6th Academy Awards

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6th Academy Awards
Date March 16, 1934
Site The Ambassador Hotel
Host Will Rogers

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.

Contents

[edit] Winners and nominees

Winners are highlighted in boldface. [1]

[edit] Best Motion Picture Of The Year

[edit] Achievement in Directing

[edit] Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role

[edit] Best Performance by An Actress In A Leading Role

[2]

[edit] Best Writing, Adaptation

[3]

[edit] Best Story

[4]

[edit] Interior Decoration

[5]

[edit] Achievement In Cinematography

[edit] Sound Recording

[edit] 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

[edit] Short Subjects: Cartoons

[edit] Short Subjects: Comedy

[6]

[edit] Short Subjects: Novelty

[6]

[edit] Scientific or Technical Awards

[edit] Class II Awards

[7]

[edit] Class III Awards

[8]

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ The sources consulted to compile and verify this list include:
  2. ^ There were no awards for "Best Supporting Actor" or "Best Supporting Actress" until the 1936 Academy Awards.
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ 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).
  5. ^ 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).
  6. ^ a b 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).
  7. ^ Class II Scientific or Technical award winners receive a plaque.
  8. ^ Class III Scientific or Technical award winners receive a citation.
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