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  Caption Best Picture Winner: Cavalcade
  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.


WINNERS AND NOMINEES

Winners are highlighted in boldface. The sources consulted to compile and verify this list include:
  • "Academy Awards Database - AMPAS." ''oscars.org''. 11 Mar. 2006 .

  • "Academy Awards, USA: 1934." ''Internet Movie Database''. 11 Mar. 2006 .

  • Mason, Wiley, and Damien Bona. ''Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards''. Updated ed. New York: Ballantine, 1987.




Best Motion Picture Of The Year



Achievement In Directing



Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role



Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role




Best Writing, Adaptation




Best Story




Interior Decoration




Achievement In Cinematography



Sound Recording



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














  • ''Krakatoa'' - Educational

  • ''Menu'' - Pete Smith, MGM

  • ''The Sea'' - Educational

  • 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).



SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARDS



Class II Awards

  • Electrical Research Products, Inc.

  • ---For work in sound reproduction.

  • RCA-Victor Company, Inc.

  • ---For work in sound reproduction.

  • Class II Scientific or Technical award winners receive a plaque.



Class III Awards

  • Fox Film Corporation, Fred Jackman and Warner Brothers Pictures, and Sidney Sanders and RKO Pictures.

  • ---For work in the technologies of cinematography and film projection.

  • Class III Scientific or Technical award winners receive a citation.



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