Film Data for 1936
The Film Daily's Ten Best Pictures of 1936 (poll of 534 film critics and reviewers. Comprised of films released from November 1, 1935 to October 31, 1936. Source: The Film Daily 1937 Year Book)
1) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)- 416 votes
2) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town- 372 votes
3) The Great Ziegfeld- 345 votes
4) San Francisco- 264 votes
Dodsworth- 264 votes
6) The Story of Louis Pasteur- 250 votes
7) A Tale of Two Cities (1935)- 235 votes
8) Anthony Adverse- 231 votes
9) The Green Pastures- 197 votes
10) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)- 166 votes
The Honor Roll (films with 10 or more votes):
11) Magnificent Obsession (1935)- 149 votes
12) Ah, Wilderness! (1935)- 138 votes
13) Fury- 136 votes
14) These Three- 106 votes
15) My Man Godfrey- 101 votes
16) Libeled Lady- 95 votes
17) Captain Blood (1935)- 94 votes
18) The Petrified Forest- 93 votes
19) Rose Marie- 91 votes
20) Show Boat- 82 votes
21) The Country Doctor- 79 votes
22) The Ghost Goes West (1935)- 70 votes
23) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine- 63 votes
24) Mary of Scotland- 57 votes
25) Modern Times- 56 votes
26) Little Lord Fauntleroy- 49 votes
27) The Gorgeous Hussy- 48 votes
Craig's Wife- 48 votes
29) The General Died at Dawn- 47 votes
Nine Days a Queen- 47 votes
31) Swing Time- 42 votes
32) The Devil is a Sissy- 40 votes
33) Come and Get It- 36 votes
34) Valiant is the Word for Carrie- 33 votes
35) The Big Broadcast of 1937- 32 votes
36) Under Two Flags- 31 votes
37) The Gay Desperado- 29 votes
38) Follow the Fleet- 27 votes
The Prisoner of Shark Island- 27 votes
The Road to Glory- 27 votes
The White Angel- 27 votes
42) A Night at the Opera (1935)- 26 votes
43) The Garden of Allah- 25 votes
44) To Mary - With Love- 21 votes
45) Crime and Punishment (1935)- 18 votes
Ramona- 18 votes
47) Ceiling Zero- 17 votes
48) Piccadilly Jim- 16 votes
49) Desire- 15 votes
The Voice of Bugle Ann- 15 votes
51) The Last of the Mohicans- 12 votes
52) Sing, Baby, Sing- 12 votes
53) China Clipper- 10 votes
The King Steps Out- 10 votes
National Board of Review (Winners announced on December 18, 1936. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001)
Best Picture
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Rest of the Top Ten (Listed in order of preference):
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Modern Times
Fury
Winterset
The Devil is a Sissy
Ceiling Zero
Romeo and Juliet
The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Green Pastures
Best Foreign Film
La Kermesse Heroique (Carnival in Flanders) (France)
Runners-up (Listed in order of preference):
The New Earth (Netherlands)
Rembrandt (U.K.- also appears on 1937 list)
The Ghost Goes West (U.K.)
Nine Days a Queen (U.K.)
We Are from Kronstadt (U.S.S.R.)
Son of Mongolia (U.S.S.R.)
The Yellow Cruise (France)
Les Miserables (France)
The Secret Agent (U.K.)
New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on January 4, 1937. Awards presented on January 24th at the Rainbow Room in New York. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993)
Best Picture
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (11 votes on ballot II)
Runner up: Fury (4 votes)
Best Director
Rouben Mamoulian for The Gay Desperado (12 votes on ballot X)
Runner-up: William Wyle for Dodsworth (4 votes)
On ballot I, Fritz Lang (Fury) had 6 votes, Wyler had 5 votes and Mamoulian had 4 votes.
On ballot III, Mamoulian had 7 votes, Lang had 6 votes and Wyler had 4 votes.
Best Actor
Walter Huston in Dodsworth (12 votes on ballot V)
Runner-up: Spencer Tracy in Fury (6 votes)
On ballot I, Huston had 6 votes and Tracy had 5 votes.
On ballot II and ballot III, Huston had 8 votes and Tracy had 6 votes.
