Rich Picks
19331935

Awards & Top Films

1934

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1934 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
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Top 10 Films of 1934

No top 10 rankings recorded for 1934.

Film

Live-Action Feature

It Happened One Night
Producers: Frank Capra and Harry Cohn
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Cleopatra
Producer: Cecil B. deMille
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Flirtation Walk
Producers: Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis, and Robert Lord
Oscar
Here Comes the Navy
Producer: Louis Edelman
Oscar
Imitation of Life
Producer: John M. Stahl
Oscar
One Night of Love
Producers: Everett Riskin and Harry Cohn
Oscar
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Producer: Irving Thalberg
Oscar
The Gay Divorcee
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Oscar
The House of Rothschild
Producers: Darryl F. Zanuck, William Goetz, and Raymond Griffith
Oscar
The Thin Man
Producer: Hunt Stromberg
Oscar
The White Parade
Producer: Jesse L. Lasky
Oscar
Viva Villa!
Producer: David O. Selznick
Oscar

Directing & Editing

Directing

Frank Capra
It Happened One Night
Oscar
Victor Schertzinger
One Night of Love
Oscar
W. S. Van Dyke
The Thin Man
Oscar

Editing

Conrad A. Nervig
Eskimo
Oscar
Anne Bauchens
Cleopatra
Oscar
List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees
List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees
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List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees
List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees
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Gene Milford
One Night of Love
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Clark Gable
It Happened One Night
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Frank Morgan
The Affairs of Cellini
Oscar
William Powell
The Thin Man
Oscar

Actress in a Leading Role

Claudette Colbert
It Happened One Night
Oscar
Bette Davis
Of Human Bondage
Oscar
Grace Moore
One Night of Love
Oscar
Norma Shearer
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Oscar

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Arthur Caesar
Manhattan Melodrama
Oscar
Mauri Grashin
Hide-Out
Oscar
Norman Krasna
The Richest Girl in the World
Oscar

Screenplay (Adapted)

Robert Riskin
It Happened One Night
Oscar
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
The Thin Man
Oscar
Ben Hecht
Viva Villa!
Oscar

Visual

Cinematography

Victor Milner
Cleopatra
Oscar
George J. Folsey
Operator 13
Oscar
Charles Rosher
The Affairs of Cellini
Oscar

Art Direction

Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope
The Merry Widow
Production design: Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope
Oscar
Richard Day
The Affairs of Cellini
Production design: Richard Day
Oscar
Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase
The Gay Divorcee
Production design: Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase
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