Academy Awards, USA: 1934

Oscar

Date:	16 March (banquet)
Host:	Will Rogers (I)
Location:	Fiesta Room, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	The awards are given for films released between 1 August 1932 and 31 December 1933.

Best Picture


Winner:
	Cavalcade (1933) - Fox
Other Nominees:
	42nd Street (1933) - Warner Bros. Farewell to Arms, A (1932) - Paramount I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) - Warner Bros. Lady for a Day (1933) - Columbia Little Women (1933) - RKO Radio Private Life of Henry VIII., The (1933) - London Films She Done Him Wrong (1933) - Paramount Smilin' Through (1932) - M-G-M State Fair (1933) - Fox

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Private Life of Henry VIII., The (1933) - Charles Laughton - Charles Laughton was not present at the awards ceremony. Fellow nominee Leslie Howard (I) accepted the award on his behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Berkeley Square (1933) - Leslie Howard (I) I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) - Paul Muni (I)

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Morning Glory (1933) - Katharine Hepburn - Katharine Hepburn was not present at the awards ceremony.
Other Nominees:
	Cavalcade (1933) - Diana Wynyard Lady for a Day (1933) - May Robson

Best Director


Winner:
	Cavalcade (1933) - Frank Lloyd (I)
Other Nominees:
	Lady for a Day (1933) - Frank Capra Little Women (1933) - George Cukor

Best Assistant Director


Winners:
	Charles Barton (I) (Paramount) Scott R. Beal (Universal) Charles Dorian (M-G-M) Fred Fox (I) (UA) Gordon Hollingshead (Warner Bros.) Dewey Starkey (RKO Radio) William Tummel (Fox)
Other Nominees:
	Al Alleborn (Warner Bros.) Sid Brod (Paramount) Orville O. Dull (M-G-M) Percy Ikerd (Fox) Arthur Jacobson (Paramount) Edward Killy (RKO Radio) Joseph A. McDonough (Universal) William J. Reiter (Universal) Frank Shaw (II) (Warner Bros.) Ben Silvey (UA) John Waters (II) (M-G-M)

Best Writing, Original Story


Winner:
	One Way Passage (1932) - Robert Lord (I)
Other Nominees:
	Prizefighter and the Lady, The (1933) - Frances Marion Rasputin and the Empress (1932) - Charles MacArthur

Best Writing, Adaptation


Winner:
	Little Women (1933) - Victor Heerman; Sarah Y. Mason
Other Nominees:
	Lady for a Day (1933) - Robert Riskin State Fair (1933) - Paul Green (V); Sonya Levien

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Farewell to Arms, A (1932) - Charles Lang (I)
Other Nominees:
	Reunion in Vienna (1933) - George J. Folsey Sign of the Cross, The (1932) - Karl Struss

Best Art Direction


Winner:
	Cavalcade (1933) - William S. Darling
Other Nominees:
	Farewell to Arms, A (1932) - Hans Dreier; Roland Anderson When Ladies Meet (1933) - Cedric Gibbons

Best Sound, Recording


Winner:
	Farewell to Arms, A (1932) - Franklin Hansen (sound director); Paramount Studio Sound Department
Other Nominees:
	42nd Street (1933) - Nathan Levinson (sound director); Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) - Nathan Levinson (sound director); Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) - Nathan Levinson (sound director); Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	Three Little Pigs (1933) - Walt Disney
Other Nominees:
	Building a Building (1933) - Walt Disney Merry Old Soul, The (1933) - Walter Lantz

Best Short Subject, Comedy


Winner:
	So This Is Harris! (1933) - Lou Brock (I)
Other Nominees:
	Mister Mugg (1933) - Warren Doane Preferred List, A (1933) - Lou Brock (I)

Best Short Subject, Novelty


Winner:
	Krakatoa (1933) - Joe Rock (I)
Other Nominees:
	Menu (1933) - Pete Smith (I) Morze (1933) - Educational


Winners:
	Electrical Research Products Inc. - For their wide range recording and reproducing system. RCA Victor Co. Inc. - For their high-fidelity recording and reproducing system.


Winner:
	Fred Jackman (I); Sidney Saunders (RKO Studios Inc.); Fox Film Corp.; Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. - For their development and effective use of the translucent cellulose screen in composite photography.