Best Actress
Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld (13 votes on ballot IV)
Runner-up: Ruth Chatterton in Dodsworth (4 votes)
On ballot I, Chatterton had 7 votes and Rainer had 4 votes.
On ballot II, Chatterton had 9 votes and Rainer had 6 votes.
On ballot III, Rainer had 9 votes and Chatterton had 8 votes.
The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 7, 1937. Awards were presented on March 4, 1937 the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Sources Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar)
Best Picture
Anthony Adverse, Warner Bros. Produced by Henry Blanke.
Dodsworth, Goldwyn, UA. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn, with Merritt Hulbert.
The Great Ziegfeld, MGM. Produced by Hunt Stromberg.
Libeled Lady, MGM. Produced by Lawrence Weingarten.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Columbia. Produced by Frank Capra.
Romeo and Juliet, MGM. Produced by Irving Thalberg.
San Francisco, MGM. Produced by John Emerson and Bernard H. Hyman.
The Story of Louis Pasteur, Warner Bros. Produced by Henry Blanke.
A Tale of Two Cities, MGM (1935). Produced by Davod O. Selznick
Three Smart Girls, Universal. Produced by Joseph Pasternak, with Charles Rogers.
Best Director
Frank Capra for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Columbia).
Gregory La Cava for My Man Godfrey (Universal).
Robert Z. Leonard for The Great Ziegfeld (MGM).
W.S. Van Dyke for San Francisco (MGM).
William Wyler for Dodsworth (Goldwyn, UA).
Best Actor
Gary Cooper in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Columbia).
Walter Huston in Dodsworth (Goldwyn, UA).
Paul Muni in The Story of Louis Pasteur (Warner Bros).
William Powell in My Man Godfrey (Universal).
Spencer Tracy in San Francisco (MGM).
Best Actress
Irene Dunne in Theodora Goes Wild (Columbia).
Gladys George in Valiant is the Word for Carrie (Paramount).
Carole Lombard in My Man Godfrey (Universal).
Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld (MGM).
Norma Shearer in Romeo and Juliet (MGM).
Best Supporting Actor
Mischa Auer in My Man Godfrey (Universal).
Walter Brennan in Come and Get It (Goldwyn, UA).
Stuart Erwin in Pigskin Parade (20th Century-Fox).
Basil Rathbone in Romeo and Juliet (MGM).
Akim Tamiroff in The General Died at Dawn (Paramount).
Best Supporting Actress
Beulah Bondi in The Gorgeous Hussy (MGM).
Alice Brady in My Man Godfrey (Universal).
Bonita Granville in These Three (Goldwyn, UA).
Marie Ouspenskaya in Dodsworth (Goldwyn, UA).
Gail Sondergaard in Anthony Adverse (Warner Bros.).
Best Assistant Director
Clem Beauchamp for Lives of a Bengal Lancer (Paramount).
William Cannon for Anthony Adverse (Warner Bros.).
Joseph Newman for San Francisco (MGM).
Eric G. Stacey for The Garden of Allah (Selznick, UA).
Jack Sullivan for The Charge of the Light Brigade (Warner Bros.).
Writing (Original Story)
Fury, MGM. Norman Krasna.
The Great Ziegfeld, MGM. William Anthony McGuire.
San Francisco, MGM. Robert Hopkins.
The Story of Louis Pasteur, Warner Bros. Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney.
Three Smart Girls, Universal. Adele Commandini.
Writing (Screenplay)
After the Thing Man, MGM. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.
Dodsworth, Goldwyn, UA. Sidney Howard.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Columbia. Robert Riskin.
My Man Godfrey, Universal. Erich Hatch and Morris Ryskind.
The Story of Louis Pasteur, Warner Bros. Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney.
Best Interior Decoration
Anthony Adverse, Warner Bros. Anton Grot.
Dodsworth, Goldwyn, UA. Richard Day.
The Great Ziegfeld, MGM. Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu and Edwin B. Willis.
Lloyds of London. 20th Century-Fox. William S. Darling.
The Magnificent Brute, Universal. Albert S. D'Agostino and Jack Otterson
Romeo and Juliet, MGM. Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope and Edwin B. Willis.
