6th Academy Awards 4352994 225110135 2008-07-11T22:42:39Z 71.108.146.224 {{Infobox Academy AwardsB | name = 6th | date = [[March 16]], [[1934]] | site = [[The Ambassador Hotel]] | preshow = | host = [[Will Rogers]] | producer = | director = | duration = | last = 5th | next = 7th }} 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. </ref> ===[[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== <!--See [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags--> <references/> {{Academy Awards Chron}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Academy Awards, 06}} [[Category:Academy Awards ceremonies]] [[Category:1932 film awards]] [[Category:1933 film awards]] [[ast:VI Edición de los Oscars]] [[de:Oscarverleihung 1934]] [[es:Anexo:Premios Oscar 1933]] [[fr:6e Cérémonie des Oscars]] [[it:Premi Oscar 1934]] [[nl:6de Oscaruitreiking]] [[pl:Oscary w roku 1934]] [[ru:Оскар (кинопремия, 1934)]]