Picture: Mutiny on the Bounty (MGM, produced by Irving Thalberg with Albert Lewin)
Best Picture Nominees
Alice Adams
The Broadway Melody of 1936
Captain Blood
David Copperfield
The Informer
Les Miserables
Lives of a Bengal Lancer
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Mutiny on the Bounty
Naughty Marietta
Ruggles of Red Gap
Top Hat
Other Awards
The New York Film Critics Circle, which was established that year, gave Best Picture to John Ford’s “The Informer.”
Director: John Ford, The Informer
Actor: Victor McLaglen, The Informer
Actress: Bette David, Dangerous
Writing Screenplay: The Informer, Dudley Nichols
Original Story: The Scoundrel, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Cinematography: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hal Mohr
Interior Decoration: The Dark Angel, Richard Day
Sound Recording: Naughty Marietta, Douglas Shearer
Assistant Direction: Paul Wing, Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Song: “Lullaby of Broadway” (Gold Diggers of 1935), music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin
Score: The Informer (RKO Radio), music by Max Steiner
Editing: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ralph Dawson
Dance Direction: David Gould, “I’ve Got a Feeling You’re Foolin’,” from Broadway Melody of 1936 (MGM) and “Straw Hat,” from Follies Bergere (Fox)
Short Subjects: Cartoons: Three Orphan Kittens (Disney)
Short Subjects: Comedy: How to Sleep (MGM)
Short Subjects: Novelty: Wings Over Mt. Everest (Educational)
Special Award:
David Wark Griffith, for his distinguished creative achievements as director and producer and his invaluable initiative and lasting contributions to the progress of the motion picture arts (Statuette)
