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The 8th Academy Awards (Films of 1935) – Part I The Oscars Got It Wrong

We’re back for season 3! There were 12 nominees at the 8th Academy Award, so we thought, "what the heck, let's add 4 more," to make this one of our 16 movie tournaments. We discuss the losers from Round 1 in this episode.The nominees were: Alice Adams; Broadway Melody of 1936; Captain Blood; David Copperfield; The Informer; The Lives of a Bengal Lancer; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Mutiny on the Bounty; Les Misérables; Naughty Marietta; Ruggles of Red Gap; Top HatThe films we added were: The 39 Steps, A Night at the Opera, Black Fury, and The Bride of Frankenstein. Notes: SPOILERS – we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.Timestamps are approximate:7:00 – Bracket Set-Up7:10 – Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers16:00 – Naughty Marietta22:45 – Captain Blood29:45 – Ruggles of Red Gap37:02 – The Lives of a Bengal Lancer43:40 – David Copperfield50:10 – Alice Adams1:00:15 – The Informer1:10:10 – The 39 Steps1:19:45 – Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst1:21:15 – Next Time————————–Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod
  1. The 8th Academy Awards (Films of 1935) – Part I
  2. The 96th Academy Awards (Films of 2023) – Part II
  3. The 96th Academy Awards (Films of 2023) – Part I