The 6th Academy Awards 1934

The 6th Academy Awards 1934

The 6th Academy Award was held at the Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel on Friday, March 16, 1934.
The Host of the 6th Academy Awards was the famous humorist Will Rogers, and he was also the protagonist of one of the most memorable moments in Oscar's history. When he was about to present the Oscar for Best Director, he just said: "Come up and get it, Frank!"
Wow! What a mess! Frank or Frank? Capra or Lloyd? Well Frank Capra just ran up to the stage to get it, but the Oscar went to the Other Frank, Frank Lloyd. Well Rogers, as the great showman he was, called on the stage also the third nominee George Cukor to join the two Franks...
Will Rogers on Oscars:"Will had a way of putting things in perspective. “There is great acting in this room tonight, greater than you will see on the screen. We all cheer when somebody gets a prize that every one of us in the house knows should be ours, yet we smile and take it, boy that’s acting.”

Will Rogers and Frank Lloyd

During that night were considered films from August 1932 through December 1933, the longest period ever. Thirteen categories were honored, including a new one for assistant directors, in which we had seven winners on a total of eighteen nominated assistants.
 

“Cavalcade” won for Art Direction (William S. Darling), Best Director (Frank Lloyd) and Outstanding Production. The movie tells the story of an english family from New Year's Eve 1899 to New Year's Eve 1933. From their point of view, Cavalcade crosses crucial historical events of the British Empire,  such as the Second Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic and the World War I. Cavalcade was alse the first movie produced by Fox winning an Academy Award.

 Cavalcade

Thanks to her work on Broadway, 1934 was a big year for Katharine Hepburn, who won her first Oscar that night for Morning Glory, and also played the role of Jo in "Little Women", nominated for Best Writing Adaptation. 

 

From 1934, Katharine won a total of Four Academy Awards for Best Actress, a record for any performer.

Katharine Hepburn Museum

Morning Glory (1933) 

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

The Lion in Winter (1968) 

On Golden Pond (1981)

 

 Walt Disney won his third Award with "Three Little Pigs", after "Flowers and Trees" and his Honorary Award, both in 1931.

  Here are the nominees and winners (in bold):

Actor

• Leslie Howard in "Berkeley Square"
• Charles Laughton in "The Private Life of Henry VIII"
• Paul Muni in "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang"

Actress

• Katharine Hepburn in "Morning Glory"
• May Robson in "Lady for a Day"
• Diana Wynyard in "Cavalcade"

Art Direction

• "Cavalcade" William S. Darling
• "A Farewell to Arms" Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson
• "When Ladies Meet" Cedric Gibbons

Assistant Director

• Percy Ikerd (Fox)
• William Tummel (Fox)
• Charles Dorian (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
• Bunny Dull (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
• John S. Waters (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
• Charles Barton (Paramount)
• Sidney S. Brod (Paramount)
• Arthur Jacobson (Paramount)
• Eddie Killey (RKO Radio)
• Dewey Starkey (RKO Radio)
• Fred Fox (United Artists)
• Benjamin Silvey (United Artists)
• Scott Beal (Universal)
• Joe McDonough (Universal)
• W. J. Reiter (Universal)
• Al Alborn (Warner Bros.)
• Gordon Hollingshead (Warner Bros.)
• Frank X. Shaw (Warner Bros.)

Cinematography

• "A Farewell to Arms" Charles Bryant Lang, Jr.
• "Reunion in Vienna" George J. Folsey
• "The Sign of the Cross" Karl Struss

Directing

• "Cavalcade" Frank Lloyd
• "Lady for a Day" Frank Capra
• "Little Women" George Cukor

Outstanding Production

• "Cavalcade" Fox
• "A Farewell to Arms" Paramount
• "42nd Street" Warner Bros.
• "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang" Warner Bros.
• "Lady for a Day" Columbia
• "Little Women" RKO Radio
• "The Private Life of Henry VIII" London Films
• "She Done Him Wrong" Paramount
• "Smilin' Through" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• "State Fair" Fox

Short Subject (Cartoon)

• "Building a Building" Walt Disney, Producer
• "The Merry Old Soul" Walter Lantz, Producer
• "The Three Little Pigs" Walt Disney, Producer

Short Subject (Comedy)

• "Mister Mugg" Warren Doane, Producer
• "A Preferred List" Louis Brock, Producer
• "So This Is Harris" Louis Brock, Producer

Short Subject (Novelty)

• "Krakatoa" Joe Rock, Producer
• "Menu" Pete Smith, Producer
• "The Sea" Educational

Sound Recording

• "A Farewell to Arms" Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director
• "42nd Street" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
• "Gold Diggers of 1933" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
• "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director

Writing (Adaptation)

• "Lady for a Day" Robert Riskin
• "Little Women" Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason
• "State Fair" Paul Green, Sonya Levien

Writing (Original Story)

• "One Way Passage" Robert Lord
• "The Prizefighter and the Lady" Frances Marion
• "Rasputin and the Empress" Charles MacArthur