1935 (8th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1935. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person, song or dance number in the list to display more information about that film, person, song or dance number. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

Alice Adams, RKO Radio.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actress. Katharine Hepburn.

All the King’s Horses, Paramount.

Dance Direction. LeRoy Prinz for the “Viennese Waltz” number.

Audioscopiks, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Special Series]

Short Subjects (Novelty). Pete Smith, Producer.

Barbary Coast, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

Cinematography. Ray June.

Becky Sharp, Pioneer Pictures; RKO Radio.

Best Actress. Miriam Hopkins.

Big Broadcast of 1936, Paramount.

Dance Direction. LeRoy Prinz for the “It’s the Animal in Me” number.

Black Fury, First National.

Best Actor. Paul Muni.

The Bride of Frankenstein, Universal.

Sound Recording. Universal Studio Sound Department, Gilbert Kurland, Sound Director.

Broadway Hostess, Warner Bros.-First National.

Dance Direction. Bobby Connolly for the “Playboy from Paree” number.

Broadway Melody of 1936, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Dance Direction. Dave Gould for the “I’ve Got a Feeling You’re Fooling” number.

Writing (Original Story). Moss Hart.

The Calico Dragon, Harman-Ising; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Happy Harmonies Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

Camera Thrills, Universal. [Special Series]

Short Subjects (Novelty).

Captain Blood, Cosmopolitan; First National.

Outstanding Production.

Directing. Michael Curtiz.

Music (Scoring). Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department. (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)

Sound Recording. Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay). Casey Robinson.

The Crusades, Paramount.

Cinematography. Victor Milner.

Dangerous, Warner Bros.

Best Actress. Bette Davis.

The Dark Angel, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

Best Actress. Merle Oberon.

Art Direction. Richard Day.

Sound Recording. United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.

David Copperfield, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Assistant Director. Joseph Newman.

Film Editing. Robert J. Kern.

Escape Me Never, British & Dominions; United Artists (British).

Best Actress. Elisabeth Bergner.

Folies Bergere, 20th Century; United Artists.

Dance Direction. Dave Gould for the “Straw Hat” number.

G-Men, Warner Bros.-First National.

Writing (Original Story). Gregory Rogers.

The Gay Deception, Jesse L. Lasky; Fox.

Writing (Original Story). Don Hartman and Stephen Avery.

Go into Your Dance, First National.

Dance Direction. Bobby Connolly for the “Latin from Manhattan” number.

Gold Diggers of 1935, First National.

Dance Direction. Busby Berkeley for the “Lullaby of Broadway” and “The Words Are in My Heart” numbers.

Music (Song). “Lullaby of Broadway”. Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Al Dubin.

How to Sleep, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Miniature Series]

Short Subjects (Comedy). Jack Chertok, Producer.

I Dream Too Much, RKO Radio.

Sound Recording. RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Carl Dreher, Sound Director.

The Informer, RKO Radio.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. Victor McLaglen.

Directing. John Ford.

Film Editing. George Hively.

Music (Scoring). RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department. (Score by Max Steiner)

Writing (Screenplay). Dudley Nichols.

King of Burlesque, 20th Century-Fox.

Dance Direction. Sammy Lee for the “Lovely Lady” and “Too Good to Be True” numbers.

Les Miserables, 20th Century; United Artists.

Outstanding Production.

Assistant Director. Eric Stacey.

Cinematography. Gregg Toland.

Film Editing. Barbara McLean.

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Paramount.

Outstanding Production.

Directing. Henry Hathaway.

Art Direction. Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson.

Assistant Director. Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing.

Film Editing. Ellsworth Hoagland.

Sound Recording. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay). Screenplay by Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, and Achmed Abdullah; adaptation by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt.

Love Me Forever, Columbia.

Sound Recording. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Warner Bros.

Outstanding Production.

Assistant Director. Sherry Shourds.

Cinematography. Hal Mohr.

Film Editing. Ralph Dawson.

Mutiny on the Bounty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Best Actor. Clark Gable.

Best Actor. Charles Laughton.

Best Actor. Franchot Tone.

Directing. Frank Lloyd.

Film Editing. Margaret Booth.

Music (Scoring). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department. (Score by Herbert Stothart)

Writing (Screenplay). Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman and Carey Wilson.

Naughty Marietta, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Outstanding Production.

Sound Recording. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.

Oh, My Nerves, Jules White; Columbia. [Broadway Comedies Series]

Short Subjects (Comedy). Jules White, Producer.

$1,000 a Minute, Republic.

Sound Recording. Republic Studio Sound Department.

Peter Ibbetson, Paramount.

Music (Scoring). Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, head of department. (Score by Ernst Toch)

Private Worlds, Walter Wanger; Paramount.

Best Actress. Claudette Colbert.

Roberta, RKO Radio.

Music (Song). “Lovely to Look At”. Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh.

Ruggles of Red Gap, Paramount.

Outstanding Production.

The Scoundrel, Paramount.

Writing (Original Story). Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.

She, RKO Radio.

Dance Direction. Benjamin Zemach for the “Hall of Kings” number.

Thanks a Million, 20th Century-Fox.

Sound Recording. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director.

Three Orphan Kittens, Walt Disney Productions; United Artists. [Silly Symphony Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Tit for Tat, Hal Roach; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Laurel & Hardy Series]

Short Subjects (Comedy). Hal Roach, Producer.

Top Hat, RKO Radio.

Outstanding Production.

Art Direction. Van Nest Polglase and Carroll Clark.

Dance Direction. Hermes Pan for the “Piccolino” and “Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails” numbers.

Music (Song). “Cheek to Cheek”. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.

Who Killed Cock Robin?, Walt Disney Productions; United Artists. [Silly Symphony Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Wings over Mt. Everest, Gaumont British and Skibo Productions; Educational. [Special Series]

Short Subjects (Novelty).