8th Academy Awards

8th
Date	March 5, 1936
Site	Biltmore Hotel
Hosted by	Frank Capra
Highlights
Best Picture	Mutiny on the Bounty

The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Frank Capra. This was the first year in which the gold statuettes were called "Oscars."

The short-lived category of Best Dance Direction was introduced this year. The DGA successfully lobbied for its elimination three years later.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Mutiny on the Bounty Alice Adams Broadway Melody of 1936 Captain Blood David Copperfield The Informer Les Misérables The Lives of a Bengal Lancer A Midsummer Night's Dream Naughty Marietta Ruggles of Red Gap Top Hat	John Ford – The Informer Michael Curtiz – Captain Blood Henry Hathaway – The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Frank Lloyd – Mutiny on the Bounty
Best Actor	Best Actress
Victor McLaglen – The Informer Clark Gable – Mutiny on the Bounty Charles Laughton – Mutiny on the Bounty Paul Muni – Black Fury Franchot Tone – Mutiny on the Bounty	Bette Davis – Dangerous Elisabeth Bergner – Escape Me Never Claudette Colbert – Private Worlds Katharine Hepburn – Alice Adams Miriam Hopkins – Becky Sharp Merle Oberon – The Dark Angel
Best Story	Best Adapted Screenplay
The Scoundrel – Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur Broadway Melody of 1936 – Moss Hart The Gay Deception – Don Hartman and Stephen Avery	The Informer – Dudley Nichols (Refused) Mutiny on the Bounty – Achmed Abdullah, John L. Balderston, Waldemar Young, Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings and Carey Wilson The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt
Best Live Action Short Film, Comedy	Best Live Action Short Film, Novelty
How to Sleep – Jack Chertok and MGM Oh, My Nerves – Jules White and Columbia Tit for Tat – Hal Roach and MGM	Wings Over Everest – Gaumont British and Skibo Productions Audioscopiks – Pete Smith and MGM Camera Thrills – Universal
Best Animated Short Film
Three Orphan Kittens – Walt Disney Productions and United Artists The Calico Dragon – Harman-Ising and MGM Who Killed Cock Robin? – Walt Disney Productions and United Artists
Best Score	Best Song
The Informer – RKO Radio Studio Music Department Mutiny on the Bounty – MGM Studio Music Department Peter Ibbetson – Paramount Studio Music Department Captain Blood – Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department	"Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 – Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Al Dubin "Cheek to Cheek" from Top Hat – Music and Lyric by Irving Berlin "Lovely to Look At" from Roberta – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyric by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
The Dark Angel – Richard Day Top Hat – Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson	A Midsummer Night's Dream – Hal Mohr Barbary Coast – Ray June The Crusades – Victor Milner Les Misérables – Gregg Toland
Best Sound Recording	Best Film Editing
Naughty Marietta – MGM Studio Sound Department Love Me Forever – Columbia Studio Sound Department The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Paramount Studio Sound Department $1,000 a Minute – Republic Studio Sound Department I Dream Too Much – RKO Radio Studio Sound Department Thanks a Million – Fox Studio Sound Department The Dark Angel – United Artists Studio Sound Department Bride of Frankenstein – Universal Studio Sound Department Captain Blood – Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department	A Midsummer Night's Dream – Ralph Dawson Mutiny on the Bounty – Margaret Booth The Informer – George Hively The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Ellsworth Hoagland David Copperfield – Robert J. Kern Les Misérables – Barbara McLean
Best Assistant Director	Best Dance Direction
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing David Copperfield – Joseph Newman Les Misérables – Eric Stacey	Broadway Melody of 1936 and Folies Bergere – Dave Gould Gold Diggers of 1935 – Busby Berkeley Broadway Hostess – Bobby Connolly King of Burlesque – Sammy Lee Top Hat – Hermes Pan All the King's Horses and The Big Broadcast of 1936 – LeRoy Prinz She – Benjamin Zemach

Academy Honorary Award

• David Wark Griffith