film the informer
  for the movie the informer
Assigned to
Max Steiner
nominations for the movie :


Meilleurs décors

poster del film the dark angel
  for the movie the dark angel
Assigned to
Richard Day
nominations for the movie :


best choreography

poster del film Broadway Melody of 1936
  for the movie Broadway Melody of 1936
Assigned to
Dave Gould
  for the movie folies bergere
Assigned to
Dave Gould
nominations for the movie :

best song

  for the movie gold diggers of 1935
Assigned to
Al Dubin, Harry Warren
nominations for the movie :