Best Picture Winner
Mutiny on the Bounty
Best Picture
Director: Frank Lloyd
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
First mate Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny against the tyrannical Captain Bligh aboard HMS Bounty.
From the Worthy Podcast
Villains (what a good villain can do for the story? Why is there an attraction to so many of them in film?)
Notable Oscar winning Villain performances - Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men), Kathy Bates (Misery), Michael Douglas (Wall Street), Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest), Gene Hackman (Unforgiven), Anthony Hopkins (The Silence Of The Lambs), Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Fredric March (Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde), J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds), Forest Whitaker (The Last King Of Scotland)
Who are our personal favorite villains?
Which villains compare to Captain Bligh? Darth Vader, Nurse Ratched, HAL 9000, J.K. Simmons.
Bligh’s Selfishness and hypocrisy. His overt respectability towards the navy
Movie villain quotes:
All Categories (20)
Actor
Charles Laughton— Mutiny on the Bounty {"Captain Bligh"} [came in 3rd]
Clark Gable— Mutiny on the Bounty {"Fletcher Christian"}
Franchot Tone— Mutiny on the Bounty {"Roger Byam"}
Paul Muni— Black Fury {"Joe Radek"} [came in 2nd]
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.
Actress
Claudette Colbert— Private Worlds {"Jane Everest"}
Elisabeth Bergner— Escape Me Never {"Gemma Jones"} [came in 3rd]
Katharine Hepburn— Alice Adams {"Alice Adams"} [came in 2nd]
Merle Oberon— The Dark Angel {"Kitty Vane"}
Miriam Hopkins— Becky Sharp {"Becky Sharp"}
Directing
Writing (Original Story)
The Scoundrel— Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
Winner
Broadway Melody of 1936— Moss Hart [came in 3rd]
G-Men— Gregory Rogers [came in 2nd]
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.
The Gay Deception— Don Hartman, Stephen Avery
Writing (Screenplay)
The Informer— Dudley Nichols
Winner
Mr. Nichols initially refused the award, but Academy records indicate that he was in possession of a statuette by 1949.
Captain Blood— Casey Robinson [came in 3rd]
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.
Mutiny on the Bounty— Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson [came in 2nd]
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer— Screenplay by Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, Achmed Abdullah; Adaptation by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
Cinematography
A Midsummer Night's Dream— Hal Mohr
Winner
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.
Barbary Coast— Ray June
Les Miserables— Gregg Toland [came in 2nd]
The Crusades— Victor Milner [came in 3rd]
Music (Scoring)
The Informer— RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
Winner
Captain Blood— Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold) [came in 3rd]
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.
Mutiny on the Bounty— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart) [came in 2nd]
Peter Ibbetson— Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, head of department (Score by Ernst Toch)
Art Direction
The Dark Angel— Richard Day
Winner
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer— Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson [came in 3rd]
Top Hat— Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark [came in 2nd]
Film Editing
A Midsummer Night's Dream— Ralph Dawson
Winner
David Copperfield— Robert J. Kern
Les Miserables— Barbara McLean
Mutiny on the Bounty— Margaret Booth [came in 2nd]
The Informer— George Hively [came in 3rd]
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer— Ellsworth Hoagland
Sound Recording
Naughty Marietta— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Winner
$1,000 a Minute— Republic Studio Sound Department
Bride of Frankenstein— Universal Studio Sound Department, Gilbert Kurland, Sound Director
Captain Blood— Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director [came in 2nd]
I Dream Too Much— RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Carl Dreher, Sound Director
Love Me Forever— Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Thanks a Million— 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
The Dark Angel— United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer— Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director [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 the motion picture arts.
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To AGFA ANSCO CORPORATION for their development of the Agfa infra-red film. [Film]
Winner
To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for their development of the Eastman Pola-Screen. [Lenses and Filters]
Scientific Or Technical Award (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. [Laboratory]
Winner
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. [Stage Operations]
To ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS, INC. for their study and development of equipment to analyze and measure flutter resulting from the travel of the film through the mechanisms used in the recording and reproduction of sound. [Sound]
To MOLE-RICHARDSON COMPANY for their development of the "Solar-spot" spot lamps. [Lighting]
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. [Sound]
To PARAMOUNT PRODUCTIONS, INC. for the design and construction of the Paramount transparency air turbine developing machine. [Laboratory]
To WILLIAM A. MUELLER of Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department for his method of dubbing, in which the level of the dialogue automatically controls the level of the accompanying music and sound effects. [Sound]
Assistant Director
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer— Clem Beauchamp, Paul Wing
Winner
A Midsummer Night's Dream— Sherry Shourds [came in 2nd]
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.
David Copperfield— Joseph Newman [came in 3rd]
Les Miserables— Eric Stacey
Dance Direction
Dave Gould— "I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling" number from Broadway Melody of 1936; and "Straw Hat" number from Folies Bergere
Winner
Benjamin Zemach— "Hall of Kings" number from She
Bobby Connolly— "Latin from Manhattan" number from Go into Your Dance; and "Playboy from Paree" number from Broadway Hostess
Busby Berkeley— "Lullaby of Broadway" and "The Words Are In My Heart" numbers from Gold Diggers of 1935 [came in 3rd]
Hermes Pan— "Piccolino" and "Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails" numbers from Top Hat [came in 2nd]
LeRoy Prinz— "It's the Animal in Me" number from Big Broadcast of 1936; and "Viennese Waltz" number from All the King's Horses
Sammy Lee— "Lovely Lady" and "Too Good To Be True" numbers from King of Burlesque
Music (Song)
"Lullaby Of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935— Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Al Dubin
Winner
"Cheek To Cheek" from Top Hat— Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin [came in 2nd]
"Lovely To Look At" from Roberta— Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh [came in 3rd]
Outstanding Production
Mutiny on the Bounty— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Winner
A Midsummer Night's Dream— Warner Bros.
Alice Adams— RKO Radio
Broadway Melody of 1936— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Captain Blood— Cosmopolitan [came in 3rd]
David Copperfield— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Les Miserables— 20th Century
Naughty Marietta— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ruggles of Red Gap— Paramount
The Informer— RKO Radio [came in 2nd]
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer— Paramount
Top Hat— RKO Radio
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Three Orphan Kittens— Walt Disney, Producer
Winner
The Calico Dragon— Harman-Ising [came in 3rd]
Who Killed Cock Robin?— Walt Disney, Producer [came in 2nd]
Short Subject (Comedy)
How to Sleep— Jack Chertok, Producer
Winner
Oh, My Nerves— Jules White, Producer [came in 2nd]
Tit for Tat— Hal Roach, Producer [came in 3rd]
Short Subject (Novelty)
Wings over Mt. Everest— Gaumont British and Skibo Productions
Winner
Audioscopiks— Pete Smith, Producer [tied for 2nd]
Camera Thrills— Universal [tied for 2nd]