Academy Awards for 1934


Picture
Irving Thalberg - Producer, THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET
Cecil B. De Mille - Producer, CLEOPATRA
Jack L. Warner - Producer, Hal Wallis - Producer, Robert Lord - Producer, FLIRTATION WALK
Pandro S. Berman - Producer, THE GAY DIVORCEE
Lou Edelman - Producer, HERE COMES THE NAVY
Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer, William Goetz - Producer, Raymond Griffith - Producer, HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD
John M. Stahl - Producer, IMITATION OF LIFE
* Harry Cohn - Producer, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Swept every major category.
Harry Cohn - Producer, Everett Riskin - Producer, ONE NIGHT OF LOVE
Hunt Stromberg - Producer, THE THIN MAN
David O. Selznick - Producer, VIVA VILLA!
Jesse L. Lasky - Producer, THE WHITE PARADE

Actor
* Clark Gable, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Frank Morgan, AFFAIRS OF CELLINI
William Powell, THE THIN MAN

Actress
* Claudette Colbert, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Grace Moore, ONE NIGHT OF LOVE
Norma Shearer, THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET


Director
* Frank Capra, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Victor Schertzinger, ONE NIGHT OF LOVE
W.S. Van Dyke, II, THE THIN MAN

Writing - Original Story
Norman Krasna, THE RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD
Mauri Grashin, HIDE-OUT
* Arthur Caesar, MANHATTAN MELODRAMA

Writing - Adaptation
* Robert Riskin, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, THE THIN MAN
Ben Hecht, VIVA VILLA!

Art Direction
Richard Day - Art Direction, AFFAIRS OF CELLINI
Van Nest Polglase - Art Direction, Carroll Clark - Art Direction, THE GAY DIVORCEE
* Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Frederic Hope - Art Direction, THE MERRY WIDOW

Cinematography
Charles Rosher, AFFAIRS OF CELLINI
* Victor Milner, CLEOPATRA
George Folsey, OPERATOR 13

Film Editing
This award was instituted in 1934.
Anne Bauchens, CLEOPATRA
* Conrad Nervig, ESKIMO
Gene Milford, ONE NIGHT OF LOVE

Assistant Director
Scott Beal, IMITATION OF LIFE
Cullen Tate, CLEOPATRA
* John Waters, VIVA VILLA!

Score,
This award was instituted in 1934.
Max Steiner - Departmental Head (RKO Radio Studio Music Department)
Kenneth Webb - Score, Samuel Hoffenstein - Score, THE GAY DIVORCEE
Max Steiner - Departmental Head (RKO Radio Studio Music Department)
Max Steiner - Score, THE LOST PATROL
* Louis Silvers - Departmental Head (Columbia Studio Music Department)
Victor Schertzinger - Thematic Music, Gus Kahn - Thematic Music, ONE NIGHT OF LOVE

Song
This award was instituted in 1934.
Vincent Youmans - Music, Edward Eliscu - Lyrics, Gus Kahn - Lyrics, FLYING DOWN TO RIO
"Carioca"
* Con Conrad - Music, Herb Magidson - Lyrics, THE GAY DIVORCEE
"The Continental"
Ralph Rainger - Music, Leo Robin - Lyrics, SHE LOVES ME NOT
"Love In Bloom"

Animated Short
Charles Mintz - Producer, HOLIDAY LAND
Universal, JOLLY LITTLE ELVES
* Walt Disney - Producer, THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE

Short Subjects - Novelty
Educational, BOSOM FRIENDS (TREASURE CHEST)
* Educational, CITY OF WAX
MGM, STRIKES AND SPARES

Short Subjects - Comedy
* RKO Radio, LA CUCARACHA
Columbia, MEN IN BLACK (BROADWAY COMEDIES)
Warner Bros., WHAT, NO MEN!

Sound Recording
Thomas T. Moulton, AFFAIRS OF CELLINI
Franklin Hansen, CLEOPATRA
Nathan Levinson, FLIRTATION WALK
Carl Dreher, THE GAY DIVORCEE
Gilbert Kurland, IMITATION OF LIFE
* Paul Neal, ONE NIGHT OF LOVE
Douglas Shearer, VIVA VILLA!

Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1934.

Class II (Plaque)
* 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 (Citation)
* 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.
* Bell & Howell Company, For their development of the Bell and Howell fully automatic sound and picture printer.

Honorary and Other Awards
* Shirley Temple, In grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934. Winner presented a Miniature Statuette.