6th Academy Awards


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!" Frank Capra, certain he was the winner, ran to the podium to collect the Oscar, only to discover Rogers had meant Frank Lloyd, who won for Cavalcade, instead. Possibly to downplay Rogers' gaffe, he then called third nominee George Cukor to join the two Franks on stage.
This was the last time that the Oscars' eligibility period was spread over two different calendar years, creating the longest time frame for which films could be nominated: the seventeen months from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 93rd Academy Awards, scheduled to be held on April 25, 2021, will also allow films released during an extended period from January 1, 2020 through February 28, 2021 to be eligible for consideration.
This was the last time that no film had more than four nominations, as well as the only year in Academy history in which no film other than the Best Picture nominees received multiple nominations. Cavalcade became the fourth film to win Best Picture without a writing nomination, and the last until Hamlet at the 21st Academy Awards.
Walt Disney became the first person to win consecutive Academy Awards, winning Best Short Subject, Cartoon for The Three Little Pigs after having won the same award the previous year for Flowers and Trees.
It has been rumored that Marion Davies was a strong write-in candidate in the best actress category for Peg o' My Heart.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Frank Lloyd – Cavalcade
  • * Frank Capra – Lady for a Day
  • * George Cukor – Little Women
  • Charles Laughton – The Private Life of Henry VIII as Henry VIII
  • * Leslie Howard – Berkeley Square as Peter Standish
  • * Paul Muni – I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as James Allen
  • Katharine Hepburn – Morning Glory as Eva Lovelace
  • * May Robson – Lady for a Day as Apple Annie
  • * Diana Wynyard – Cavalcade as Jane Marryot
  • One Way Passage – Robert Lord
  • * The Prizefighter and the Lady – Frances Marion
  • * Rasputin and the Empress – Charles MacArthur
  • Little Women – Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason, based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
  • * Lady for a Day – Robert Riskin, based on the story "Madame la Gimp" by Damon Runyon
  • * State Fair – Paul Green and Sonya Levien, based on the novel by Phil Strong
  • Cavalcade – William S. Darling
  • * A Farewell to Arms – Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson
  • * When Ladies Meet – Cedric Gibbons
  • A Farewell to Arms – Charles Lang
  • * Reunion in Vienna – George J. Folsey
  • * Sign of the Cross – Karl Struss
  • So This Is Harris! –Louis Brock and RKO Pictures
  • * Mister Mugg – Warren Doane and Universal Studios
  • * A Preferred List – Louis Brock and RKO Pictures
  • Krakatoa – Joe Rock and Educational Pictures
  • * Menu – Pete Smith and MGM
  • * The Sea – Educational Pictures
  • The Three Little Pigs – Walt Disney and United Artists
  • *Building a Building – Walt Disney and United Artists
  • *The Merry Old Soul – Walter Lantz and Universal Studios
  • A Farewell to Arms – Franklin Hansen
  • * 42nd Street – Nathan Levinson
  • * Gold Diggers of 1933 – Nathan Levinson
  • * I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' – Nathan Levinson
  • Charles Barton – Paramount
  • Scott Beal – Universal
  • Charles Dorian – MGM
  • Fred Fox – United Artists
  • Gordon Hollingshead – Warner Bros.
  • Dewey Starkey – RKO
  • William Tummel – 20th Century Fox
  • * Al Alleborn – Warner Bros.
  • * Sid Brod – Paramount
  • * Orville O. Dull – MGM
  • * Percy Ikerd – 20th Century Fox
  • * Arthur Jacobson – Paramount
  • * Edward Killy – RKO
  • * Joseph A. McDonough – Universal
  • * William J. Reiter – Universal
  • * Frank Shaw – Warner Bros.
  • * Ben Silvey – United Artists
  • * John S. Waters – MGM
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    Multiple nominations and awards

    The following eight films received multiple nominations:
    The following two films received multiple awards:

    Class II Awards