6th Academy Awards Information
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.
Will Rogers presented the Academy Award for Best Director, and when he opened the envelope he simply announced, "Come up and get it, Frank!" Capra, certain he was the winner, ran to the podium to collect his Oscar, only to discover Rogers had meant Frank Lloyd, who won for Cavalcade, instead. Possibly to downplay Capra's gaffe, Rogers then called third nominee George Cukor to join the two Franks on stage.[1]
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Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[2]
Nominations/Wins
The following films received multiple nominations:
- Four - Cavalcade, A Farewell to Arms, Lady for a Day
- Three - I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Little Women
- Two - 42nd Street, The Private Life of Henry VIII, State Fair
The following films received multiple wins:
- Three - Cavalcade
- Two - A Farewell To Arms
Scientific or Technical Awards
Class II Awards
- Electrical Research Products, Inc. (ERPI)
- For work in sound reproduction.
- RCA Victor Company, Inc.
- For work in sound reproduction.
Class III Awards
- Fox Film Corporation, Fred Jackman and Warner Brothers Pictures, and Sidney Sanders and RKO Radio Pictures.
- For work in the technologies of cinematography and film projection.
Notes and references
- ^ McBride, Joseph, Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success. New York: Simon & Schuster 1992. ISBN 0-671-73494-6, pp. 288-292, 294-296, 298-302, 309-310
- ^ The sources consulted to compile and verify this list include:
- "Academy Awards Database - AMPAS." oscars.org. 11 Mar. 2006 <http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1142073214663>.
- "Academy Awards, USA: 1934." Internet Movie Database. 11 Mar. 2006 <http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/1934>.
- Mason, Wiley, and Damien Bona. Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards. Updated ed. New York: Ballantine, 1987.
- ^ Class II Scientific or Technical award winners receive a plaque.
- ^ Class III Scientific or Technical award winners receive a citation.
Categories: Academy Awards ceremonies | 1932 film awards | 1933 film awards | 1934 in the United States
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