6th Academy Awards

6th Academy Awards
Date	March 16, 1934
Site	The Ambassador Hotel
Hosted by	Will Rogers
Highlights
Best Picture	Cavalcade
Most awards	Cavalcade (3)
Most nominations	Cavalcade, A Farewell to Arms and Lady for a Day (4)

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. Possibly to downplay Rogers' gaffe, he then called third nominee George Cukor to join the two Franks on stage.^[1]

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 year and a half from August 1, 1932 to December 31, 1933.

This was the last time that no film had more than four nominations. Cavalcade became the fourth film to win Best Picture without a writing nomination, and the last until Hamlet at the 21st Academy Awards.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[2][3]

Outstanding Production	Best Director
Cavalcade 42nd Street A Farewell to Arms I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Lady for a Day Little Women The Private Life of Henry VIII She Done Him Wrong Smilin' Through State Fair	Frank Lloyd – Cavalcade Frank Capra – Lady for a Day George Cukor – Little Women
Best Actor	Best Actress
Charles Laughton – The Private Life of Henry VIII Leslie Howard – Berkeley Square Paul Muni – I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang	Katharine Hepburn – Morning Glory May Robson – Lady for a Day Diana Wynyard – Cavalcade
Best Story	Best Adapted Screenplay
One Way Passage – Robert Lord The Prizefighter and the Lady – Frances Marion Rasputin and the Empress – Charles MacArthur	Little Women – Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason Lady for a Day – Robert Riskin State Fair – Paul Green and Sonya Levien
Best Cinematography	Best Art Direction
A Farewell to Arms – Charles Bryant Lang, Jr. Reunion in Vienna – George J. Folsey Sign of the Cross – Karl Struss	Cavalcade – William S. Darling and Fredric Hope A Farewell to Arms – Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson When Ladies Meet – Cedric Gibbons
Best Sound Recording	Best Assistant Director
A Farewell to Arms – Franklin Hansen 42nd Street – Nathan Levinson Gold Diggers of 1933 – Nathan Levinson I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang – Nathan Levinson	Charles Barton – Paramount Scott Beal – Universal Charles Dorian – MGM Fred Fox – United Artists Gordon Hollingshead – Warner Brothers Dewey Starkey – RKO William Tummel – 20th Century Fox Al Alleborn – Warner Brothers Sid Brod – Paramount Orville O. Dull – MGM Percy Ikerd – 20th Century Fox Arthur Jacobson – Paramount Edward Killy – RKO Joseph A. McDonough – Universal William J. Reiter – Universal Frank Shaw – Warner Brothers Ben Silvey – United Artists John S. Waters – MGM
Best Live Action Short Film, Comedy	Best Live Action Short Film, Novelty
So This Is Harris! –Louis Brock and RKO Pictures Mister Mugg – Warren Doane and Universal Studios A Preferred List – Louis Brock and RKO Pictures	Krakatoa – Joe Rock and Educational Pictures Menu – Pete Smith and MGM The Sea – Educational Pictures
Best Animated Short Film
The Three Little Pigs – Walt Disney and United Artists Building a Building – Walt Disney and United Artists The Merry Old Soul – Walter Lantz and Universal Studios

Multiple nominations and awards

The following eight films received multiple nominations: 4 nominations: Cavalcade, A Farewell to Arms, and Lady for a Day 3 nominations: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang and Little Women 2 nominations: 42nd Street, The Private Life of Henry VIII, and State Fair

The following two films received multiple awards: 3 awards: Cavalcade 2 awards: A Farewell to Arms

Scientific or Technical Awards

Class II Awards

• Electrical Research Products, Inc. (ERPI)
  • For work in sound reproduction.
• RCA Victor Company, Inc.
  • For work in sound reproduction.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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.^{[lower-alpha 2]}

See also

• 1932 in film
• 1933 in film

Notes

1. Class II Scientific or Technical award winners receive a plaque.
2. Class III Scientific or Technical award winners receive a citation.

References

1. McBride, Joseph, Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success. New York: Simon & Schuster 1992. ISBN 0-671-73494-6, pp. 288-292, 294-296, 298-302, 309-310
2. "The 6th Academy Awards (1934) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Retrieved 2012-02-04.
3. The sources consulted to compile and verify this list include:
   • "Academy Awards Database – Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) March 11, 2006.
   • Mason, Wiley, and Damien Bona. Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards. Updated ed. New York: Ballantine, 1987.