Best of 1934
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1. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A renegade reporter trailing a young runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York, and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 111,849 | Gross: $4.36M
BEST PICTURE
It Happened One Night
L'Atalante
The Scarlet Empress
The Gay Divorcee
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Of Human Bondage
Nell Gwyn
2. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A renegade reporter trailing a young runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York, and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 111,849 | Gross: $4.36M
BEST DIRECTOR
Frank Capra - It Happened One Night
Jean Vigo - L'Atalante
Josef von Sternberg - The Scarlet Empress
Alfred Hitchcock - The Man Who Knew Too Much
Harold Young - The Scarlet Pimpernel
John Cromwell - Of Human Bondage
3. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A renegade reporter trailing a young runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York, and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 111,849 | Gross: $4.36M
BEST ACTOR
Clark Gable - It Happened One Night
Leslie Howard - Of Human Bondage
Leslie Howard - The Scarlet Pimpernel
Jean Dasté - L'Atalante
Fred Astaire - The Gay Divorcee
Leslie Banks - The Man Who Knew Too Much
4. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A renegade reporter trailing a young runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York, and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 111,849 | Gross: $4.36M
BEST ACTRESS
Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night
Marlene Dietrich - The Scarlet Empress
Bette Davis - Of Human Bondage
Dita Parlo - L'Atalante
Ginger Rogers - The Gay Divorcee
Anna Neagle - Nell Gwyn
5. L'Atalante (1934)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.
Director: Jean Vigo | Stars: Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre
Votes: 17,413
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michel Simon - L'Atalante
Walter Connolly - It Happened One Night
Sam Jaffe - The Scarlet Empress
Peter Lorre - The Man Who Knew Too Much
Edward Everett Horton - The Gay Divorcee
Raymond Massey - The Scarlet Pimpernel
6. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser
Votes: 7,212
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Louise Dresser - The Scarlet Empress
Alice Brady - The Gay Divorcee
Merle Oberon - The Scarlet Pimpernel
Jeanne De Casalis - Nell Gwyn
Kay Johnson - Of Human Bondage
Frances Dee - Of Human Bondage
7. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A renegade reporter trailing a young runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York, and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 111,849 | Gross: $4.36M
BEST CASTING
It Happened One Night
L'Atalante
The Gay Divorcee
The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Of Human Bondage
8. L'Atalante (1934)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.
Director: Jean Vigo | Stars: Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre
Votes: 17,413
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
L'Atalante
The Man Who Knew Too Much
9. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A renegade reporter trailing a young runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York, and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 111,849 | Gross: $4.36M
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
It Happened One Night
The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Of Human Bondage
The Gay Divorcee
10. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 4,739
BEST TITLES/CREDITS DESIGN
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Empress
The Gay Divorcee
Nell Gwyn
The Man Who Knew Too Much
11. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser
Votes: 7,212
BEST EDITING
The Scarlet Empress
The Man Who Knew Too Much
L'Atalante
The Gay Divorcee
Of Human Bondage
It Happened One Night
12. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser
Votes: 7,212
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Scarlet Empress
L'Atalante
It Happened One Night
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Gay Divorcee
Nell Gwyn
13. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser
Votes: 7,212
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Nell Gwyn
The Gay Divorcee
L'Atalante
The Man Who Knew Too Much
14. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser
Votes: 7,212
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Scarlet Empress
Nell Gwyn
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Gay Divorcee
It Happened One Night
15. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 4,739
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Of Human Bondage
The Scarlet Empress
Nell Gwyn
16. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper
Votes: 21,062
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Man Who Knew Too Much
17. L'Atalante (1934)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.
Director: Jean Vigo | Stars: Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre
Votes: 17,413
BEST SCORE
L'Atalante
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Nell Gwyn
18. The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 8,596
BEST SOUNDTRACK/ADAPTED SCORE
The Gay Divorcee
The Scarlet Empress
19. The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 8,596
BEST SONG
The Gay Divorcee - "The Continental"
The Gay Divorcee - "Needle in a Haystack"
20. The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 8,596
BEST DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
The Gay Divorcee
21. The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 8,596
BEST SOUND
The Gay Divorcee
L'Atalante
The Scarlet Empress
The Man Who Knew Too Much
It Happened One Night
22. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper
Votes: 21,062
BEST SOUND EDITING
The Man Who Knew Too Much
23. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper
Votes: 21,062
BEST STUNTS
The Man Who Knew Too Much
24. L'Atalante (1934)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.
Director: Jean Vigo | Stars: Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre
Votes: 17,413
BEST FOREIGN FILM
L'Atalante
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