1936 (09th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1936 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1936 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1936 to December 31, 1936 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1936 Ceremony
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Thursday, March 4, 1937 8:00 PM The Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1936 Winners
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Best Picture: The Great Ziegfeld Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Paul Muni as Louis Pasteur in the film The Story of Louis Pasteur |
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Best Actress: Luise Rainer as Anna Held in the film The Great Ziegfeld |
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Best Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan as Swan Bostrom in the film Come and Get It |
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Best Supporting Actress: Gale Sondergaard as Faith Paleologus in the film Anthony Adverse |
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Best Song: The Way You Look Tonight from the film Swing Time Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Dorothy Fields Best Song Lyrics |