Welcome Oscars fans to the 7th Academy Awards (it definitely wasn’t called The Oscars yet) — as we dive into the 1935 Oscars for the films of 1934.

Now some of you might be thinking, ‘How can awards for films this old possibly be interesting today?’ To which we say, get ready because things are going to get wild!

For starters, there were 12 nominees for best picture (and they still got some wrong!) There were also awards that are no longer given out as well as no awards for things we award today. The Hays Code had just begun in mid-1934, affecting the way movies were made. An actress was in three of the Best Picture nominees (a record that still stands) — and on top of it all, the winner this year just so ‘happened’ to set the template for every RomCom you love (or love to hate) today.

Trust us when we say you’re going to have a treat learning about some incredible movies you probably never heard of but you’ll be glad you did once you see them! As always, thanks for joining us at The Oscars!

Movies Mentioned

(*Recommended)

*It Happened One Night

*The Thin Man

*Imitation of Life

Flirtation Walk

Here Comes the Navy

*The House of Rothschild

One Night of Love

*The Barretts of Wimpole Street

*The Gay Divorcee

*Viva Villa!

*Cleopatra (Cecil B. DeMille version)

The White Parade (nearly impossible to see)

*The Affairs of Cellini

*Of Human Bondage

*Manhattan Melodrama

Eskimo

Flying Down to Rio

*Gone With the Wind

*Dangerous

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