| 6th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | March 16, 1934 | |||
| Site | The Ambassador Hotel | |||
| Host | Will Rogers | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Cavalcade | |||
| Most wins | Cavalcade (3) | |||
| Most nominations | Cavalcade, A Farewell to Arms, Lady for a Day (4) | |||
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The 6th Academy Awards were held on March 16, 1934, at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Will Rogers and Rogers also presented all of the awards. Will Rogers presented the Academy Award for Best Director, and when he opened the envelope he simply announced, "Come up and get it, Frank!" Frank Capra, certain he was the winner, ran to the podium to collect the Oscar, only to discover Rogers had meant Frank Lloyd, who won for Cavalcade, instead.
This was the last time that the Oscars' eligibility period was spread over two different calendar years, creating the longest time frame for which films could be nominated: the seventeen months from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. This was the last time that no film had more than four nominations. Walt Disney became the first person to win consecutive Academy Awards.
Nominees and Winners[]
Best Outstanding Production[]
Cavalcade
See also: Best Outstanding Production
- Winner
- Cavalcade — Fox
- Nominees
- A Farewell to Arms — Paramount
- 42nd Street — Warner Bros.
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang — Warner Bros.
- Lady for a Day — Columbia
- Little Women — RKO Radio
- The Private Life of Henry VIII — London Pictures
- She Done Him Wrong — Paramount
- Smilin' Through — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- State Fair — Fox
Best Director[]
Cavalcade
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Cavalcade — Frank Lloyd
- Nominees
- Lady for a Day — Frank Capra
- Little Women — George Cukor
Best Assistant Director[]
See also: Best Assistant Director
- Winner
- Charles Barton — Paramount, Scott Beal — Universal, Charles Dorian — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Fred Fox — United Artists, Gordon Hollingshead — Warner Bros., Dewey Starkey — RKO Radio, William Tummel — Fox
- Nominees
- Al Alborn — Warner Bros.
- Sidney S. Brod — Paramount
- Bunny Dull — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Percy Ikerd — Fox
- Arthur Jacobson — Paramount
- Eddie Killey — RKO Radio
- Joe McDonough — Universal
- W.J. Reiter — Universal
- Frank X. Shaw — Warner Bros.
- Benjamin Silvey — United Artists
Best Actor[]
The Private Life of Henry VIII
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Charles Laughton — The Private Life of Henry VIII
- Nominees
- Leslie Howard — Berkeley Square
- Paul Muni — I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Best Actress[]
Morning Glory
See also: Best Acress
- Winner
- Katharine Hepburn — Morning Glory
- Nominees
- May Robson — Lady for a Day
- Diana Wynyard — Cavalcade
Best Writing (Original Story)[]
One Way Passage
See also: Best Writing (Original Story)
- Winner
- One Way Passage — Robert Lord
- Nominees
- The Prizefighter and the Lady — Frances Marjon
- Rasputin and the Empress — Charles MacArthur
Best Writing (Adaptation)[]
Little Women
See also: Best Writing (Adaptation)
- Winner
- Little Women — Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason
- Nominees
- Lady for a Day — Robert Riskin
- State Fair — Paul Green, Sonya Levien
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)[]
The Three Little Pigs
See also: Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
- Winner
- The Three Little Pigs — Walt Disney
- Nominees
- Building a Building — Walt Disney
- The Merry Old Sould — Walter Lantz
Best Short Subject (Comedy)[]
So This is Harris
See also: Best Short Subject (Comedy)
- Winner
- So This is Harris — Louis Brock
- Nominees
- Mister Mugg — Warren Doane
- A Preferred List — Louis Brock
Best Short Subject (Novelty)[]
Krakatoa
See also: Best Short Subject (Novelty)
- Winner
- Krakatoa — Joe Rock
- Nominees
- Menu — Pete Smith
- The Sea — Educational
Best Cinematography[]
A Farewell to Arms
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- A Farewell to Arms — Charles Bryant Lang, Jr.
- Nominees
- Reunion in Vienna — George J. Folsey
- The Sign of the Cross — Karl Struss
Best Art Direction[]
Cavalcade
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Cavalcade — William S. Darling
- Nominees
- A Farewell to Arms — Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson
- When Ladies Meet — Cedric Gibbons
Best Sound Recording[]
A Farewell to Arms
See also: Best Sound Recording
- Winner
- A Farewell to Arms — Franklin B. Hansen
- Nominees
- 42nd Street — Nathan Levinson
- Gold Diggers of 1933 — Nathan Levinson
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang — Nathan Levinson
Scientific or Technical Award (Class II)[]
- Electrical Research Products, Inc. for their wide range recording and reproducing system.
- RCA=Victor Company, Inc. for their high-fidelity recording and reproducing system.
Scientific or Technical Award (Class III)[]
- Fox Film Corporation, Fred Jackman, Warner Bros. Pictures, Sidney Sanders, RKO Studios, Inc. for their development and effective use of the translucent cellulose screen in composite photography.