The 1936 Academy Awards were presented March 4, 1937 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.
Outstanding Production | Anthony Adverse (Warner Bros.) |
| Dodsworth (Goldwyn; United Artists) |
| The Great Ziegfeld (MGM) |
| Libeled Lady (MGM) |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Columbia) |
| Romeo and Juliet (MGM) |
| San Francisco (MGM) |
| The Story of Louis Pasteur (Cosmopolitan; Warner Bros.-First National) |
| A Tale of Two Cities (MGM) |
| Three Smart Girls (Universal) |
Best Actor | Gary Cooper, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
| Walter Huston, Dodsworth |
| Paul Muni, The Story of Louis Pasteur |
| William Powell, My Man Godfrey |
| Spencer Tracy, San Francisco |
Best Actress | Irene Dunne, Theodora Goes Wild |
| Gladys George, Valiant Is the Word for Carrie |
| Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey |
| Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld |
| Norma Shearer, Romeo and Juliet |
Actor in a Supporting Role | Mischa Auer, My Man Godfrey |
| Walter Brennan, Come and Get It |
| Stuart Erwin, Pigskin Parade |
| Basil Rathbone, Romeo and Juliet |
| Akim Tamiroff, The General Died at Dawn |
Actress in a Supporting Role | Beulah Bondi, The Gorgeous Hussy |
| Alice Brady, My Man Godfrey |
| Bonita Granville, These Three |
| Maria Ouspenskaya, Dodsworth |
| Gale Sondergaard, Anthony Adverse |
Directing | Frank Capra, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
| Gregory La Cava, My Man Godfrey |
| Robert Z. Leonard, The Great Ziegfeld |
| W. S. Van Dyke, San Francisco |
| William Wyler, Dodsworth |
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Frank Capra Archive Photos |
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Writing | Original Story | Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney, The Story of Louis Pasteur | | Adele Comandini, Three Smart Girls | | Robert Hopkins, San Francisco | | Norman Krasna, Fury | | William Anthony McGuire, The Great Ziegfeld | Screenplay | Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney, The Story of Louis Pasteur | | Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, After the Thin Man | | Eric Hatch and Morris Ryskind, My Man Godfrey | | Sidney Howard, Dodsworth | | Robert Riskin, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
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Cinematography | George Folsey, The Gorgeous Hussy |
| Gaetano Gaudio, Anthony Adverse |
| Victor Milner, The General Died at Dawn |
Art Direction | Albert S. D'Agostino and Jack Otterson, The Magnificent Brute |
| William S. Darling, Lloyds of London |
| Richard Day, Dodsworth |
| Perry Ferguson, Winterset |
| Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope and Edwin B. Willis, Romeo and Juliet |
| Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu and Edwin B. Willis, The Great Ziegfeld |
| Anton Grot, Anthony Adverse |
Sound Recording | Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
| Hal Roach Studio Sound Dept., General Spanky |
| MGM Studio Sound Dept., San Francisco |
| Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The Texas Rangers |
| RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., That Girl From Paris |
| Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Banjo on My Knee |
| United Artists Studio Sound Dept., Dodsworth |
| Universal Studio Sound Dept., Three Smart Girls |
| Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., The Charge of the Light Brigade |
Assistant Director | Clem Beauchamp, The Last of the Mohicans |
| William Cannon, Anthony Adverse |
| Joseph Newman, San Francisco |
| Eric G. Stacey, Garden of Allah |
| Jack Sullivan, The Charge of the Light Brigade |
Music | Song | “Did I Remember,” Suzy, Walter Donaldson, music; Harold Adamson, Iyrics | | “I've Got You Under My Skin,” Born to Dance, Cole Porter, music and Iyrics | | “A Melody From the Sky,” Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Louis Alter, music; Sidney Mitchell, Iyrics | | “Pennies From Heaven,” Pennies From Heaven, Arthur Johnston, music; Johnny Burke, Iyrics | | “The Way You Look Tonight,” Swing Time, Jerome Kern, music; Dorothy Fields, Iyrics | | “When Did You Leave Heaven,” Sing, Baby Sing, Richard A. Whiting, music; Walter Bullock, Iyrics | Score | Paramount Studio Music Dept., The General Died at Dawn | | RKO Radio Studio Music Dept., Winterset | | Selznick International Pictures Music Dept., The Garden of Allah | | Warner Bros. Studio Music Dept., Anthony Adverse | | Warner Bros. Studio Music Dept., The Charge of the Light Brigade |
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Film Editing | Edward Curtiss, Come and Get It |
| Ralph Dawson, Anthony Adverse |
| William S. Gray, The Great Ziegfeld |
| Barbara McLean, Lloyds of London |
| Otto Meyer, Theodora Goes Wild |
| Conrad A. Nervig, A Tale of Two Cities |
Dance Direction | Busby Berkeley, “Love and War,” Gold Diggers of 1937 |
| Bobby Connolly, “1,000 Love Songs,” Cain and Mabel |
| Seymour Felix, “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody,” The Great Ziegfeld |
| Dave Gould, “Swingin' the Jinx,” Born to Dance |
| Jack Haskell, “Skating Ensemble,” One in a Million |
| Russell Lewis, “The Finale,” Dancing Pirate |
| Hermes Pan, “Bojangles of Harlem,” Swing Time |
Short Subjects | Cartoon | The Country Cousin (Silly Symphony Series) (Walt Disney Productions; United Artists) | | Old Mill Pond (Happy Harmonies Series) (Harman-Ising; MGM) | | Sinbad the Sailor (Popeye Series) (Paramount) | One-Reel | Bored of Education (Our Gang Series) (Hal Roach, producer; MGM) | | Moscow Moods (Headliners Series) (Paramount) | | Wanted, A Master (Pete Smith Specialties Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM) | Two-Reel | Double or Nothing (Melody Masters Series) (Warner Bros.) | | Dummy Ache (Edgar Kennedy Comedies Series) (RKO Radio) | | The Public Pays (Crime Doesn't Pay Series) (MGM) | Color | Give Me Liberty (Broadway Brevities Series) (Warner Bros.) | | La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (Musical Revues Series) (Lewis Lewyn, producer; MGM) | | Popular Science J-6-2 (Popular Science Series) (Paramount) |
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Special Awards | To the March of Time for its significance to motion pictures and for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry—the newsreel |
| To W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson for the color cinematography of the Selznick International Production, The Garden of Allah |