1934 in film
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- 3.1 January to March
- 3.2 from April to June
- 3.3 July to September
- 3.4 October to December
- 3.5 day unknown
- 4.1 January to June
- 4.2 July to December
Events
Film Awards
Academy Awards
On 16 March, the Oscars are awarded for the best productions of the year 1933 at a banquet at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Moderator is Will Rogers.
- Best Picture: Cavalcade of Frank Lloyd
- Best Actor: Charles Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII
- Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn in Morning Glory
- Best Director: Frank Lloyd for Cavalcade
- Best Cinematography: Charles Lang for A Farewell to Arms by Frank Borzage
Full list of winners
Film Festival of Venice
The film festival takes place every year since 1934. This year, from August 1 to August 20.
- Best Foreign Film: Man of Aran - documentary by Robert J. Flaherty
- Best Italian movie: Teresa Confalonieri by Guido Brignone
- Best Actor: Wallace Beery in Viva Villa!
- Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn in Little Women
- Best Screenplay: Walter Reisch and Willi Forst in masquerade
More movie awards and honors
- National Board of Review: It Happened One Night by Frank Capra ( Best Film ), The Men of Aran by Robert J. Flaherty ( Best Foreign Film )
- Photoplay Award: The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Sidney Franklin
Birthdays
January to March
January
- 03 January: Marpessa Dawn, American actress († 2008)
- January 04: Hellmuth Karasek, German film and literary critic
- January 06: Sylvia Syms, British actress
- January 10: Hiroyuki Nagato, Japanese actor († 2011)
- JANUARY 13: Rip Taylor, American actor
- JANUARY 14: Richard Briers, English actor († 2013)
- January 24: Leonard Goldberg, American producer
- January 27: Jaime Jesus Balcázar, Spanish director
- January 31: James Franciscus, American actor and producer ( † 1991)
February
- 02 February: Otar Iosseliani, Georgian director
- 04 February: Gil Rogers, American actor
- FEBRUARY 11: Tina Louise, American actress
- February 13: George Segal, American actor
- FEBRUARY 14: Florence Henderson, American actress
- FEBRUARY 17: Alan Bates, British actor
- FEBRUARY 18: Anna Maria Ferrero, Italian actress
- February 19: Pierre Barouh, French singer, actor and director
- February 21: Rue McClanahan, American actress († 2010)
- FEBRUARY 26: Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina -, Algerian director and screenwriter
March
- 03 March: Dolores Dorn, American actress
- March 03: Gia Scala, American actress († 1972)
- March 09: Joyce Van Patten, American actress
- MARCH 12: David Spenser, British actor († 2013)
- March 14: Eleanor Bron, British actress
- March 15: Jost Vacano, German cameraman
- March 18: Kai Fischer, German actress
- 20 March: Peter Berling, German actor
- MARCH 23: Mark Rydell, American film director
- MARCH 26: Alan Arkin, American actor
- MARCH 27: Peter Schamoni, German director and producer († 2011)
- MARCH 31: Richard Chamberlain, American actor
- MARCH 31: Shirley Jones, American actress
April-June
April
- April 02: Brian Glover, British actor and screenwriter († 1997)
- 02 April: Umberto Orsini, Italian actor
- April 07: Ian Richardson, British actor
- April 18: James Drury, American actor
- APRIL 20: Robert DoQui, American actor († 2008)
- APRIL 24: Shirley MacLaine, American actress
- APRIL 28: Ferruccio Casacci, Italian actor and filmmaker († 2011)
May
- May 01: Laura Betti, Italian actress († 2004)
- May 04: Tatiana Samoilova, Russian actress
- MAY 15: Bhanumati Devi, Indian actress († 2013)
- MAY 18: Dwayne Hickman, American actor
- May 20: Tonino Valerii, Italian director
- MAY 21: Susan Shentall, British actress († 1996)
- May 27: Uwe Friedrichsen, German actor
- MAY 31: Jim Hutton, American actor († 1979)
June
- 01 June: Peter Masterson, American actor and director
- June 06: Gilbert Cates, American film director and producer, President of the Directors Guild of America († 2011)
- June 12: John A. Alonzo, American Cinematographer
- June 16: Bill Cobbs, American actor
- 20 June: Rossana Podestà, Italian actress († 2013)
- June 23: Patricia cooker, American actress
- JUNE 26: Dave Grusin, American composer
- June 26: Josef Sommer, American actor
July to September
July
- July 01: Claude Berri, French actor and director († 2009)
- July 01: Jamie Farr, American actor
- July 01: Sydney Pollack, American film director and actor († 2008)
- July 04: Colin Welland, British actor and screenwriter
- July 14: Ángel del Pozo, Spanish actor
- JULY 22: Louise Fletcher, American actress
- July 25: Claude Zidi, French film director
- JULY 29: Pat McCormick, American actor and comedy writer († 2005)
August
- August 01: Pit Krüger, German actor († 2003)
- 05 August: Cammie King, American actress († 2010)
- August 14: Trevor Bannister, British actor (* 2011)
- August 14: Vernon Dobtcheff, French actor
- August 16th: Pierre Richard, French actor
- AUGUST 23: Barbara Eden, American actress
- August 24: Kenny Baker, British actor
September
- September 04: Juraj Herz, Slovak director
- 06 September: Paul Naschy, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director († 2009)
- 07 September: Wolfgang Unterzaucher, Austrian actor
- September 13: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Polish actor († 2009)
- September 16: George Chakiris, American actor
- September 20: Sophia Loren, Italian actress
- SEPTEMBER 25: Jean Sorel, French actor
- September 27: Wilford Brimley, American actor
- September 27: Claude Jarman Jr., American actor
- September 27: Edward Meeks, French - American actor
- September 28: Brigitte Bardot, French actress
October to December
October
November
- 02 November: Im Kwon- taek, Korean director
- November 05: Kira Muratowa, Russian director
- November 07: Jackie Joseph, American actress
- 09 November: Ronald Harwood, British screenwriter
- November 13: Garry Marshall, American film director
- November 14: Yōichi Higashi, Japanese director
- November 23: Robert Towne, American screenwriter
- November 24: Laurence Luckinbill, American actor
- NOVEMBER 25: Herrmann Zschoche, German director
December
- December 04: Victor French, American actor
- 09 December: Judi Dench, British actress
- December 09: Morten Grunwald, Danish actor
- December 13: Richard D. Zanuck, American producer ( † 2012)
- December 14: Shyam Benegal, Indian director
- 26th December: Linda Lin Dai, American- Chinese actress
- December 28: Maggie Smith, British actress
- DECEMBER 30: Russ Tamblyn, American actor
Day unknown
- Wolf Euba, German actor († 2013)
- Ernesto Gastaldi, Italian screenwriter and director
Deceased
January to June
July to December
- July 6th: Harry A. Pollard, American film director (* 1879)
- JULY 26: Winsor McCay, American animated film pioneer (* 1871)
- August 10: George W. Hill, American film director and cinematographer (* 1895)
- OCTOBER 5: Jean Vigo, French film director ( b. 1905 )
- October 29: Lou Tellegen, Dutch actor and film director (* 1881)