Winterset, RKO Radio. Perry Ferguson.
Best Cinematography
Anthony Adverse, Warner Bros. Gaetano Gaudio.
The General Died at Dawn, Paramount. Victor Milner.
The Gorgeous Hussy, MGM. George Folsey.
Film Editing
Anthony Adverse, Warner Bros., Ralph Dawson.
Come and Get It, Goldwyn, UA. Edward Curtiss.
The Great Ziegfeld, MGM. William S. Gray.
Lloyds of London, 20th Century-Fox. Barbara McLean.
A Tale of Two Cities, MGM (1935). Conrad A. Nervig.
Theodora Goes Wild, Columbia. Otto Meyer.
Best Song
"Did I Remember" (Suzy, MGM); Music by Walter Donaldson. Lyrics by Harold Adamson.
"I've Got You Under my Skin" (Born to Dance, MGM); Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter.
"A Melody from the Sky" (Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Paramount); Music by Louis Alter. Lyrics by Sidney Mitchell.
"Pennies from Heaven" (Pennies from Heaven, Columbia). Music by Arthur Johnston. Lyrics by Johnny Burke.
"The Way You Look Tonight" (Swing Time, RKO Radio); Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Dorothy Fields.
"When Did you Leave Heaven" (Sing Baby Sing, 20th Century-Fox); Music by Richard A. Whiting. Lyrics by Walter Bullock.
Best Score
Anthony Adverse, Warner Bros. Studio Music Dept., Leo Forbstein, head. Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
The Charge of the Light Brigade, Warner Bros. Studio Music Dept., Leo Forbstein, head. Score by Max Steiner.
The Garden of Allah, Selznick International Pictures Music Dept., Max Steiner, head. Score by Max Steiner.
The General Died at Dawn, Paramount Studio Music Dept., Boris Morros, head. Score by Werner Janssen.
Winterset, RKO Radio Studio Music Dept., Nathaniel Shilkret, head. Score by Nathaniel Shilkret.
Best Sound Recording
Banjo on My Knee, 20th Century-Fox. E.H. Hansen.
The Charge of the Light Brigade, Warner Bros. Nathan Levinson.
Dodsworth, Goldwyn, UA. Oscar Lagerstrom.
General Spanky, Roach, MGM. Elmer A. Raguse.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Columbia. John Livadary.
San Francisco, MGM. Douglas Shearer.
The Texas Rangers, Paramount. Franklin Hansen.
That Girl from Paris, RKO Radio. J.O. Aalberg.
Three Smart Girls, Universal. Homer G. Tasker.
Best Dance Direction
Busby Berkeley for "Love and War" number from Gold Diggers of 1937 (Warner Bros.).
Bobby Connolly for "1000 Love Songs" number from Cain and Mabel (Warner Bros.).
Seymour Felix for "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" number from The Great Ziegfeld (MGM).
Dave Gould for "Swingin' the Jinx" number from Born to Dance (MGM).
Jack Haskell for "Skating Ensemble" number from One in a Million (20th Century-Fox).
Russell Lewis for "The Finale" number from Dancing Pirate (RKO Radio).
Hermes Pan for "Bojangles" number and from Swing Time (RKO Radio).
Best Short Subject Cartoon
Country Cousin, Disney, UA.
Old Mill Pond, Harman-Ising, MGM.
Sinbad the Sailor, Paramount.
Best One-Reel Short Subject
Bored of Education, Hal Roach, MGM (Our Gang).
Moscow Moods, Paramount (Headliners).
Wanted, A Master, Pete Smith, MGM (Pete Smith Specialties).
Best Two-Reel Short Subject
Double or Nothing, Warner Bros. (Broadway Brevities).
Dummy Ache, RKO Radio (Edgar Kennedy Comedies).
The Public Pays, MGM (Crime Doesn't Pay).
Best Color Short Subject
Give Me Liberty, Warner Bros. (Broadway Brevities).
La Fiesta De Santa Barbara, MGM (Musical Revues).
Popular Science J-6-2, Paramount.
Special Award
March of Time for its significance to motion pictures and for having revolutionized one of the most important branches of the industry- the newsreel (statuette).
