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 Capra's gaffe, Rogers then called third nominee George Cukor to join the two Franks on stage.^[1]

This was the last time the Oscars were split into 2 different years, making this be the longest time that films were allowed to be nominated for. (Since a film could have been nominated that was a year and a half old this year)

This was also the last time no movie had more than 4 nominations.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[2][3]

Multiple nominations and awards

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.

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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.

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See also

• Academy Awards
• List of Academy Awards ceremonies
• Academy Honorary Award
• 1932 in film
• 1933 in film
• Governors Awards

Notes and references

1. ^ 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
2. ^ "The 6th Academy Awards (1934) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/6th-winners.html. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Class II Scientific or Technical award winners receive a plaque.
5. ^ Class III Scientific or Technical award winners receive a citation.