Coming Attractions: 1936

Twenty days ago we wrapped up our look at the films of 1935. Starting Monday, August 1st, we begin a new retrospective: the films of 1936. 

The 1935 Retro Hollmann Awards: Part Two

Six down, twelve to go! After yesterday's spreading-of-the-wealth, the 1935 Retro Hollmann Awards conclude today with Music Awards, Writing Awards, Lead Acting, Production Design, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Director, and Best Picture of the Year! Remember to reacquaint yourself with the complete roster of nominees and the Top Ten.

Now, on with the show:

The 1935 Retro Hollmann Awards: Part One

We wrap up the 1935 retrospective this week with the 1935 Retro Hollmann Awards. You've seen the full slate of nominees, you know the Top Ten - now on with the awards!

Well, six of them, at least. Back in 1935, the Academy Awards were not yet ten years old, they had a lot of growing to do. It would be another year before they added supporting categories, another four before a competitive special effects category, another 13 before Best Costume Design, another 46 before Best Makeup...and Best Ensemble still does not exist, though the Screen Actors Guild has awarded it since 1995. The Hollmann Awards, even the retro ones, honor all categories, but to respect the tradition and the time period, these six categories get their own post. And it's this one!

We begin with Best Ensemble...

The 1935 Retro Hollmann Awards Nominees!

Twelve days delayed, but here they are - the nominees for the 1935 Retro Hollmann Awards! For context, these were the 74 films screened:

The 39 Steps

$1,000 a Minute

Alice Adams

All the King's Horses

Anna Karenina

Barbary Coast

Becky Sharp

The Big Broadcast of 1936

Black Fury

The Bride of Frankenstein

Broadway Hostess

Broadway Melody of 1936

The Call of the Wild

Captain Blood

Cardinal Richelieu

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Charlie Chan in Paris

Charlie Chan in Shanghai

Charlie Chan's Secret

China Seas

The Clairvoyant

Clive of India

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

The Crusades

Curly Top

Dangerous

Dante's Inferno

The Dark Angel

David Copperfield

The Devil is a Woman

Escape Me Never

Folies Bergère de Paris

"G" Men

The Gay Deception

The Glass Key

Go Into Your Dance

Gold Diggers of 1935

I Dream Too Much

The Informer

King of Burlesque

Last Days of Pompeii

Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Love Me Forever

Mad Love

Man on the Flying Trapeze

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Mark of the Vampire

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Les Miserables

Moscow Laughs

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mysterious Mr. Wong

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Naughty Marietta

A Night at the Opera

Night Life of the Gods

Peter Ibbetson

Private Worlds

The Raven

Red Salute

Roberta

Ruggles of Red Gap

Sanders of the River

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scoundrel

Shanghai

She

Sylvia Scarlett

Thanks a Million

Top Hat

The Wandering Jew

Werewolf of London

Check out the Top Ten, while you're at it. And now - the nominees: