Recap / Sixth Academy Awards

The 6th Academy Awards

Host: Will Rogers

Air Date: March 16, 1934

Best Production

• Cavalcade (winner)
• 42nd Street
• A Farewell to Arms
• I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
• Lady for a Day
• Little Women (1933)
• The Private Life of Henry VIII
• She Done Him Wrong
• Smilin' Through
• State Fair

Best Actor

• Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII (winner)
• Leslie Howard - Berkeley Square
• Paul Muni - I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Best Actress

• Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory (winner)
• May Robson - Lady for a Day
• Diana Wynyard - Cavalcade

Best Director

• Frank Lloyd - Cavalcade (winner)
• Frank Capra - Lady for a Day
• George Cukor - Little Women (1933)

Best Original Story

• One Way Passage (winner)
• The Prizefighter And The Lady
• Rasputin And The Empress

Best Adaptation

• Little Women (1933) (winner)
• Lady for a Day
• State Fair

Best Art Direction

• Cavalcade (winner)
• A Farewell to Arms
• When Ladies Meet

Best Cinematography

• A Farewell to Arms (winner)
• Reunion In Vienna
• Sign Of The Cross

Best Live Action Short (comedy)

• So This Is Harris! (winner)
• Mister Mugg
• A Preferred List

Best Live Action Short (novelty)

• Krakatoa (winner)
• Menu
• The Sea

Best Short Subject (cartoon)

• Three Little Pigs (winner)
• Building a Building
• The Merry Old Soul

Best Sound Recording

• A Farewell to Arms (winner)
• 42nd Street
• Gold Diggers of 1933
• I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Best Assistant Director

• Charles Barton - Paramount (winner)
• Scott Beal - Universal (winner)
• Charles Dorian - MGM (winner)
• Fred Fox - United Artists (winner)
• '''Gordon Hollingshead - Warner Bros. (winner)
• Dewey Starkey - RKO (winner)
• William Tummel - 20th Century Fox (winner)
• Al Alleborn - Warner Bros.
• Sid Brod - Paramount
• Orville O Dull - MGM
• Percy Ikerd - 20th Century Fox
• Arthur Jacobson - Paramount
• Edward Killy - RKO
• Joseph A Mc Donough - Universal
• William J Reiter - Universal
• Frank X Shaw - Warner Bros.
• Ben Silvey - United Artists
• John S Waters - MGM

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