The Complete Oscar Quest: 7th Academy Awards (1934)

1934

Outstanding Production (Best Picture)

• The Barretts of Wimpole Street
• Cleopatra
• Flirtation Walk
• The Gay Divorcee
• Here Comes the Navy
• The House of Rothschild
• Imitation of Life
• It Happened One Night
• One Night of Love
• The Thin Man
• Viva Villa!
• The White Parade

Best Director

• Frank Capra, It Happened One Night
• Victor Schertzinger, One Night of Love
• W.S. Van Dyke, The Thin Man

Best Actor

• Clark Gable, It Happened One Night
• Frank Morgan, The Affairs of Cellini
• William Powell, The Thin Man

Best Actress

• Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night
• Bette Davis, Of Human Bondage (write-in)
• Grace Moore, One Night of Love
• Norma Shearer, The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Best Story

• Hide-Out
• Manhattan Melodrama
• The Richest Girl in the World

Best Adapted Screenplay

• It Happened One Night
• The Thin Man
• Viva Villa!

Best Cinematography

• The Affairs of Cellini
• Cleopatra
• Operator 13

Best Editing

• Cleopatra
• Eskimo
• One Night of Love

Best Score

• The Gay Divorcee
• The Lost Patrol
• One Night of Love

Best Song

• “Carioca,” from Flying Down to Rio
• “The Continental,” from The Gay Divorcee
• “Love In Bloom,” from She Loves Me Not

Best Art Direction

• The Affairs of Cellini
• The Gay Divorcee
• The Merry Widow

Best Sound Recording

• The Affairs of Cellini
• Cleopatra
• Flirtation Walk
• The Gay Divorcee
• Imitation of Life
• One Night of Love
• Viva Villa!
• The White Parade

Best Assistant Director

• Cullen Tate, Cleopatra
• Scott Beal, Imitation of Life
• John S. Waters, Viva Villa!

Best Animated Short

• Holiday Land
• Jolly Little Elves
• The Tortoise and the Hare

Best Live-Action Short, Comedy

• La Cucaracha
• Men in Black
• What, No Men!

Best Live-Action Short, Novelty

• Bosom Friends
• City of Wax
• Strikes and Spares

Total List of Films Nominated:

1. The Affairs of Cellini
2. The Barretts of Wimpole Street
3. Cleopatra
4. Eskimo
5. Flirtation Walk
6. Flying Down to Rio
7. The Gay Divorcee
8. Here Comes the Navy
9. The House of Rothschild
10. Imitation of Life
11. It Happened One Night
12. The Lost Patrol
13. Manhattan Melodrama
14. The Merry Widow
15. Of Human Bondage (write-in)
16. One Night of Love
17. Operator 13
18. The Richest Girl in the World
19. She Loves Me Not
20. The Thin Man
21. Viva Villa!
22. The White Parade

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