1934
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- DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter ConnollyA rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.[*BEST PICTURE*] *Top Rated Movies*
*ACTOR -- Clark Gable
*ACTRESS -- Claudette Colbert
*DIRECTING -- Frank Capra
*OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Columbia
*WRITING (Adaptation) -- Robert Riskin - DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsGrace MooreTullio CarminatiLyle TalbotMary, an aspiring opera singer, trains under famed maestro Guilio Monterverdi. Their professional relationship turns romantic amid hard work and clashes, but jealousy and misunderstandings hinder their love's expression.[BEST PICTURE]
*MUSIC (Scoring) -- Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers
*SOUND RECORDING -- Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
***SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) - DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersAlice BradyA woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.[BEST PICTURE]
*MUSIC (Song) -- "The Continental," Music by Con Conrad; Lyrics by Herb Magidson - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsClaudette ColbertWarren WilliamHenry WilcoxonThe man-hungry Queen of Egypt leads Julius Caesar and Marc Antony astray, amid scenes of DeMillean splendor.[BEST PICTURE]
*CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Victor Milner - DirectorJack ConwayHoward HawksWilliam A. WellmanStarsWallace BeeryFay WrayLeo CarrilloAfter enacting revenge on the overseer who murdered his father, Pancho Villa becomes a bandit, earning the respect of the poor by brutally attacking the wealthy.[BEST PICTURE]
*ASSISTANT DIRECTOR -- John Waters - DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'SullivanFormer detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 4 Oscars. - DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsClaudette ColbertWarren WilliamRochelle HudsonA struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 3 Oscars. - DirectorIrving CummingsStarsLoretta YoungJohn BolesDorothy WilsonThe title represents the hopeful, ambitious students at a hospital training school and is primarily a story of the stern discipline and laborious physical and mental toil they endure in order to become nurses and join the White Parade. It is told mainly through the character of June Arden, who finds romance with Ronald Hall III along the way, with side stories of the other girls who find failure, success, laughter, and tears along the way. The forerunner of umpteen dozens of TV series over the past 40 years.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 2 Oscars. - DirectorFrank BorzageStarsDick PowellRuby KeelerPat O'BrienMusical-romance with Powell as a private in Hawaii involved with general's daughter Keeler. They break up to avoid scandal but reunite years later when he produces a play at West Point starring her.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 2 Oscars. - DirectorSidney FranklinStarsNorma ShearerFredric MarchCharles LaughtonElizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.[BEST PICTURE]
Nominated for 2 Oscars. - DirectorAlfred L. WerkerSidney LanfieldStarsGeorge ArlissBoris KarloffLoretta YoungThe wealthy Rothschild family undergoes prejudice from the anti-Semitic society they live within.[BEST PICTURE]
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyPat O'BrienGloria StuartA cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.[BEST PICTURE]
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldEdward Everett HortonWhen a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.*ART DIRECTION -- Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeJack ConwayGeorge CukorStarsClark GableWilliam PowellMyrna LoyThe friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.*WRITING (Original Story) -- Arthur Caesar
- DirectorHorace WoodardStacy WoodardStarsGayne WhitmanOsacr-winning Live Action Short film about bees.Won 1 Oscar.
*SHORT SUBJECT (Novelty) -- Stacy Woodard and Horace Woodard, Producers - DirectorJulian HuxleyStarsA.L. AlexanderA 1934 GB production that was picked up in 1937 by Educational for 20th Century Fox distribution about the gannet, (a beautiful white and exceedingly graceful bird deemed the best fisherman in the world), that inhabits a small rocky island off the coast of Wales. One of the few Educational releases that actually was shown in schools, and one would have had to play hookey every day in order to miss seeing this as a Texas school kid in the 40's and 50's. Footage from this short used in many other wild-life films also.*SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) -- Skibo Productions
- DirectorGeoffrey BarkasIvor MontaguStarsAlexander JohnDavid TimsonMichael KilgarriffA documentary about the first flight over Mt Everest.*SHORT SUBJECT (Novelty) -- Gaumont British and Skibo Productions
- DirectorSid MarcusStarsConnee BoswellDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenScrappy does not want to get up and go to school. As the days peel off his calendar, the dates representing holidays come to life. Father time, in particular, takes Scrappy on a tour of the other holidays, stopping at dioramas representing Christmas, New Year's, Easter, and taking some eggs from Easter over to the feasts of Thanksgiving. Then he wakes up, and has to hurry to get to school on time.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorLloyd CorriganStarsSteffi DunaDon AlvaradoPaul PorcasiSenor Martinez, a famous theater owner, visits a local cafe in Mexico because of its reputation for good food and to audition the famous dancer who performs there.*SHORT SUBJECT (Comedy) -- Kenneth Macgowan, Producer
- DirectorGregory La CavaStarsConstance BennettFredric MarchFrank MorganThe 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsMarion DaviesGary CooperJean ParkerUnion spy Gail Loveless impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges become doctors, at a large hospital, where they disrupt patients and staff alike.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsBette DavisLeslie HowardFrances DeeA young man finds himself attracted to a cold, unfeeling waitress who might ultimately destroy them both.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsRobert MontgomeryMaureen O'SullivanEdward ArnoldRacketeer Lucky Wilson hides on a farm after being shot, falling for the farmer's daughter Pauline. He must reconcile his criminal past with rural life and win over her disapproving father while evading the police.Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- DirectorElliott NugentStarsBing CrosbyMiriam HopkinsKitty CarlisleA cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.Nominated for 1 Oscar.