W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson for the color cinematography of the Selznick International Production, The Garden of Allah (plaques).
Scientific or Technical Awards
Class I (Statuette)
Douglas Shearer and MGM Studio Sound Department for the development of a practical two-way horn system and a biased Class A push-pull recording system.
Class II (Plaque)
E.C. Wente and the Bell Telephone Laboratories for their multicellular high-frequency horn and receiver.
RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc., for their rotary stabilizer sound head.
Class III (Citation)
RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc., for their development of a method of recording and printing sound records utilizing a restricted spectrum (known as ultra-violet light recording).
Electrical Research Products, Inc., for the ERPI "Type Q" portable recording channel.
RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc., for furnishing a practical design and specifications for a non-slip printer.
United Artists Studio Corp. for the development of a practical, efficient and quiet wind machine.
Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)
Best Foreign Film:
Der Kaiser von Kalifornien, Luis Trenker
Best Italian Film:
Squadrone bianco, Augusto Genina
Best Direction:
Jacques Feyder, La Kermesse Heroique (Carnival in Flanders)
Best Actor:
Paul Muni, The Story of Louis Pasteur
Best Actress:
Anabella, Veille d'Armes
Best Cameraman:
M. Greenbaum, Tudor Rose
Best Musical:
Schussakkord, Detlef Slierck
Best Political/Social Film:
Il cammino degli eroi
Best Documentary:
Jugend der Welt, Hans Weidemann
Best Scientific Film:
Uno sguardo in fondo al mare
The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg. Eleven films listed.)
La Kermesse Heroique (Carnival in Flanders)
Fury
Dodsworth
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Winterset
Romeo and Juliet
The Green Pastures
The Ghost Goes West
The Story of Louis Pasteur
These Three
The Great Ziegfeld
The Top Box-Office Hits of 1936 (According to Variety. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg. Totals were not listed.)
1936 Films listed on the 1935/36 list:
Bullets or Ballots
The Country Doctor
Follow the Fleet
The Great Ziegfeld
The Green Pastures
The King Steps Out
Modern Times
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Rhythm on the Range
San Francisco
Show Boat
The Story of Louis Pasteur
These Three
1936 Films listed on the 1936/37 list:
After the Thin Man
Anthony Adverse
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Born to Dance
The Charge of the Light Brigade
College Holiday
Come and Get It
Dodsworth
The Gorgeous Hussy
Libeled Lady
Lloyds of London
My Man Godfrey
One in a Million
Pigskin Parade
The Plainsman
Rainbow on the River
Romeo and Juliet
Swing Time
The Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1936 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Shirley Temple
1) Shirley Temple
2) Clark Gable
3) Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers
4) Robert Taylor
5) Joe E. Brown
6) Dick Powell
7) Joan Crawford
8) Claudette Colbert
9) Jeanette MacDonald
10) Gary Cooper
The Next Fifteen:
11) Jane Withers
12) James Cagney
13) William Powell
14) Jean Harlow
15) Wallace Beery
16) Fred MacMurray
17) Irene Dunne
18) Myrna Loy
19) Ginger Rogers
20) Fred Astaire
21) Warner Baxter
22) Bing Crosby
23) Dionne Quintuplets
24) Janet Gaynor
25) Nelson Eddy
The Top Ten Western Stars of 1936 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Buck Jones
2) George O'Brien
3) Gene Autry
4) William Boyd
5) Ken Maynard
6) Dick Foran
7) John Wayne
8) Tim McCoy
9) Hoot Gibson
10) Buster Crabbe
The Top Ten Box-Offices Stars of 1936 in Britain (according to The Motion Picture Herald)
British Stars:
2) Jessie Matthews
3) Jack Hulbert
4) George Formby
5) Robert Donat
6) Jack Buchanan
7) Tom Walls and Jack Lynn (as a team)
8) Will Hay
9) George Arliss
10) Sydney Howard
International Stars:
1) Shirley Temple
2) Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers
3) Gracie Fields
4) Clark Gable
5) Laurel and Hardy
6) Jessie Matthews
7) James Cagney
8) Wallace Beery
9) Greta Garbo
10) Norma Shearer
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