De 6de Oscaruitreiking, waarbij prijzen werden uitgereikt aan de beste prestaties in films uitgebracht tussen 1 augustus 1932 en 31 december 1933, vond plaats op 16 maart 1934 in het Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. De ceremonie werd gepresenteerd door Will Rogers.

De grote winnaar van de avond was Cavalcade, met in totaal vier nominaties en drie Oscars.

Winnaars en genomineerden 

De winnaars staan bovenaan in vet lettertype.

Beste film 
 Cavalcade - Fox 42nd Street - Warner Bros.
 A Farewell to Arms - Paramount
 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - Warner Bros.
 Lady for a Day - Columbia
 Little Women - RKO Radio
 The Private Life of Henry VIII - London Films
 She Done Him Wrong - Paramount
 Smilin' Through - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 State Fair - Fox

 Beste regisseur 
 Frank Lloyd - Cavalcade
 Frank Capra - Lady for a Day
 George Cukor - Little Women

Beste acteur 
 Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII
 Leslie Howard - Berkeley Square
 Paul Muni - I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Beste actrice 
 Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory
 May Robson - Lady for a Day
 Diana Wynyard - Cavalcade

Beste bewerkte scenario 
 Little Women - Victor Heerman en Sarah Y. Mason
 Lady for a Day - Robert Riskin
 State Fair - Paul Green en Sonya Levien

Beste verhaal 
 One Way Passage - Robert Lord The Prizefighter and the Lady - Frances Marion
 Rasputin and the Empress - Charles MacArthur

 Beste camerawerk 
 A Farewell to Arms - Charles Bryant Lang jr. Reunion in Vienna - George J. Folsey
 The Sign of the Cross - Karl Struss

 Beste artdirection 
 Cavalcade - William S. Darling A Farewell to Arms - Hans Dreier en Roland Anderson
 When Ladies Meet - Cedric Gibbons

 Beste geluid 
 A Farewell to Arms - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen 42nd Street - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson
 Gold Diggers of 1933 - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson
 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson

 Beste korte film 
 Komedie 
 So This Is Harris - Louis Brock Mister Mugg - Warren Doane
 A Preferred List - Louis Brock

 Vernieuwend 
 Krakatoa - Joe Rock Menu - Pete Smith
 The Sea - Educational Pictures

 Beste korte animatiefilm 
 Three Little Pigs'' - Walt Disney
 Building a Building - Walt Disney
 The Merry Old Soul'' - Walter Lantz

Beste regieassistent 
 Charles Barton (Paramount)
 Scott Beal (Universal)
 Charles Dorian (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
 Fred Fox (United Artists)
 Gordon Hollingshead (Warner Bros.)
 Dewey Starkey (RKO Radio)
 William Tummel (Fox)
 Al Alborn (Warner Bros.)
 Sidney S. Brod (Paramount)
 Bunny Dull (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
 Percy Ikerd (Fox)
 Arthur Jacobson (Paramount)
 Eddie Killey (RKO Radio)
 Joe McDonough (Universal)
 W.J. Reiter (Universal)
 Frank X. Shaw (Warner Bros.)
 Benjamin Silvey (United Artists)
 John S. Waters (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

Films met meerdere nominaties 
De volgende films ontvingen meerdere nominaties:

Externe links 
 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
 Academy Awards 1934 in de Internet Movie Database

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