Film Data For 1934
The Film Daily's Ten Best Pictures of 1934 (poll of 424 film critics and reviewers. Comprised of films released from November 1, 1933 to October 31, 1934. Source: The Film Daily 1935 Year Book)
1) Barretts of Wimpole Street- 348 votes
2) House of Rothschild- 338 votes
3) It Happened One Night- 281 votes
4) One Night of Love- 265 votes
5) Little Women (1933)- 264 votes
6) The Thin Man- 249 votes
7) Viva, Villa!- 188 votes
8) Dinner at Eight (1933)- 172 votes
9) The Count of Monte Cristo- 145 votes
10) Berkeley Square (1933)- 119 votes
The Honor Roll (ten or more votes):
11) The Gay Divorcee- 117 votes
12) Judge Priest- 101 votes
13) Queen Christina (1933)- 78 votes
Treasure Island- 78 votes
15) Catherine the Great- 76 votes
16) Of Human Bondage- 69 votes
17) Death Takes a Holiday- 64 votes
18) David Harum- 55 votes
19) Flying Down to Rio (1933)- 54 votes
20) Design for Living (1933)- 53 votes
Little Miss Marker- 53 votes
22) Only Yesterday (1933)- 51 votes
23) What Every Women Knows- 49 votes
24) Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch- 46 votes
25) Eskimo (1933)- 45 votes
26) Men in White- 43 votes
27) Cleopatra- 42 votes
28) Twentieth Century- 40 votes
29) Little Man, What Now?- 39 votes
30) Crime Without Passion- 32 votes
31) Affairs of Cellini- 28 votes
32) As the Earth Turns- 25 votes
33) Her Sweetheart (1933)- 24 votes
The Lost Patrol- 24 votes
35) Alice in Wonderland (1933)- 19 votes
36) Hi, Nellie?- 18 votes
37) The Cat's Paw- 17 votes
Riptide- 17 votes
39) No Greater Glory- 16 votes
40) Cradle Song (1933)- 15 votes
41) The Last Gentleman- 14 votes
The Life of Vergie Winters- 14 votes
Operator 13- 14 votes
The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)- 14 votes
45) Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back- 12 votes
46) British Agent- 11 votes
Counselor at Law (1933)- 11 votes
48) Caravan- 10 votes
Handy Andy- 10 votes
Here Comes the Navy- 10 votes
I Am Suzanne (1933)- 10 votes
Thunder Over Mexico (1933)- 10 votes
National Board of Review (Winners announced on December 20, 1934. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001)
Best Picture
It Happened One Night
Rest of the Top Ten (Listed in alphabetical order):
The Count of Monte Cristo
Crime Without Passion
Eskimo
The First World War
The Lost Patrol
Lot in Sodom (nontheatrical short)
No Greater Glory
The Thin Man
Viva Villa!
Best Foreign Film
Man of Aran (U.K.)
Runners-up (Listed in alphabetical order):
The Blue Light (Germany)
Catherine the Great (U.K.)
The Constant Nymph (U.K.)
Madame Bovary (France)
The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 5, 1935. Awards presented on February 27th, 1935. Awards were presented at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Sources Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar and the oscars.org website)
Best Picture
The Barretts of Wimpole Street, MGM. Produced by Irving Thalberg. Came in 2nd.
Cleopatra, Paramount. Produced by Cecil B. DeMille.
Flirtation Walk, First National. Produced by Jack L. Warner and Hal Wallis, with Robert Lord.
The Gay Divorcee, RKO Radio. Produced by Pandro S. Berman.
Here Comes the Navy, Warner Bros. Produced by Lou Edelman.
The House of Rothschild, 20th Century-Fox, UA. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, with William Goetz and Raymond Griffith. Came in 3rd.
Imitation of Life, Universal. Produced by John M. Stahl.
It Happened One Night, Columbia. Produced by Harry Cohn.
One Night of Love, Columbia. Produced by Harry Cohn, with Everett Riskin.
The Thin Man, MGM. Produced by Hunt Stromberg.
Viva Villa, MGM. Produced by David O. Selznick.
The White Parade, Fox. Produced by Jesse L. Lasky.
Best Director
Frank Capra for It Happened One Night (Columbia).
Victor Schertzinger for One Night of Love (Columbia). Came in 3rd.
W.S. Van Dyke for The Thin Man (MGM). Came in 2nd.
Best Actor
Clark Gable in It Happened One Night (Columbia).
Frank Morgan in Affairs of Cellini (20th Century, UA). Came in 2nd.
William Powell in The Thin Man (MGM). Came in 3rd.
Best Actress
Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night (Columbia).
Grace Moore in One Night of Love (Columbia). Came in 4th.
Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (MGM). Came in 2nd.
Note: Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage came in 3rd as a write-in candidate.
Best Assistant Director
Scott Beal for Imitation of Life, Universal. Came in 3rd.
Cullen Tate for Cleopatra, Paramount. Came in 2nd.
John Waters for Viva Villa, MGM.
Writing (Adaptation)
It Happened One Night, Columbia. Robert Riskin.
The Thin Man, MGM. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Came in 2nd.
Viva Villa, MGM. Ben Hecht. Came in 3rd.
Writing (Original Story)
Hide-Out, MGM. Mauri Grashin. Came in 3rd.
Manhattan Melodrama, MGM. Arthur Caesar
The Richest Girl in the World, RKO Radio. Norman Krasna. Came in 2nd.
Best Cinematography
Affairs of Cellini, 20th Century, UA. Charles Rosher. Came in 3rd.
Cleopatra, Paramount. Victor Milner.
Operator 13, MGM. George Folsey. Came in 2nd.
