Academy Awards 1934
Overview of all award-winning films
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The 1934 Academy Awards took place on March 16, 1934 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles . It was the 6th Annual Academy Awards . Films from the period between August 1, 1932 and December 31, 1933 were awarded.
In the previous year there was no Oscar ceremony, because in future the films from the previous calendar year were to be honored. The new category Best Assistant Director lasted only five years. Katharine Hepburn won her first of four later Academy Awards for Best Actress .
Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory |
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Movie | N | S. |
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cavalcade | 4th | 3 |
In another country | 4th | 2 |
Lady for a day | 4th | 0 |
Four sisters | 3 | 1 |
Hunt for James A. | 3 | 0 |
Henry VIII's private life | 2 | 1 |
42nd street | 2 | 0 |
Fairground hype | 2 | 0 |
Moderation
Winners and nominees
Best movie
Cavalcade (Cavalcade) - Fox Film Corporation
- The 42nd Street (42nd Street) - Warner Bros.
- In Another Country (A Farewell to Arms) - Paramount
- Hunt for James A. (I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang) - Warner Bros.
- Fair Rummel (State Fair) - Fox Film Corporation
- Lady for a Day - Columbia
- Liebesleid (Smilin 'Through) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- The Private Life of Henry VIII. (The Private Life of Henry VIII) - London Film Productions
- They did him wrong (She Done Him Wrong) - Paramount
- Four Sisters (Little Women) - RKO Radio
Best Actor
Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII. (The Private Life of Henry VIII)
- Leslie Howard - Berkeley Square
- Paul Muni - Hunt for James A. (I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang)
Best main actress
Katharine Hepburn - Dawn of Glory (Morning Glory)
- May Robson - Lady for a Day (Lady for a Day)
- Diana Wynyard - Cavalcade (Cavalcade)
Best director
Frank Lloyd - Cavalcade (Cavalcade)
- Frank Capra - Lady for a Day (Lady for a Day)
- George Cukor - Four Sisters (Little Women)
Best assistant director
Charles Barton , Scott R. Beal , Charles Dorian , Fred Fox , Gordon Hollingshead , Dewey Starkey and William Tummel (no title given)
- Al Alleborn , Sidney S. Brod , Bunny Dull , Percy Ikerd , Arthur Jacobson , Eddie Killey , Joe McDonough , WJ Reiter , Frank X. Shaw , Benjamin Silvey and John S. Waters (each without a film title)
Best original story
Robert Lord - Journey of No Return (One Way Passage)
- Charles MacArthur - Rasputin: The Demon of Russia (Rasputin and the Empress)
- Frances Marion - The Prizefighter and the Lady (The Prizefighter and the Lady)
Best adapted script
Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason - Four Sisters (Little Women)
- Paul Green and Sonya Levien - fair Rummel (State Fair)
- Robert Riskin - Lady for a Day (Lady for a Day)
Best camera
Charles Bryant Lang - In Another Land (A Farewell to Arms)
- George J. Folsey - Rendez-vous in Vienna (Reunion in Vienna)
- Karl Struss - In the Sign of the Cross (The Sign of the Cross)
Best production design
William S. Darling - Cavalcade (Cavalcade)
- Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson - In Another Land (A Farewell to Arms)
- Cedric Gibbons - When Ladies Meet
Best tone
Franklin B. Hansen ( Paramount Studio Sound Department ) - In Another Land (A Farewell to Arms)
- Nathan Levinson ( Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department ) - The 42nd Street (42nd Street)
- Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department) - Gold Diggers of 1933 (Gold Diggers of 1933)
- Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department) - Hunt for James A. (I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang)
Best short film - cartoon
Walt Disney - The Three Little Pigs (The Three Little Pigs)
- Walt Disney - Mickey the Builder (Building a Building)
- Walter Lantz - The Merry Old Soul
Best Short Film - Comedy
Louis Brock - So This Is Harris!
Best Short Film - Novelty
Joe Rock for Educational Pictures - Krakatoa
Special awards
- Science and Development Award : Electrical Research Products Inc. (for their wide range recording and reproducing system) and RCA-Victor (for their high-fidelity recording and reproducing system)
- Technical Merit Award : Fox Film Corporation , Fred Jackman and Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. , and Sidney Saunders of RKO Studios, Inc. (for their development and effective use of the translucent cellulous screen in composite photography)
Web links
- Academy Awards 1934 in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- The 6th Academy Awards | 1934. In: Oscars.org. (English).