| 7th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | February 27, 1935 | |||
| Site | Biltmore Hotel | |||
| Host | Irvin S. Cobb | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | It Happened One Night | |||
| Most wins | It Happened One Night (5) | |||
| Most nominations | One Night of Love (6) | |||
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The 7th Academy Awards, honoring the best in films for 1934, was held on February 27, 1935, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Irvin S. Cobb. Frank Capra's influential romantic comedy It Happened One Night became the first film to perform a "clean sweep" of the top five award categories. It also was the first romantic comedy to be named Best Picture, and the first to win two acting Oscars. For the first time, the Academy standardized the practice – still in effect – that the award eligibility period for a film would be the preceding calendar year. This was also the first of only two years in which write-in candidates were allowed by the Academy as a tacit response to the controversy surrounding the snub of Bette Davis' performance in Of Human Bondage. The categories of Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song were first introduced this year. Shirley Temple received the first Juvenile Award at age six, making her the youngest Oscar recipient ever.
Nominees and Winners[]
Best Outstanding Production[]
It Happened One Night
See also: Best Outstanding Production
- Winner
- It Happened One Night — Columbia
- Nominees
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cleopatra — Paramount
- Flirtation Walk — First National
- The Gay Divorcee — RKO Radio
- Here Comes the Navy — Warner Bros.
- The House of Rothschild — 20th Century
- Imitation of Life — Universal
- One Night of Love — Columbia
- The Thin Man — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Viva Villa! — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Best Director[]
It Happened One Night
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- It Happened One Night — Frank Capra
- Nominees
- One Night of Love — Victor Schertzinger
- The Thin Man — W.S. Van Dyke
Best Assistant Director[]
Viva Villa!
See also: Best Assistant Director
- Winner
- Viva Villa! — John Waters
- Nominees
- Cleopatra — Cullen Tate
- Imitation of Life — Scott Beal
Best Actor[]
It Happened One Night
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Clark Gable — It Happened One Night
- Nominees
- Frank Morgan — The Affairs of Cellini
- William Powell — The Thin Man
Best Actress[]
It Happened One Night
See also: Best Acress
- Winner
- Claudette Colbert — It Happened One Night
- Nominees
- Bette Davis — Of Human Bondage [NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Write-in candidate.]
- Grace Moore — One Night of Love
- Norma Shearer — The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Best Writing (Original Story)[]
Manhattan Melodrama
See also: Best Writing (Original Story)
- Winner
- Manhattan Melodrama — Arthur Caesar
- Nominees
- Hide-Out — Mauri Grashin
- The Richest Girl in the World — Norman Krasna
Best Writing (Adaptation)[]
It Happened One Night
See also: Best Writing (Adaptation)
- Winner
- It Happened One Night — Robert Riskin
- Nominees
- The Thin Man — Francis Goodrich, Albert Hackett
- Viva Villa! — Ben Hecht
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)[]
The Tortoise and the Hare
See also: Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
- Winner
- The Tortoise and the Hare — Walt Disney
- Nominees
- Holiday Land — Charles Mintz
- Jolly Little Elves — Walter Lantz
Best Short Subject (Comedy)[]
La Cucaracha
See also: Best Short Subject (Comedy)
- Winner
- La Cucaracha — Kenneth Macgowan
- Nominees
- Men in Black — Jules White
Best Short Subject (Novelty)[]
See also: Best Short Subject (Novelty)
- Winner
- City of Wax — Stacy Woodard, Horace Woodard
- Nominees
- Bosom Friends — Skibo Productions
- Strikes and Spares — Pete Smith
Best Scoring[]
One Night of Love
See also: Best Scoring
- Winner
- One Night of Love — Victor Schertzinger, Gus Kahn
- Nominees
- The Gay Divorcee — Kenneth Webb, Samuel Hoffenstein
- The Lost Patrol — Max Steiner
Best Song[]
The Gay Divorcee
See also: Best Song
- Winner
- "The Continental" from The Gay Divorcee — Con Conrad, Herb Magidson
- Nominees
- "Carioca" from Flying Down to Rio — Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn
- "Love in Bloom" from She Loves Me Not — Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
Best Cinematography[]
Cleopatra
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Cleopatra — Victor Milner
- Nominees
- The Affairs of Cellini — Charles Rosher
- Operator 13 — George Folsey
Best Film Editing[]
Eskimo
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Eskimo — Conrad Nervig
- Nominees
- Cleopatra — Anne Bauchens
- One Night of Love — Gene Milford
Best Art Direction[]
The Merry Widow
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- The Merry Widow — Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope
- Nominees
- The Gay Divorcee — Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark
Best Sound Recording[]
One Night of Love
See also: Best Sound Recording
- Winner
- One Night of Love — John Livadary
- Nominees
- The Affairs of Cellini — Thomas T. Moulton
- Cleopatra — Franklin B. Hansen
- Flirtation Walk — Nathan Levinson
- The Gay Divorcee — Carl Dreher
- Imitation of Life — Theodore Soderberg
- Viva Villa! — Douglas Shearer
- The White Parade — E.H. Hansen
Special Award[]
- Shirley Temple in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934.
Scientific or Technical Award (Class II)[]
- Electrical Research Products, Inc. for their development of the Vertical Cut Disc Method of recording sound for motion pictures (hill and dale recording).
Scientific or Technical Award (Class III)[]
- Columbia Pictures Corporation 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 Company for their development of the Bell and Howell Fully Automatic Sound and Picture Printer.