1934 (7th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1934. The
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
Cleopatra, Paramount.Flirtation Walk, First National.The Gay Divorcee, RKO Radio.Here Comes the Navy, Warner Bros.Imitation of Life, Universal.It Happened One Night, Columbia.One Night of Love, Columbia.The Thin Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Viva Villa!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The White Parade, Jesse L. Lasky; Fox.Best Actor
Best Actress
Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage, RKO Radio. [Write-in candidate; NOT an official nomination. Came in 3rd.]Directing
Art Direction
Assistant Director
Cinematography
Film Editing
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]One 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]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)
Jolly Little Elves, Walter Lantz Productions; Universal. [Cartune Classic Series] Walter Lantz, Producer. [came in 2nd]The Tortoise and the Hare, Walt Disney Productions; United Artists. [Silly Symphony Series] Walt Disney, Producer.(Comedy)
Men in Black, Jules White; Columbia. [The Three Stooges Series] Jules White, Producer. [came in 3rd](Novelty)
City 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.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.Viva Villa!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.Writing
(Adaptation)
(Original Story)
Special Award
(Juvenile)
To Shirley Temple, in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934. [Miniature Statuette]Scientific or Technical Award
(Class II)
To 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)
To 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.To Bell and Howell Company for their development of the Bell and Howell Fully Automatic Sound and Picture Printer.