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1935 (8th Annual Awards)
Winners Only

Listed below are the Academy Award winners for the year 1935 (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). 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 winners from that year.

Outstanding Production

Winner markerMutiny on the Bounty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actor

Winner markerVictor McLaglen in The Informer, RKO Radio.

Best Actress

Winner markerBette Davis in Dangerous, Warner Bros.

Directing

Winner markerThe Informer, RKO Radio. John Ford.

Art Direction

Winner markerThe Dark Angel, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. Richard Day.

Assistant Director

Winner markerThe Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Paramount. Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing.

Cinematography

Winner markerA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Warner Bros. Hal Mohr.

Dance Direction

Winner markerDave 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.

Film Editing

Winner markerA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Warner Bros. Ralph Dawson.

Music

(Scoring)

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

(Song)

Winner markerLullaby of Broadway from Gold Diggers of 1935, First National. Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Al Dubin.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

Winner markerThree Orphan Kittens, Walt Disney Productions; United Artists. [Silly Symphony Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

(Comedy)

Winner markerHow to Sleep, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Miniature Series] Jack Chertok, Producer.

(Novelty)

Winner markerWings over Mt. Everest, Gaumont British and Skibo Productions; Educational. (UK) [Special Series]

Sound Recording

Winner markerNaughty Marietta, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.

Writing

(Original Story)

Winner markerThe Scoundrel, Paramount. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.

(Screenplay)

Winner markerThe Informer, RKO Radio. Dudley Nichols.

Special Award

Winner markerTo 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)

Winner markerTo Agfa Ansco Corporation for their development of the Agfa infra-red film.
Winner markerTo Eastman Kodak Company for their development of the Eastman Pola-Screen.

(Class III)

Winner markerTo 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.
Winner markerTo 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.
Winner markerTo Mole-Richardson Company for their development of the “Solar-spot” spot lamps.
Winner markerTo Douglas Shearer and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department for their automatic control system for cameras and sound recording machines and auxiliary stage equipment.
Winner markerTo 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.
Winner markerTo Paramount Productions, Inc. for the design and construction of the Paramount transparency air turbine developing machine.
Winner markerTo 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.