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1934 (7th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1934. TheWinner marker&origin=noms-by-year symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Outstanding Production

The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [came in 2nd]
Cleopatra, Paramount.
Flirtation Walk, First National.
The Gay Divorcee, RKO Radio.
Here Comes the Navy, Warner Bros.
The House of Rothschild, 20th Century; United Artists. [came in 3rd]
Imitation of Life, Universal.
Winner markerIt Happened One Night, Columbia.
One Night of Love, Columbia.
The Thin Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Viva Villa!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Mexico)
The White Parade, Jesse L. Lasky; Fox.

Best Actor

Winner markerClark Gable in It Happened One Night, Columbia.
Frank Morgan in The Affairs of Cellini, 20th Century; United Artists. [came in 2nd]
William Powell in The Thin Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [came in 3rd]

Best Actress

Winner markerClaudette Colbert in It Happened One Night, Columbia.
Grace Moore in One Night of Love, Columbia.
Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [came in 2nd]
Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage, RKO Radio. [Write-in candidate; NOT an official nomination. Came in 3rd.]

Directing

Winner markerIt Happened One Night, Columbia. Frank Capra.
One Night of Love, Columbia. Victor Schertzinger. [came in 3rd]
The Thin Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. W. S. Van Dyke. [came in 2nd]

Art Direction

The Affairs of Cellini, 20th Century; United Artists. Richard Day. [came in 3rd]
The Gay Divorcee, RKO Radio. Van Nest Polglase and Carroll Clark. [came in 2nd]
Winner markerThe Merry Widow, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cedric Gibbons and Frederic Hope. [won by 2 votes]

Assistant Director

Cleopatra, Paramount. Cullen Tate. [came in 2nd]
Imitation of Life, Universal. Scott Beal. [came in 3rd]
Winner markerViva Villa!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Mexico) John Waters.

Cinematography

The Affairs of Cellini, 20th Century; United Artists. Charles Rosher. [came in 3rd]
Winner markerCleopatra, Paramount. Victor Milner.
Operator 13, Cosmopolitan; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. George Folsey. [came in 2nd]

Film Editing

Cleopatra, Paramount. Anne Bauchens. [came in 3rd]
Winner markerEskimo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Conrad Nervig.
One Night of Love, Columbia. Gene Milford. [came in 2nd]
NOTE: Film Editing was a new category in 1934.

Music

(Scoring)

The Gay Divorcee, RKO Radio. RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department. (Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein) [came in 2nd]
The Lost Patrol, RKO Radio. RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department. (Score by Max Steiner) [came in 3rd]
Winner markerOne Night of Love, Columbia. Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department. (Thematic music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)

(Song)

Carioca from Flying Down to Rio, RKO Radio. Music by Vincent Youmans; lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn. [came in 3rd]
Winner markerThe Continental from The Gay Divorcee, RKO Radio. Music by Con Conrad; lyrics by Herb Magidson.
Love in Bloom from She Loves Me Not, Paramount. Music by Ralph Rainger; lyrics by Leo Robin. [came in 2nd]
NOTE: The Music Awards were new categories in 1934.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

Holiday Land, Screen Gems; Columbia. [Color Rhapsody Series] Charles Mintz, Producer. [came in 3rd]
Jolly Little Elves, Walter Lantz Productions; Universal. [Cartune Classic Series] Walter Lantz, Producer. [came in 2nd]
Winner markerThe Tortoise and the Hare, Walt Disney Productions; United Artists. [Silly Symphony Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

(Comedy)

Winner markerLa Cucaracha, Pioneer Pictures; RKO Radio. [Special Series] Kenneth Macgowan, Producer.
Men in Black, Jules White; Columbia. [The Three Stooges Series] Jules White, Producer. [came in 3rd]
What, No Men!, Warner Bros. [Broadway Brevities Series] [came in 2nd]

(Novelty)

Bosom Friends, Skibo Productions; Educational-Fox. (USA, Canada) [Treasure Chest Series] [came in 3rd]
Winner markerCity of Wax, Skibo Productions; Educational-Fox. [Battle for Life Series] Horace Woodard and Stacy Woodard, Producers.
Strikes and Spares, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Oddities Series] Pete Smith, Producer. [came in 2nd]

Sound Recording

The Affairs of Cellini, 20th Century; United Artists. United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.
Cleopatra, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director.
Flirtation Walk, First National. Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director. [came in 2nd]
The Gay Divorcee, RKO Radio. RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Carl Dreher, Sound Director. [came in 3rd]
Imitation of Life, Universal. Universal Studio Sound Department, Theodore Soderberg, Sound Director.
Winner markerOne Night of Love, Columbia. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director.
Viva Villa!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Mexico) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.
The White Parade, Jesse L. Lasky; Fox. Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director.

Writing

(Adaptation)

Winner markerIt Happened One Night, Columbia. Robert Riskin.
The Thin Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. [came in 2nd]
Viva Villa!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Mexico) Ben Hecht. [came in 3rd]

(Original Story)

Hide-Out, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Mauri Grashin. [came in 3rd]
Winner markerManhattan Melodrama, Cosmopolitan; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Arthur Caesar.
The Richest Girl in the World, RKO Radio. Norman Krasna. [came in 2nd]

Special Award

(Juvenile)

Winner markerTo Shirley Temple, in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934. [ [Miniature Statuette]]

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class II)

Winner markerTo Electrical Research Products, Inc. for their development of the Vertical Cut Disc Method of recording sound for motion pictures (hill and dale recording).

(Class III)

Winner markerTo Columbia Pictures Corporation for their application of the Vertical Cut Disc method (hill and dale recording) to actual studio production, with their recording of the sound on the picture, One Night of Love.
Winner markerTo Bell and Howell Company for their development of the Bell and Howell Fully Automatic Sound and Picture Printer.