| 7th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | February 27, 1935 | |||
| Site | Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California | |||
| Host | Irvin S. Cobb | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | It Happened One Night | |||
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The 7th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1934, were held on February 27, 1935 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Irvin S. Cobb.
Frank Capra's influential romantic comedy It Happened One Night became the first film to perform a "clean sweep" of the top five categories; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay. This feat would later be duplicated by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1976 and The Silence of the Lambs in 1992.
This was also the first of only two years in which write-in candidates were allowed by the Academy as a tacit response to the controversy surrounding the snub of Bette Davis' performance in Of Human Bondage.
The categories of Best Editing, Best Original Score and Best Original Song were first introduced this year.
Winners and Nominees
Best Motion Picture Of The Year
Achievement In Direction
Best Assistant Director
- John S. Waters - Viva Villa!
- Scott Beal - Imitation of Life
- Cullen Tate - Cleopatra
Best Performance By An Actor
Best Performance By An Actress
Best Writing, Original
- Arthur Caesar - Manhattan Melodrama
- Mauri Grashin - Hide-Out
- Norman Krasna - The Richest Girl in the World
Best Writing, Adaptation
Achievement In Cinematography
- Victor Milner - Cleopatra
- George J. Folsey - Operator 13
- Charles Rosher - The Affairs of Cellini
Achievement In Art Direction
Achievement in Sound, Recording
- Columbia Studio Sound Department - One Night of Love
- Fox Studio Sound Department - The White Parade
- MGM Studio Sound Department - Viva Villa!
- Paramount Studio Sound Department - Cleopatra
- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department - The Gay Divorcee
- United Artists Studio Sound Department - The Affairs of Cellini
- Universal Studio Sound Department - Imitation of Life
- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department - Flirtation Walk
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
- Walt Disney - The Tortoise and the Hare
- Screen Gems - Holiday Land
- Walter Lantz - Jolly Little Elves
Best Short Subject, Comedy
Best Short Subject, Novelty
- Skibo Productions - City of Wax
- Skibo Productions - Bosom Friends
- Pete Smith - Strikes and Spares
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