The 1934 Academy Awards were presented Feb. 27, 1935 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.
Outstanding Production | The Barretts of Wimpole Street (MGM) |
| Cleopatra (Paramount) |
| Flirtation Walk (First National) |
| The Gay Divorcée (RKO Radio) |
| Here Comes the Navy (Warner Bros.) |
| The House of Rothschild (Twentieth Century; United Artists) |
| Imitation of Life (Universal) |
| It Happened One Night (Columbia) |
| One Night of Love (Columbia) |
| The Thin Man (MGM) |
| Viva Villa! (MGM) |
| The White Parade (Jesse L. Lasky; Fox) |
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Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night Archive Photos |
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Best Actor | Clark Gable, It Happened One Night |
| Frank Morgan, The Affairs of Cellini |
| William Powell, The Thin Man |
Best Actress | Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night |
| Bette Davis, Of Human Bondage (Write-in candidate, not an official nomination) |
| Grace Moore, One Night of Love |
| Norma Shearer, The Barretts of Wimpole Street |
Directing | Frank Capra, It Happened One Night |
| Victor Schertzinger, One Night of Love |
| W. S. Van Dyke, The Thin Man |
Writing | Adaptation | Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, The Thin Man | | Ben Hecht, Viva Villa! | | Robert Riskin, It Happened One Night | Original Story | Arthur Caesar, Manhattan Melodrama | | Mauri Grashin, Hide-Out | | Norman Krasna, The Richest Girl in the World |
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Cinematography | George Folsey, Operator 13 |
| Victor Milner, Cleopatra |
| Charles Rosher, The Affairs of Cellini |
Art Direction | Richard Day, The Affairs of Cellini |
| Cedric Gibbons and Frederic Hope, The Merry Widow |
| Van Nest Polglase and Carroll Clark, The Gay Divorcée |
Sound Recording | Columbia Studio Sound Dept., One Night of Love |
| Fox Studio Sound Dept., The White Parade |
| MGM Studio Sound Dept., Viva Villa! |
| Paramount Studio Sound Dept., Cleopatra |
| RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., The Gay Divorcée |
| United Artists Studio Sound Dept., The Affairs of Cellini |
| Universal Studio Sound Dept., Imitation of Life |
| Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Dept., Flirtation Walk |
Assistant Director | Scott Beal, Imitation of Life |
| Cullen Tate, Cleopatra |
| John Waters, Viva Villa! |
Music | Song | “Carioca,” Flying Down to Rio, Vincent Youmans, music; Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn, Iyrics | | “The Continental,” The Gay Divorcée, Con Conrad, music; Herb Magidson, Iyrics | | “Love in Bloom,” She Loves Me Not, Ralph Rainger, music; Leo Robin, Iyrics | Score | Columbia Studio Music Dept., One Night of Love | | RKO Radio Studio Music Dept., The Gay Divorcée | | RKO Radio Studio Music Dept., The Lost Patrol |
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Film Editing | Anne Bauchens, Cleopatra |
| Gene Milford, One Night of Love |
| Conrad Nervig, Eskimo |
Short Subjects | Cartoon | Holiday Land (Color Rhapsody Series) (Screen Gems; Columbia) | | Jolly Little Elves (Cartune Classic Series) (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal) | | The Tortoise and the Hare (Silly Symphony Series) (Walt Disney Productions; United Artists) | Comedy | La Cucaracha (Pioneer Pictures; RKO Radio) | | Men in Black (The Three Stooges Series) (Jules White, producer; Columbia) | | What, No Men! (Broadway Brevities Series) (Warner Bros.) | Novelty | Bosom Friends (Treasure Chest Series) (Skibo Productions; Educational-Fox) | | City of Wax (Battle for Life Series) (Skibo Productions; Educational-Fox) | | Strikes and Spares (Oddities Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM) |
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Special Award | To Shirley Temple in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934 |