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Oscars 1934: Winners and Nominees of the 6th Academy Awards

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These movies have won or been nominated for the Oscars 1934 on 03/16/1934.

The 6th Academy Awards were held on March 16, 1934, to honor films released between August 1, 1932 and December 31, 1933, at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Will Rogers, who also presented the awards. When Rogers presented Best Director, he opened the envelope and 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 had won for Cavalcade. Rogers then called the third nominee, George Cukor, to join the two Franks on stage. After this, he summoned two of the Best Actress nominees—Diana Wynyard and May Robson—to the stage. Although they both thought they won in a tie, Rogers thanked them for their performances before announcing the actual winner: Katharine Hepburn. A change in the eligibility rules resulted in the longest time frame for which films could be nominated: the seventeen months from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. After this, the eligibility period would coincide with the calendar year. 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... ()

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42nd Street(1933)

3.4/5 (with 71 votes)

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

Little Women(1933)

1h 55min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.4/5 (with 51 votes)

Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.

A Farewell to Arms(1932)

1h 29min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.2/5 (with 53 votes)

A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Eventually separated by Frederic's transfer, tremendous challenges and difficult decisions face each as the war rages on.

Gold Diggers of 1933(1933)

1h 37min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 52 votes)

Things get tough for Carol and her showgirl pals, Trixie and Polly, when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Brad saves the day by funding a new Depression-themed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy high-society brother finds out and threatens to disown Brad, Carol and her gold-digging friends scheme to keep the show going, hooking a couple of millionaires along the way.

Three Little Pigs(1933)

3.4/5 (with 161 votes)

The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".

Directed by Burt Gillett

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang(1932)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 32min | Crime, Drama
3.9/5 (with 79 votes)

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

Cavalcade(1933)

1h 50min | Drama, War
2.8/5 (with 49 votes)

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic and the Great War. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2002.

She Done Him Wrong(1933)

1h 6min | Comedy, Crime
2.9/5 (with 44 votes)

New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not realising she hasn’t exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings, a local temperance league leader.

The Private Life of Henry VIII(1933)

3.2/5 (with 28 votes)

Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.

The Sign of the Cross(1932)

2h 4min | Drama, History
3.2/5 (with 17 votes)

After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old Christians are caught, and about to be hauled off, when Marcus, the highest military official in Rome, comes upon them. When he sees their stepdaughter Mercia, he instantly falls in love with her and frees them. Marcus pursues Mercia, which gets him into trouble with Emperor (for being easy on Christians) and with the Empress, who loves him and is jealous.

Building a Building(1933)

7min | Animation
3.2/5 (with 16 votes)

Mickey's a shovel operator and laborer at a construction site; Minnie is delivering box lunches; Pete is the foreman. Mickey pays more attention to Minnie than to his work, and keeps having accidents (mostly involving the blueprints Pete is holding). Pete steals Mickey's lunch, so Minnie offers him one on the house. While he's eating, Pete kidnaps Minnie; Mickey fights him, but the tide turns when Minnie dumps a load of hot rivets into Pete's pants...

Directed by David Hand

Lady for a Day(1933)

1h 36min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 31 votes)

Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a count, so the three of them can meet her, Annie panics, despairing that her beloved daughter will be destroyed by the deception.

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One Way Passage(1932)

3.7/5 (with 20 votes)

A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.

Morning Glory(1933)

1h 14min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 16 votes)

Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?

Berkeley Square(1933)

2.6/5 (with 5 votes)

A young American man is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.

The Prizefighter and the Lady(1933)

2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.

Rasputin and the Empress(1932)

2h 1min | Drama, History
2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.

A Preferred List(1933)

20min | Comedy

A Preferred List is a 1933 American Pre-Code short comedy film produced by Lou Brock. At the 6th Academy Awards, held in 1933, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Comedy).

Directed by Leigh Jason - With Ken Murray, Dorothy Lee

Menu(1933)

10min | Comedy, Fantasy
2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.

Directed by Nick Grinde - With Una Merkel

Smilin' Through(1932)

1h 38min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 6 votes)

On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.

When Ladies Meet(1933)

2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without telling Mary who she is.

So This Is Harris!(1933)

28min | Music
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

So This Is Harris! is a 1933 American Pre-Code short comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. The film is a series of comical musical numbers and skits following Phil Harris around, starting with him performing at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, which is listened to by Dorothy on the radio whose home-brewing husband Walter hates Harris. The action then moves to the country club where Walter unknowingly encounters Harris while being aggravated by his music. Walter then pretends to be Phil to meet a woman while Harris "entertains" her friend, Dorothy. It won an Oscar in 1934 for Best Short Subject (Comedy).

State Fair(1933)

3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.

The Merry Old Soul(1933)

8min | Animation
2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

Oswald is at the dentist. A tooth being pulled hangs on tight. Just then, the radio reports "Old King Cole has the blues" and Oswald races off in his car. He gathers up a collection of comics: Charles Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, etc. At the castle, they start singing off-kilter versions of Mother Goose rhymes, with Al Jolson in a blackface routine, and the king is quickly cheered up. Laurel & Hardy haul in a large pile of pies, and an all-out fight breaks out. The jester, who has been getting jealous of Oswald, kidnaps him during the fight and hauls him into a dungeon, submitting him to various tortures, where we discover that the real torture has been the dentist pulling the tooth all along.

Directed by Walter Lantz

Reunion in Vienna(1933)

1h 38min | Romance / Love, Drama
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).

The Sea(1933)

The Sea [Morze] is a 1933 Polish short documentary film directed by Wanda Jakubowska. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1933 for Best Short Subject (Novelty).

Krakatoa(1933)

23min | Documentary

Krakatoa is a 1933 American Pre-Code short documentary film produced by Joe Rock. The story describes how the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa on the island blew half of the large island into the air that produced a tsunami, and an air wave that was felt seven times around the globe. The eruption also emitted tons of dust that dimmed the sun all over the world for many months. It won the Academy Award in 1934 for Best Short Subject (Novelty).

Directed by Joe Rock - With Graham McNamee

Mister Mugg(1933)

20min | Comedy

Mister Mugg is a 1933 short American pre-Code comedy film directed by James W. Horne. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 6th Academy Awards in 1933 for Best Short Subject (Comedy).

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