Academy Awards 1934

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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
Movie N S.
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

Will Rogers

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!

Warren Doane - Mister Mugg
Louis Brock - A Preferred List

Best Short Film - Novelty

Joe Rock for Educational Pictures - Krakatoa

Pete Smith - Menu
Educational Pictures - Morze

Special awards

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