1935 (8th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1935. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. 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 and winners from that year.
Outstanding Production
Alice Adams, RKO Radio.Broadway Melody of 1936, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.David Copperfield, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Les Miserables, 20th Century; United Artists.The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Paramount.A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Warner Bros.Mutiny on the Bounty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Naughty Marietta, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Ruggles of Red Gap, Paramount.Top Hat, RKO Radio.Best Actor
Paul Muni in Black Fury, First National. [Write-in candidate; NOT an official nomination. Came in 2nd.]Best Actress
Directing
Captain Blood, Cosmopolitan; First National. Michael Curtiz. [Write-in candidate; NOT an official nomination. Came in 2nd.]Art Direction
Assistant Director
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Warner Bros. Sherry Shourds. [Write-in candidate; NOT an official nomination. Came in 2nd.]Cinematography
Dance Direction
Busby Berkeley for the “Lullaby of Broadway” and “The Words Are in My Heart” numbers from Gold Diggers of 1935, First National. [came in 3rd]Bobby Connolly for the “Latin from Manhattan” number from Go into Your Dance, First National; and the “Playboy from Paree” number from Broadway Hostess, Warner Bros.-First National.Dave Gould for the “I’ve Got a Feeling You’re Fooling” number from Broadway Melody of 1936, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; and the “Straw Hat” number from Folies Bergere, 20th Century; United Artists.Sammy Lee for the “Lovely Lady” and “Too Good to Be True” numbers from King of Burlesque, 20th Century-Fox.Hermes Pan for the “Piccolino” and “Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails” numbers from Top Hat, RKO Radio. [came in 2nd]LeRoy Prinz for the “It’s the Animal in Me” number from Big Broadcast of 1936, Paramount; and the “Viennese Waltz” number from All the King’s Horses, Paramount.NOTE: Dance Direction was a new category in 1935.
Film Editing
Music
(Scoring)
Captain Blood, Cosmopolitan; First National. Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department. (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold) [Write-in candidate; NOT an official nomination. Came in 3rd.]The Informer, RKO Radio. RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department. (Score by Max Steiner)Mutiny on the Bounty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department. (Score by Herbert Stothart) [came in 2nd]Peter Ibbetson, Paramount. Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, head of department. (Score by Ernst Toch)(Song)
Lovely to Look At from Roberta, RKO Radio. Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh. [came in 3rd]Lullaby of Broadway from Gold Diggers of 1935, First National. Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Al Dubin.Short Subjects
(Cartoons)
Three Orphan Kittens, Walt Disney Productions; United Artists. [Silly Symphony Series] Walt Disney, Producer.Who Killed Cock Robin?, Walt Disney Productions; United Artists. [Silly Symphony Series] Walt Disney, Producer. [came in 2nd](Comedy)
Oh, My Nerves, Jules White; Columbia. [Broadway Comedies Series] Jules White, Producer. [came in 2nd]Tit for Tat, Hal Roach; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Laurel & Hardy Series] Hal Roach, Producer. [came in 3rd](Novelty)
Audioscopiks, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Special Series] Pete Smith, Producer. [tied for 2nd]Wings over Mt. Everest, Gaumont British and Skibo Productions; Educational. [Special Series]Sound Recording
The Bride of Frankenstein, Universal. Universal Studio Sound Department, Gilbert Kurland, Sound Director.Captain Blood, Cosmopolitan; First National. Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director. [came in 2nd]The Dark Angel, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director. [came in 3rd]Naughty Marietta, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.Thanks a Million, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director.Writing
(Original Story)
G-Men, Warner Bros.-First National. Gregory Rogers. [Write-in candidate; NOT an official nomination. Came in 2nd.](Screenplay)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Paramount. Screenplay by Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, and Achmed Abdullah; adaptation by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt.Mutiny on the Bounty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman and Carey Wilson. [came in 2nd]Captain Blood, Cosmopolitan; First National. Casey Robinson. [Write-in candidate; NOT an official nomination. Came in 3rd.]Special Award
To David Wark Griffith, for his distinguished creative achievements as director and producer and his invaluable initiative and lasting contributions to the progress of motion picture arts. [Statuette]Scientific or Technical Award
(Class II)
To Agfa Ansco Corporation for their development of the Agfa infra-red film.To Eastman Kodak Company for their development of the Eastman Pola-Screen.(Class III)
To Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio for the development of anti-directional negative and positive development by means of jet turbulation, and the application of the method to all negative and print processing of the entire product of a major producing company.To William A. Mueller of Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department for his method of dubbing, in which the level of the dialog automatically controls the level of the accompanying music and sound effects.To Mole-Richardson Company for their development of the “Solar-spot” spot lamps.To Douglas Shearer and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department for their automatic control system for cameras and sound recording machines and auxiliary stage equipment.To Electrical Research Products, Inc. for their study and development of equipment to analyze and measure flutter resulting from the travel of film through the mechanisms used in the recording and reproduction of sound.To Paramount Productions, Inc. for the design and construction of the Paramount transparency air turbine developing machine.To Nathan Levinson, Director of Sound Recording for Warner Bros.-First National Studio, for the method of intercutting variable density and variable area sound tracks to secure an increase in the effective volume range of sound recorded for motion pictures.