Film Editing
Cleopatra, Paramount. Anne Bauchens. Came in 3rd.
Eskimo, MGM. Conrad Nervig.
One Night of Love, Columbia. Gene Milford. Came in 2nd.
Best Interior Decoration
Affairs of Cellini, 20th Century, UA. Richard Day. Came in 3rd.
The Gay Divorcee, RKO Radio. Van Nest Polglase and Carroll Clark. Came in 2nd.
The Merry Widow, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and Frederic Hope.
Best Song
"Carioca" (Flying Down to Rio, RKO Radio); Music by Vincent Youmans. Lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn. Came in 3rd.
"The Continental" (The Gay Divorcee, RKO Radio); Music by Con Conrad. Lyrics by Herb Magidson.
"Love in Bloom" (She Loves Me Not, Paramount); Music by Ralph Rainger. Lyrics by Leo Robin. Came in 2nd.
Best Score
The Gay Divorcee, RKO Radio. RKO Radio Studio Music Dept.; Max Steiner, head. Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein. Came in 2nd.
The Lost Patrol, RKO Radio. RKO Radio Studio Music Dept.; Max Steiner, head. Score by Max Steiner. Came in 3rd.
One Night of Love, Columbia. Columbia Studio Music Dept.; Louis Silvers, head. Thematic music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn.
Best Sound Recording
Affairs of Cellini, 20th Century, UA. Thomas T. Moulton.
Cleopatra, Paramount. Franklin Hansen.
Flirtation Walk, First National. Nathan Levinson. Came in 2nd.
The Gay Divorcee, RKO Radio. Carl Dreher. Came in 3rd.
Imitation of Life, Universal. Gilbert Kurland.
One Night of Love, Columbia. Paul Neal.
Viva Villa, MGM. Douglas Shearer.
Best Short Subject Cartoon
Holiday Land, Mintz, Columbia. Came in 3rd.
Jolly Little Elves, Universal. Came in 2nd.
The Tortoise and the Hare, Disney, UA.
Best Comedy Short Subject
La Cucaracha, RKO Radio (Special).
Men in Black, Columbia (Broadway Comedies). Came in 3rd.
What, No Men!, Warner Bros. (Broadway Brevities). Came in 2nd.
Best Novelty Short Subject
Bosom Friends, Educational (Treasure Chest). Came in 3rd.
City of Wax, Educational (Battle for Life).
Strikes and Spares, MGM (Oddities). Came in 2nd.
Special Award
Shirley Temple, in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934 (miniature statuette).
Scientific or Technical Awards
Class I (Statuette)
None.
Class II (Plaque)
Electrical Research Products, Inc., for their development of the vertical cut disc method of recording sound for motion pictures ("hill and dale recording").
Class III (Citation)
Columbia Pictures Corp. for their application of the vertical cut disc method ("hill and dale recording") to actual studio production, with their recording of the sound on the picture One Night of Love.
Bell and Howell Co. for their development of the Bell and Howell fully automatic sound and picture printer.
Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)
Best Foreign Film:
Man of Aran, Robert Flaherty
Best Italian Film:
Teresa Confalonieri, Guido Brignone
Best Direction:
Gustav Machaty, Extase
Karel Plicka, Zem spieva
J. Rovensky, Young Love
Tomas Tinka, Hurricane in the Tatras
Best Actor:
Wallace Beery, Viva Villa
Best Actress:
Katharine Hepburn, Little Women
Best Animated Cartoon:
Three Little Pigs, Walt Disney
Best Documentary:
Manovre Navali
Best Story:
Maskarade, Willy Forst
Best Photography:
Gerard Rutten, Dood Water
Best First Screening:
Alexander Korda, The Private Life of Don Juan
Best State Entry:
USSR
Largest Industrial Entry:
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg)
It Happened One Night
The House of Rothschild
The Battle
The Thin Man
Catherine the Great
The First World War
One Night of Love
The Lost Patrol
Man of Aran
Our Daily Bread
The Top Box-Office Hits of 1934 (According to Variety- lists U.S. and Canadian rental fees up to the end of the calendar year. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg. Totals were not listed.)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Belle of the Nineties
Chained
It Happened One Night
Judge Priest
Kentucky Kernels
The Lost Patrol
One Night of Love
Queen Christina (1933)
Riptide
Roman Scandals (1933)
She Loves Me Not
Son of Kong (1933)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Wonder Bar
The Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1934 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Will Rogers
1) Will Rogers
2) Clark Gable
3) Janet Gaynor
4) Wallace Beery
5) Mae West
6) Joan Crawford
7) Bing Crosby
8) Shirley Temple
9) Marie Dressler
10) Norma Shearer
The Next Fifteen:
11) Katharine Hepburn
12) Joe E. Brown
13) Claudette Colbert
14) Jean Harlow
15) Eddie Cantor
16) Dick Powell
17) George Arliss
18) Warner Baxter
19) Wheeler & Woolsey
20) James Cagney
21) Lionel Barrymore
22) Marion Davies
23) Buck Jones
24) Fredric March
25) Kay Francis
The Top Ten British Box-Offices Stars of 1934 (according to The Motion Picture Herald)
Male Stars:
2) Clark Gable
3) Wallace Beery
4) Clive Brook
5) Robert Montgomery
6) Ronald Colman
7) Jack Hulbert
8) Lionel Barrymore
9) Charles Laughton
10) Tom Walls
Female Stars:
1) Norma Shearer
2) Marie Dressler
3) Greta Garbo
4) Kay Francis
5) Marlene Dietrich
6) Katharine Hepburn
7) Gracie Fields
8) Janet Gaynor
9) Joan Crawford
10) Claudette Colbert
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