6TH ACADEMY AWARDS

March 16, 1934
Ambassador Hotel
Hosted by Will Rogers

OUTSTANDING PICTURE

“42nd Street”
“Cavalcade”
“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”

ACTOR

Leslie Howard – “Berkeley Square”
Charles Laughton – “The Private Life of Henry VIII”
Paul Muni – “I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang”

ACTRESS

Katharine Hepburn – “Morning Glory”
May Robson – “Lady for a Day”
Diana Wynyard – “Cavalcade”

ART DIRECTION

“Cavalcade” – William S. Darling
“A Farewell to Arms” – Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson
“When Ladies Meet” – Cedric Gibbons

CINEMATOGRAPHY

“A Farewell to Arms” – Charles Lang
“Reunion in Vienna” – George J. Folsey
“Sign of the Cross” – Karl Struss

DIRECTOR

Frank Capra – “Lady for a Day”
George Cukor – “Little Women”
Frank Lloyd – “Cavalcade”

SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)

“Building a Building” – Walt Disney and United Artists
“The Merry Old Soul” – Walter Lantz and Universal Studios
“The Three Little Pigs” – Walt Disney and United Artists

LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT (COMEDY)

“Mister Mugg” – Warren Doane and Universal Studios
“A Preferred List” – Louis Brock and RKO Pictures
“So This Is Harris!” – Louis Brock and RKO Pictures

LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT (NOVELTY)

“Krakatoa” – Joe Rock and Educational Pictures
“Menu” – Pete Smith and MGM
“The Sea” – Educational Pictures

SOUND RECORDING

“42nd Street” – Nathan Levinson
“A Farewell to Arms” – Franklin Hansen
“Gold Diggers of 1933” – Nathan Levinson
“I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” – Nathan Levinson

WRITING (ADAPTATION)

“Lady for a Day” – Robert Riskin
“Little Women” – Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason
“State Fair” – Paul Green and Sonya Levien

WRITING (ORIGINAL STORY)

“One Way Passage” – Robert Lord
“The Prizefighter and the Lady” – Frances Marion
“Rasputin and the Empress” – Charles MacArthur

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Al Alleborn – Warner Bros.
Charles Barton – Paramount
Scott Beal – Universal
Sid Brod – Paramount
Charles Dorian – MGM
Orville O. Dull – MGM
Fred Fox – United Artists
Gordon Hollingshead – Warner Bros.
Percy Ikerd – 20th Century Fox
Arthur Jacobson – Paramount
Edward Killy – RKO
Joseph A. McDonough – Universal
William J. Reiter – Universal
Frank Shaw – Warner Bros.
Ben Silvey – United Artists
Dewey Starkey – RKO
William Tummel – 20th Century Fox
John S. Waters – MGM
  1. “42nd Street”
  2. “Berkeley Square”
  3. “Cavalcade”
  4. “A Farewell to Arms”
  5. “Gold Diggers of 1933”
  6. “I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang”
  7. “Lady for a Day”
  8. “Little Women”
  9. “Morning Glory”
  10. “One Way Passage”
  11. “The Private Life of Henry VIII”
  12. “The Prizefighter and the Lady”
  13. “Rasputin and the Empress”
  14. “Reunion in Vienna”
  15. “She Done Him Wrong”
  16. “Sign of the Cross”
  17. “Smilin’ Through”
  18. “State Fair”
  19. “When Ladies Meet”
SHORT FILMS
  1. “Building a Building”
  2. “Krakatoa”
  3. “Menu”
  4. “The Merry Old Soul”
  5. “Mister Mugg”
  6. “A Preferred List”
  7. “The Sea”
  8. “So This Is Harris!”
  9. “The Three Little Pigs”