The Academy Awards (The Oscars) Season 8 Episode 1 The 8th Annual Academy Awards
- March 5, 1936
At the 1935 Academy Awards ceremony MGM's outing Mutiny on the Bounty won the Best Picture award beating out such hit films as David Copperfield, and Errol Flynn's Captain Blood. John Ford picked up the Best Director's nod for The Informer, while Bette Davis won her first Oscar for her role in the film Dangerous.
A Special Award was given to David Wark Griffith for his achievements as a director and producer and his contributions to the development of the motion picture arts.
