8th Academy Awards

Infobox Academy AwardsB | name =
date = March 5, 1936
site = Biltmore Hotel
host = Frank Capra
last = 7th
next = 9thThe 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Frank Capra.

Winners and nominees

Winners are highlighted in boldface.

=Best Motion Picture Of The Year=

*"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"
*Mutiny on the Bounty
*"Naughty Marietta"
*"Ruggles of Red Gap"
*"Top Hat"

Achievement in Directing

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

=Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role=

*Clark Gable - "Mutiny on the Bounty"
*Charles Laughton - "Mutiny on the Bounty"
*Victor McLaglen - "The Informer"
*Franchot Tone - "Mutiny on the Bounty"

=Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role=

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

=Best Writing, Adaptation=

*Achmed Abdullah, John L. Balderston, Waldemar Young, Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings, and Carey Wilson - "Mutiny on the Bounty"
*Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt - "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer"
*Dudley Nichols (Refused) - "The Informer"

=Best Story=

*Moss Hart - "Broadway Melody of 1936"
*Don Hartman and Stephen Avery - "The Gay Deception"
*Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur - "The Scoundrel"

=Interior Decoration=

*Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase - "Top Hat"
*Richard Day - "The Dark Angel"
*Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson - "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer"

=Achievement In Cinematography=

*Ray June - "Barbary Coast"
*Victor Milner - "The Crusades"
*Hal Mohr - "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
*Gregg Toland - "Les Misérables"Hal Mohr was a write-in candidate, and therefore isn't officially considered to have received a nomination, although he did receive the award.

=Sound Recording=

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

=Assistant Director=

*Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing - "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer"
*Joseph Newman - "David Copperfield"
*Eric Stacey - "Les Misérables"

*"The Calico Dragon"
*"Three Orphan Kittens"
*"Who Killed Cock Robin?"

*"How to Sleep"
*"Oh, My Nerves"
*"Tit for Tat"

*"Audioscopiks"
*"Camera Thrills"
*"Wings Over Everest"

*"Cheek to Cheek" - "Top Hat"
*"Lovely to Look At" - "Roberta"
*"Lullaby of Broadway" - "Gold Diggers of 1935"

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*"Mutiny on the Bounty
*"Peter Ibbetson
*The Informer
*"Captain Blood"

=Film Editing=

*Margaret Booth - "Mutiny on the Bounty"
*Ralph Dawson - "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
*George Hively - "The Informer"
*Ellsworth Hoagland - "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer"
*Robert J. Kern - "David Copperfield"
*Barbara McLean - "Les Misérables"

=Dance Direction=

*Busby Berkeley - "Gold Diggers of 1935"
*Bobby Connolly - "Broadway Hostess"
*Dave Gould - "Broadway Melody of 1936" and "Folies Bergere"
*Sammy Lee - "King of Burlesque"
*Hermes Pan - "Top Hat"
*LeRoy Prinz - "All the King's Horses" and "The Big Broadcast of 1936"
*Benjamin Zemach - "She"This award was only given out for three years (1935-1937).

pecial Award

*David Wark Griffith