6th Academy Awards
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{{Infobox Academy AwardsB
| name = 6th
| date = [[March 16]], [[1934]]
| site = [[The Ambassador Hotel]]
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| host = [[Will Rogers]]
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| last = 5th
| next = 7th
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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.
==Winners and nominees==
Winners are highlighted in '''boldface.''' <ref name="sources">The sources consulted to compile and verify this list include:
*"Academy Awards Database - AMPAS." ''oscars.org''. 11 Mar. 2006 <http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1142073214663>.
*"Academy Awards, USA: 1934." ''Internet Movie Database''. 11 Mar. 2006 <http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/1934>.
*Mason, Wiley, and Damien Bona. ''Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards''. Updated ed. New York: Ballantine, 1987.
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===[[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Motion Picture Of The Year]]===
*''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]''
*'''[[Cavalcade (film)|Cavalcade]]'''
*''[[A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)|A Farewell to Arms]]''
*''[[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]]''
*''[[Lady for a Day]]'' - [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
*''[[Little Women (1933 film)|Little Women]]''
*''[[The Private Life of Henry VIII]]''
*''[[She Done Him Wrong]]''
*''[[Smilin' Through]]''
*''[[State Fair (1933 film)|State Fair]]''
===[[Academy Award for Directing|Achievement in Directing]]===
*[[Frank Capra]] - ''[[Lady for a Day]]''
*[[George Cukor]] - ''[[Little Women (1933 film)|Little Women]]''
*'''[[Frank Lloyd]]''' - ''[[Cavalcade (film)|Cavalcade]]''
===[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role]]===
*[[Leslie Howard (actor)|Leslie Howard]] - ''[[Berkeley Square (film)|Berkeley Square]]''
*'''[[Charles Laughton]]''' - ''[[The Private Life of Henry VIII]]''
*[[Paul Muni]] - ''[[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]]''
===[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Performance by An Actress In A Leading Role]]===
*'''[[Katharine Hepburn]]''' - ''[[Morning Glory]]''
*[[May Robson]] - ''[[Lady for a Day]]''
*[[Diana Wynyard]] - ''[[Cavalcade (film)|Cavalcade]]''
<ref name="supporting"> There were no awards for "[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]" or "[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]" until the 1936 Academy Awards.</ref>
===[[Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay|Best Writing, Adaptation]]===
*[[Paul Green]] and [[Sonya Levien]] - ''[[State Fair (1933 film)|State Fair]]''
*'''Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason''' - ''[[Little Women (1933 movie)|Little Women]]''
*[[Robert Riskin]] - ''[[Lady for a Day]]''
<ref name="adaptation">In this year, the award known now as "Adapted Screenplay" was known as "Best Writing, Adaptation" (see [[Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay]] for more information).</ref>
===[[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Best Story]]===
*'''Robert Lord''' - ''One Way Passage''
*[[Frances Marion]] - ''[[The Prizefighter and the Lady]]''
*[[Charles MacArthur]] - ''Rasputin and the Empress''
<ref name="original">In this year, the award known now as "Best Original Screenplay" was known as "Best Story" (see [[Academy Award for Best Story]] and [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay]] for more information).</ref>
===[[Academy Award for Best Art Direction|Interior Decoration]]===
*'''William S. Darling''' - ''[[Cavalcade (film)|Cavalcade]]''
** [[Hans Dreier]] and Roland Anderson - ''[[A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)|A Farewell to Arms]]''
** [[Cedric Gibbons]] - ''When Ladies Meet''
<ref name="art">In this year, the award known now as "Best Art Direction" was known as "Best Interior Decoration" (see [[Academy Award for Best Art Direction]] for more information).</ref>
===[[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Achievement In Cinematography]]===
*'''[[Charles Lang|Charles Bryant Lang, Jr.]]''' - ''[[A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)|A Farewell to Arms]]''
*[[George J. Folsey]] - ''Reunion in Vienna''
*[[Karl Struss]] - ''Sign of the Cross''
===[[Academy Award for Sound|Sound Recording]]===
*''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]'' - Harold C. Lewis
*'''[[A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)|A Farewell to Arms]]''' - Nathan Levinson
*''[[Gold Diggers of 1933]]'' - Nathan Levinson
*''[[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]]'' - Nathan Levinson
===[[Academy Award for Best Assistant Director|Assistant Director]]===
(Seven winners.)
*Al Alleborn - Warner Brothers
*'''Charles Barton''' - Paramount
*Sid Brod - Paramount
*'''[[Charles Dorian]]''' - MGM
*Orville O. Dull - MGM
*'''[[Fred Fox]]''' - United Artists
*'''[[Gordon Hollingshead]]''' - Warner Brothers
*Percy Ikerd - 20th Century Fox
*Arthur Jacobson - Paramount
*'''Rick James''' - Universal
*Edward Killy - RKO
*Joseph A. McDonough - Universal
*William J. Reiter - Universal
*Frank Shaw - Warner Brothers
*Ben Silvey - United Artists
*'''[[Dewey Starkey]]''' - RKO
*'''[[William Tummel]]''' - 20th Century Fox
*[[John S. Waters]] - MGM
===[[Academy Award for Animated Short Film|Short Subjects: Cartoons]]===
*''Building a Building'' - [[Walt Disney]], [[United Artists]]
*''The Merry Old Soul'' - [[Walter Lantz]], [[Universal Studios]]
*'''''The [[Three Little Pigs]]''''' - [[Walt Disney]], [[United Artists]]
===[[Academy Award for Live Action Short Film|Short Subjects: Comedy]]===
*''[[Mister Mugg]]'' - [[Universal Studios]]
*''[[A Preferred List]]'' - [[RKO Pictures]]
*'''''[[So This Is Harris!]]''''' - [[RKO Pictures]]
<ref name="shorts">In this year, the award known now as "Best Live Action Short Film" was known as "Short Subjects" and was broken into two categories: Comedy and Novelty (see [[Academy Award for Live Action Short Film]] for more information).</ref>
===[[Academy Award for Live Action Short Film|Short Subjects: Novelty]]===
*'''''[[Krakatoa (film)|Krakatoa]]''''' - [[Educational Pictures]]
*''[[Menu (film)|Menu]]'' - Pete Smith, MGM
*''[[The Sea (1933 film)|The Sea]]'' - Educational Pictures
<ref name="shorts">In this year, the award known now as "Best Live Action Short Film" was known as "Short Subjects" and was broken into two categories: Comedy and Novelty (see [[Academy Award for Live Action Short Film]] for more information).</ref>
==[[Academy Award, Scientific or Technical|Scientific or Technical Awards]]==
===Class II Awards===
*[[Altec Lansing|Electrical Research Products, Inc.]] (ERPI)
**For work in sound reproduction.
*[[RCA Victor|RCA Victor Company, Inc.]]
**For work in sound reproduction.
<ref name="classii">Class II Scientific or Technical award winners receive a plaque.</ref>
=== Class III Awards===
*[[Fox Film Corporation]], Fred Jackman and [[Warner Brothers]] Pictures, and Sidney Sanders and [[RKO Radio Pictures]].
**For work in the technologies of cinematography and film projection.
<ref name="classiii">Class III Scientific or Technical award winners receive a citation.</ref>
==Notes and references==
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