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1935

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The 7th Academy Awards | 1935
Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel
Wednesday, February 27, 1935
Honoring movies released in 1934
Highlights
Special Award
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Bright Eyes

Shirley Temple, with Irvin S. Cobb

Best Directing
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It Happened One Night

Frank Capra

Best Actor
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It Happened One Night

Clark Gable

Memorable Moments
Arthur Caesar
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Writing (Original Story) winner for Manhattan Melodrama

Claudette Colbert
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Best Actress winner for It Happened One Night, with presenter Shirley Temple

Jeanette MacDonald and Louis B. Mayer
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At the Academy Awards banquet

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Clark Gable
It Happened One Night
Nominees
Frank Morgan
The Affairs of Cellini
Nominees
William Powell
The Thin Man
Actress
Winner
Claudette Colbert
It Happened One Night
Nominees
Bette Davis
Of Human Bondage
Nominees
Grace Moore
One Night of Love
Nominees
Norma Shearer
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Art Direction
Winner
The Merry Widow
Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope
Nominees
The Affairs of Cellini
Richard Day
Nominees
The Gay Divorcee
Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark
Assistant Director
Winner
Viva Villa!
John Waters
Nominees
Cleopatra
Cullen Tate
Nominees
Imitation of Life
Scott Beal
Cinematography
Winner
Cleopatra
Victor Milner
Nominees
The Affairs of Cellini
Charles Rosher
Nominees
Operator 13
George Folsey
Directing
Winner
It Happened One Night
Frank Capra
Nominees
One Night of Love
Victor Schertzinger
Nominees
The Thin Man
W. S. Van Dyke
Film Editing
Winner
Eskimo
Conrad Nervig
Nominees
Cleopatra
Anne Bauchens
Nominees
One Night of Love
Gene Milford
Music (Scoring)
Winner
One Night of Love
Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)
Nominees
The Gay Divorcee
RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein)
Nominees
The Lost Patrol
RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
Music (Song)
Winner
The Gay Divorcee
The Continental in "The Gay Divorcee" Music by Con Conrad; Lyrics by Herb Magidson
Nominees
Flying Down to Rio
Carioca in "Flying Down to Rio" Music by Vincent Youmans; Lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn
Nominees
She Loves Me Not
Love In Bloom in "She Loves Me Not" Music by Ralph Rainger; Lyrics by Leo Robin
Outstanding Production
Winner
It Happened One Night
Columbia
Nominees
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Cleopatra
Paramount
Nominees
Flirtation Walk
First National
Nominees
The Gay Divorcee
RKO Radio
Nominees
Here Comes the Navy
Warner Bros.
Nominees
The House of Rothschild
20th Century
Nominees
Imitation of Life
Universal
Nominees
One Night of Love
Columbia
Nominees
The Thin Man
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
Viva Villa!
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
The White Parade
Jesse L. Lasky (production company)
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
The Tortoise and the Hare
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
Holiday Land
Charles Mintz, Producer
Nominees
Jolly Little Elves
Walter Lantz, Producer
Short Subject (Comedy)
Winner
La Cucaracha
Kenneth Macgowan, Producer
Nominees
Men in Black
Jules White, Producer
Nominees
What, No Men!
Warner Bros.
Short Subject (Novelty)
Winner
City of Wax
Stacy Woodard and Horace Woodard, Producers
Nominees
Bosom Friends
Skibo Productions
Nominees
Strikes and Spares
Pete Smith, Producer
Sound Recording
Winner
One Night of Love
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Nominees
The Affairs of Cellini
United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Nominees
Cleopatra
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director
Nominees
Flirtation Walk
Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
Nominees
The Gay Divorcee
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Carl Dreher, Sound Director
Nominees
Imitation of Life
Universal Studio Sound Department, Theodore Soderberg, Sound Director
Nominees
Viva Villa!
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Nominees
The White Parade
Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
Writing (Adaptation)
Winner
It Happened One Night
Robert Riskin
Nominees
The Thin Man
Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
Nominees
Viva Villa!
Ben Hecht
Writing (Original Story)
Winner
Manhattan Melodrama
Arthur Caesar
Nominees
Hide-Out
Mauri Grashin
Nominees
The Richest Girl in the World
Norman Krasna

A

The Affairs of Cellini
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor - Frank Morgan
  • Art Direction - Richard Day
  • Cinematography - Charles Rosher
  • Sound Recording - United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director

B

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Norma Shearer
  • Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Bosom Friends
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Novelty) - Skibo Productions

C

City of Wax
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Novelty) - Stacy Woodard and Horace Woodard, Producers
Cleopatra
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Cinematography - Victor Milner
  • Assistant Director - Cullen Tate
  • Film Editing - Anne Bauchens
  • Outstanding Production - Paramount
  • Sound Recording - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, Sound Director

E

Eskimo
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Film Editing - Conrad Nervig

F

Flirtation Walk
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Outstanding Production - First National
  • Sound Recording - Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
Flying Down to Rio
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song) - Carioca in "Flying Down to Rio" Music by Vincent Youmans; Lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn

G

The Gay Divorcee
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Song) - The Continental in "The Gay Divorcee" Music by Con Conrad; Lyrics by Herb Magidson
  • Art Direction - Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark
  • Music (Scoring) - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein)
  • Outstanding Production - RKO Radio
  • Sound Recording - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Carl Dreher, Sound Director

H

Here Comes the Navy
1 NOMINATION
  • Outstanding Production - Warner Bros.
Hide-Out
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Story) - Mauri Grashin
Holiday Land
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Charles Mintz, Producer
The House of Rothschild
1 NOMINATION
  • Outstanding Production - 20th Century

I

Imitation of Life
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Assistant Director - Scott Beal
  • Outstanding Production - Universal
  • Sound Recording - Universal Studio Sound Department, Theodore Soderberg, Sound Director
It Happened One Night
5 WINS, 5 NOMINATIONS
  • * Actor - Clark Gable
  • * Actress - Claudette Colbert
  • * Directing - Frank Capra
  • * Outstanding Production - Columbia
  • * Writing (Adaptation) - Robert Riskin

J

Jolly Little Elves
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walter Lantz, Producer

L

La Cucaracha
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Comedy) - Kenneth Macgowan, Producer
The Lost Patrol
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Scoring) - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)

M

Manhattan Melodrama
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Writing (Original Story) - Arthur Caesar
Men in Black
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Comedy) - Jules White, Producer
The Merry Widow
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Art Direction - Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope

O

Of Human Bondage
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Bette Davis
One Night of Love
6 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Music (Scoring) - Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)
  • * Sound Recording - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
  • Actress - Grace Moore
  • Directing - Victor Schertzinger
  • Film Editing - Gene Milford
  • Outstanding Production - Columbia
Operator 13
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography - George Folsey

R

The Richest Girl in the World
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Story) - Norman Krasna

S

She Loves Me Not
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song) - Love In Bloom in "She Loves Me Not" Music by Ralph Rainger; Lyrics by Leo Robin
Strikes and Spares
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Novelty) - Pete Smith, Producer

T

The Thin Man
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor - William Powell
  • Directing - W. S. Van Dyke
  • Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Writing (Adaptation) - Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
The Tortoise and the Hare
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer

V

Viva Villa!
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Assistant Director - John Waters
  • Outstanding Production - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Sound Recording - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
  • Writing (Adaptation) - Ben Hecht

W

What, No Men!
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Comedy) - Warner Bros.
The White Parade
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Outstanding Production - Jesse L. Lasky (production company)
  • Sound Recording - Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
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