Awards & Winners

1934 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1934 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 7th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

7th Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Walt Disney

Honored for : The Tortoise and the Hare

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney The Tortoise and the Hare
Charles Mintz Holiday Land
came in 3rd
Walter Lantz Jolly Little Elves
came in 2nd
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Robert Riskin

Honored for : It Happened One Night

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Riskin It Happened One Night
Frances Goodrich The Thin Man
came in 2nd
Albert Hackett The Thin Man
came in 2nd
Ben Hecht Viva Villa!
came in 3rd
Academy Award for Best Picture

Columbia Pictures

Honored for : It Happened One Night

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Fox Film The White Parade
Jesse L. Lasky The White Parade
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Viva Villa!
David O. Selznick Viva Villa!
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Thin Man
Hunt Stromberg The Thin Man
Harry Cohn One Night of Love
Columbia Pictures One Night of Love
Everett Riskin One Night of Love
Universal Studios Imitation of Life
John M. Stahl Imitation of Life
Raymond Griffith The House of Rothschild
came in 3rd
Twentieth Century Pictures The House of Rothschild
came in 3rd
Darryl F. Zanuck The House of Rothschild
came in 3rd
United Artists The House of Rothschild
came in 3rd
William Goetz The House of Rothschild
came in 3rd
Warner Bros. Entertainment Here Comes the Navy
Louis F. Edelman Here Comes the Navy
Pandro S. Berman The Gay Divorcee
RKO Pictures The Gay Divorcee
Hal B. Wallis Flirtation Walk
First National Flirtation Walk
Robert Lord Flirtation Walk
Jack Warner Flirtation Walk
Cecil B. DeMille Cleopatra
Paramount Pictures Cleopatra
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Barretts of Wimpole Street
came in 2nd
Irving Thalberg The Barretts of Wimpole Street
came in 2nd
Harry Cohn It Happened One Night
Columbia Pictures It Happened One Night
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Con Conrad, Herb Magidson

Honored for : The Continental
(The Gay Divorcee)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Edward Eliscu Carioca
Flying Down to Rio","came in 3rd
Vincent Youmans Carioca
Flying Down to Rio","came in 3rd
Gus Kahn Carioca
Flying Down to Rio","came in 3rd
Ralph Rainger Love in Bloom
She Loves Me Not","came in 2nd
Leo Robin Love in Bloom
She Loves Me Not","came in 2nd
Herb Magidson The Continental
The Gay Divorcee
Con Conrad The Continental
The Gay Divorcee
Academy Award for Best Assistant Director

John Waters

Honored for : Viva Villa!

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Scott Beal Imitation of Life
came in 3rd
John Waters Viva Villa!
Cullen Tate Cleopatra
came in 2nd
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Conrad A. Nervig

Honored for : Mala the Magnificent

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gene Milford One Night of Love
came in 2nd
Anne Bauchens Cleopatra
came in 3rd
Conrad A. Nervig Mala the Magnificent
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

John P. Livadary

Honored for : One Night of Love
(Columbia Studio Sound Department)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
John P. Livadary One Night of Love
Columbia Studio Sound Department
Theodore Soderberg Imitation of Life
Universal Studio Sound Department
Thomas T. Moulton The Affairs of Cellini
United Artists Studio Sound Department
Franklin Hansen Cleopatra
Paramount Studio Sound Department
Nathan Levinson Flirtation Walk
Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department","came in 2nd
Carl Dreher The Gay Divorcee
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department","came in 3rd
Douglas Shearer Viva Villa!
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
Edmund H. Hansen The White Parade
Fox Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Actor

Clark Gable

Honored for : It Happened One Night
(Role: Peter Warne)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frank Morgan The Affairs of Cellini
came in 2nd","Role: Alessandro - Duke of Florence
William Powell The Thin Man
came in 3rd","Role: Nick Charles
Clark Gable It Happened One Night
Role: Peter Warne
Academy Award for Best Actress

Claudette Colbert

Honored for : It Happened One Night
(Role: Ellie Andrews)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Grace Moore One Night of Love
Role: Mary
Claudette Colbert It Happened One Night
Role: Ellie Andrews
Norma Shearer The Barretts of Wimpole Street
came in 2nd","Role: Elizabeth Barrett
Bette Davis Of Human Bondage
came in 3rd","Role: Mildred","THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Louis Silvers

Honored for : One Night of Love
(Columbia Studio Music Department, Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Samuel Hoffenstein The Gay Divorcee
RKO Radio Studio Music Department","Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein","came in 2nd
Max Steiner The Gay Divorcee
RKO Radio Studio Music Department","Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein","came in 2nd
Kenneth Webb The Gay Divorcee
RKO Radio Studio Music Department","Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein","came in 2nd
Max Steiner The Lost Patrol
RKO Radio Studio Music Department","Score by Max Steiner","came in 3rd
Gus Kahn One Night of Love
Columbia Studio Music Department","Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn
Louis Silvers One Night of Love
Columbia Studio Music Department","Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Victor Milner

Honored for : Cleopatra

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Rosher The Affairs of Cellini
came in 3rd
George J. Folsey Operator 13
came in 2nd
Victor Milner Cleopatra
Academy Award for Best Director

Frank Capra

Honored for : It Happened One Night

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Woody Van Dyke The Thin Man
came in 2nd
Frank Capra It Happened One Night
Victor Schertzinger One Night of Love
came in 3rd
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope

Honored for : The Merry Widow
(won by two votes)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carroll Clark The Gay Divorcee
came in 2nd
Van Nest Polglase The Gay Divorcee
came in 2nd
Fredric Hope The Merry Widow
won by two votes
Cedric Gibbons The Merry Widow
won by two votes
Richard Day The Affairs of Cellini
came in 3rd
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Comedy

Kenneth Macgowan

Honored for : La Cucaracha

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kenneth Macgowan La Cucaracha
Jules White Men in Black
came in 3rd
Warner Bros. Entertainment What, No Men!
came in 2nd
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Horace Woodard, Stacy Woodard

Honored for : City of Wax

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Horace Woodard City of Wax
Stacy Woodard City of Wax
Skibo Productions Bosom Friends
came in 3rd
Pete Smith Strikes and Spares
came in 2nd
Academy Award for Best Story

Arthur Caesar

Honored for : Manhattan Melodrama

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Arthur Caesar Manhattan Melodrama
Mauri Grashin Hide-Out
came in 3rd
Norman Krasna The Richest Girl in the World
came in 2nd
Academy Juvenile Award
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Columbia Pictures

(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. [Sound])
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Bell & Howell

(for their development of the Bell and Howell Fully Automatic Sound and Picture Printer. [Laboratory])
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Electrical Research Products, Inc.

(For their development of the Vertical Cut Disc Method of recording sound for motion pictures (hill and dale recording).)