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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
          
      Memorable Moments
          
      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
