1935 had some great movies, with the 1936 Academy Awards giving Oscars for some important films including: Mutiny on the Bounty, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Informer, so it is no surprise the only Ocsar “The Lives of a Bengal Lancer” could claim was for ‘Best Assistant Director’. Films that were nominated but got nothing included: Les Misérables, Top Hat, David Copperfield, and Captain Blood. The quality of that competition speaks to how good ‘Lancer’ is (or at least was for the time).