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  • Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1935?

    Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1935?

    Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1935?

    35 Trivia Questions for 1935 History

    (answers)

    1. Who was the greatest woman’s figure skater and film star in the 1920s and 1930s?

    2. What was the name of the horror movie sequel, starring Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester, that came to theaters on April 22, 1935

    3. The CIO industrial labor union was founded in 1935. What do the initials CIO stand for?

    4. In 1935, what was the average life expectancy in the United States?

    5. Who was the President of the United States in 1935?

    6. What was the Biggest Number One Song of 1935?

    7. 1935 Catchphrase: Who said, “We have ways to make men talk”?

    8. Featuring Grouch Marx as Otis B. Driftwood, what Marx Brother film was the first without Zeppo Marx?

    9. What support organization did William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith use in Akron, Ohio?

    10. True or False? The Oscar-winning animated short film The Tortoise and the Hare featured Bugs Bunny’s first appearance.

    11. What was the Bestselling Fiction Book in 1935?

    12. Which Bowl Game did NOT debut in 1935: The Orange Bowl, The Rose Bowl, or the Sugar Bowl?

    13. Kodak introduced the first commercially available color film. What was it called?

    14. Who defeated Max Baer at Madison Square Garden Bowl to win the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship?

    15. What paperback book company debuted to bring inexpensive, high-quality fiction and nonfiction literature to the mass market?

    16. What did the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company introduce in 1935?

    17. Wallace Carothers created the first sample of what at DuPont’s research facility in Wilmington, Delaware.

    18. Who hit a new home run record that stood for almost 30 years?

    20. Who was the Pope in 1935?

    21. Executed for Treason by King Henry VIII, this man was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1935. Who was he?

    22. Who won the Stanley Cup in 1935?

    23. What cartoon character debuted in Looney Tunes’ I Haven’t Got a Hat?

    24. Born in 1935, who was the only member of Congress to have scored a number-one pop single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart?

    25. What was the number-one hit song by Sonny and Cher?

    26. How much did a gallon of gas cost in 1935?

    27. What famous singer and actor was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935?

    28. Who won the US Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1935?

    29. Who won the 1935 World Series?

    30. What company used the slogan: “Breakfast of champions”?

    31. What was the highest-grossing film of 1935

    32. How much did a dozen eggs cost in 1935?

    33. What company used the slogan: “Mmm Mmm Good”?
    Campbell’s Soup

    34. Who was the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California?

    35. Who was the Time Magazine Man of the Year in 1935?

    Trivia Team Bonus Questions:

    1. What automobile feat did Sir Malcolm Campbell accomplish on September 3, 1935?

    2. Who were the 1935 NFL Champions?

    3. Who was the American Vice-President in 1935?

    4. What Horse won the Kentucky Derby in 1935?

    5. What 1935 comedy-drama film featured the first interracial dance?

    6. His speech, which lasted 15 1/2 hours and contained 150,000 words, is the longest on the US Senate record. Who was he?

    7. How many people lived in the United States in 1935?

    8. What street device was introduced in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma?

    9. Who played his last game with Major League Baseball on May 30, 1934?

    10. What Major League Baseball “first” happened on May 24, 1935?

    The Answers:

    35 Trivia Answers for 1935 History

    1. Who was the greatest woman’s figure skater and film star in the 1920s and 1930s?
    Sonja Henie

    2. What was the name of the horror movie sequel, starring Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester, that came to theaters on April 22, 1935?
    Bride of Frankenstein

    3. The CIO industrial labor union was founded in 1935. What do the initials CIO stand for?
    Congress of Industrial Organizations

    4. In 1935, what was the average life expectancy in the United States?
    Men – 59.9 years, Women – 63.9 years.

    5. Who was the President of the United States in 1935?
    Franklin D. Roosevelt (March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945)

    6. What was the Biggest Number One Song of 1935?
    Cheek To Cheek by Fred Astaire

    7. 1935 Catchphrase: Who said, “We have ways to make men talk”?
    Mohammed Khan on The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

    8. Featuring Grouch Marx as Otis B. Driftwood, what Marx Brother film was the first without Zeppo Marx?
    A Night at the Opera

    9. What support organization did William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith use in Akron, Ohio?
    Alcoholics Anonymous

    10. True or False? The Oscar-winning animated short film The Tortoise and the Hare featured Bugs Bunny’s first appearance.
    False. Bugs Bunny first appeared in 1940 in A Wild Hare.

    11. What was the Bestselling Fiction Book in 1935?
    Green Light by Lloyd C. Douglas

    12. Which Bowl Game did NOT debut in 1935: The Orange Bowl, The Rose Bowl, or the Sugar Bowl?
    The Rose Bowl

    13. Kodak introduced the first commercially available color film. What was it called?
    Kodachrome

    14. Who defeated Max Baer at Madison Square Garden Bowl to win the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship?
    James J. Braddock

    15. What paperback book company debuted to bring inexpensive, high-quality fiction and nonfiction literature to the mass market?
    Penguin Books

    16. What did the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company introduce in 1935?
    Beer in a can.

    17. Wallace Carothers created the first sample of what at DuPont’s research facility in Wilmington, Delaware.
    Nylon. It was first sold in toothbrushes in 1938.

