1936 Academy Awards – Original Story Winner
![The Scoundrel Ben Hecht](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-scoundrel-image.jpg)
The Scoundrel
Ben Hecht
A ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a “restless” spirit for being unloved. A heavenly power gives him a month on Earth to find one person to shed a tear for him before his fate is sealed.
1936 Academy Awards – Original Story Nominees
![Broadway Melody of 1936 Moss Hart](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/broadway-melody-of-1936-roy-del-ruth-w.s.-van-dyke-image.jpg)
Broadway Melody of 1936
Moss Hart
![G' Men Darryl F. Zanuck](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/g-men-william-keighley-image.jpg)
G’ Men
Darryl F. Zanuck
![The Gay Deception Don Hartman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-gay-deception-william-wyler-image.jpg)