1934 CinSpec Awards

Winners indicated (*). I still need to see films like Mauvaise Graine, It's a Gift, The Affairs of Cellini, Flirtation Walk, The Merry Widow, The House of Rothschild, Viva Villa!, The White Parade, Catherine the Great, The Black Cat, Here Comes the Navy, A Story of Floating Weeds, Tarzan and His Mate, Bolero, Treasure Island, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Old Curiosity Shop, and Now and Forever.

It Happened One Night

BEST PICTURE:
It Happened One Night*
L'Atalante
Les Misérables
The Thin Man
Twentieth Century

BEST DIRECTOR:
Raymond Bernard, Les Misérables
Frank Capra, It Happened One Night*
Howard Hawks, Twentieth Century
W.S. Van Dyke, The Thin Man
Jean Vigo, L'Atalante

Les Misérables

BEST ACTOR:
John Barrymore, Twentieth Century
Harry Baur, Les Misérables
Clark Gable, It Happened One Night*
Leslie Howard, Of Human Bondage
William Powell, The Thin Man

BEST ACTRESS:
Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night*
Bette Davis, Of Human Bondage
Ruan Lingyu, The Goddess
Carole Lombard, Twentieth Century
Myrna Loy, The Thin Man

The Thin Man

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Charles Dullin, Les Misérables
Boris Karloff, The Lost Patrol
Charles Laughton, The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Michel Simon, L'Atalante*
Charles Vanel, Les Misérables

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Louise Beavers, Imitation of Life
Orane Demazis, Les Misérables
Louise Dresser, The Scarlet Empress
Florelle, Les Misérables*
Kay Johnson, Of Human Bondage

Twentieth Century

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
It Happened One Night*
Les Misérables
Of Human Bondage
The Thin Man
Twentieth Century

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Cleopatra
The Goddess
L'Atalante*
Manhattan Melodrama
One Night of Love

L'Atalante

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Cleopatra
L'Atalante*
Les Misérables
The Scarlet Empress
The Thin Man

BEST FILM EDITING:
It Happened One Night
L'Atalante
The Lost Patrol
Les Misérables*
The Thin Man

The Gay Divorcee

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Cleopatra
L'Atalante
The Lost Patrol*
Manhattan Melodrama
Les Misérables

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"The Bad in Every Man (Blue Moon)", Manhattan Melodrama
"The Continental", The Gay Divorcee*
"A Needle in a Haystack", The Gay Divorcee

Additional Categories

Cleopatra

BEST ART DIRECTION:
Cleopatra
The Gay Divorcee
The Goddess
Les Misérables*
The Scarlet Empress

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Cleopatra
The Gay Divorcee
Les Misérables
The Scarlet Empress*

The Lost Patrol

BEST MAKEUP:
Cleopatra*
Les Misérables
The Scarlet Empress

BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):
Cleopatra
The Gay Divorcee
The Lost Patrol*
Les Misérables
One Night of Love

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Cleopatra*
The Lost Patrol
The Scarlet Empress

Updated: 6/26/15