1934 (7th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1934 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1934 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: August 1, 1933 to December 31, 1934 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1934 Ceremony
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Wednesday, February 27, 1935 8:00 PM The Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1934 Winners
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Best Picture: It Happened One Night Columbia Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Clark Gable as Peter Warne in the film It Happened One Night |
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Best Actress: Claudette Colbert as Ellie Andrews in the film It Happened One Night |
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Best Song: The Continental from the film The Gay Divorcee Music by Con Conrad; lyrics by Herb Magidson Best Song Lyrics |