    18. Who hit a new home run record that stood for almost 30 years?
    On May 25, 1935, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Babe Ruth hit his 714th home run.

    20. Who was the Pope in 1935?
    Pope Pius XI, February 6, 1922 – February 10, 1939

    21. Executed for Treason by King Henry VIII, this man was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1935. Who was he?
    Sir Thomas More

    22. Who won the Stanley Cup in 1935?
    In 1935, The Montreal Maroons won over the Toronto Maple Leafs (3 games to none)

    23. What cartoon character debuted in Looney Tunes’ I Haven’t Got a Hat?
    Porky Pig

    24. Born in 1935, who was the only member of Congress to have scored a number-one pop single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart?
    “Sonny” Bono (February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998)

    25. What was the number one hit song by Sonny and Cher?
    I Got You, Babe

    26. How much did a gallon of gas cost in 1935?
    $0.19 per gallon

    27. What famous singer and actor was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935?
    Elvis Presley

    28. Who won the US Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1935?
    Omaha

    29. Who won the 1935 World Series?
    In 1935, The Detroit Tigers won, beating the Chicago Cubs (4 games to 2)

    30. What company used the slogan: “Breakfast of champions”?
    Wheaties (General Mills)

    31. What was the highest-grossing film of 1935?
    Mutiny on the Bounty

    32. How much did a dozen eggs cost in 1935?
    38 cents

    33. What company used the slogan: “Mmm Mmm Good”?
    Campbell’s Soup

    34. Who was the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California?
    Amelia Earhart

    35. Who was the Time Magazine Man of the Year in 1935?
    Haile Selassie

    Trivia Team Bonus Questions:

    1. What automobile feat did Sir Malcolm Campbell accomplish on September 3, 1935?
    He was the first person to drive an automobile at 300 miles per hour (301.337 mph).
    The record didn’t last long. On September 13, Howard Hughes set a new record, reaching 352.39 mph in his new Hughes H-1 Racer.

    2. Who were the 1935 NFL Champions?
    Detroit Lions

    3. Who was the American Vice-President in 1935?
    John Garner (March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941)

    4. What Horse won the Kentucky Derby in 1935?
    Omaha

    5. What 1935 comedy-drama film featured the first interracial dance?
    The Little Colonel. The dancers were Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson.

    6. His speech, which lasted 15 1/2 hours and contained 150,000 words, is the longest on the US Senate record. Who was he?
    Senator Huey Long of Louisiana

    7. How many people lived in the United States in 1935?
    The population was an estimated 127,250,232 people.

    8. What street device was introduced in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma?
    The parking meter

    9. Who played his last game with Major League Baseball on May 30, 1934?
    Babe Ruth. On May 25, he hit his last three home runs (Numbers 712, 713, and 714) in his major league career.

    10. What Major League Baseball “first” happened on May 24, 1935?
    First night game, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1.

  • 1935 History, Facts and Trivia

    1935 History, Facts and Trivia

    1935 History, Facts and Trivia

    Quick Facts from 1935:

    • The Biggest News Event: The great dust storm in the United States hit the hardest in eastern New Mexico, Colorado, and western Oklahoma.
    • Biggest Songs include Cheek to Cheek by Fred Astaire, Isle of Capri by Ray Noble, and Red Sails in the Sunset by Guy Lombardo.
    • The Movies to Watch include Mutiny on the Bounty, A Night at the Opera, The 39 Steps, Bride of Frankenstein, ‘G’ Men, Captain Blood, and The Raven.
    • The Most Famous Person in America was probably Shirley Temple.
    • Notable books include Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton, and Lost Horizon by James Hilton.
    • Price of 3 oz. Philadephia brand cream cheese in 1935: 10 cents
    • George Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess opened on Broadway.
    • Of Note: The last American survivor of the Atlantic slave trade, Cudjoe Lewis, died in 1935
    • 1 ounce of gold value: $35.00
    • The Funny Duo was: Laurel and Hardy
    • The Conversation: The first Top Music Countdown Show, Your Hit Parade debuted.

    Top Ten Baby Names of 1935

    Mary, Shirley, Barbara, Betty, Patricia, Robert, James, John, William, Richard

    US Life Expectancy

    (1935) Males: 59.9 years, Females: 63.9 years

    The Stars

    Josephine Baker, Joan Blondell, Claudette Colbert, Joan Crawford, Olivia de Havilland, Marlene Dietrich, Kay Francis, Jean Harlow, Hedy Lamarr, Myrna Loy, Ginger Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck, Thelma Todd, Mae West

    Entertainment History: The Oscars

    The 7th Academy Awards were celebrated on February 27, 1935, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The host for the evening was Irvin S. Cobb. One highlight of the ceremony was It Happened One Night, sweeping the five major categories: Best Picture, Best Director for Frank Capra, Best Actor for Clark Gable, Best Actress for Claudette Colbert, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Robert Riskin. This was the first time a film won the Big Five, a feat not repeated until One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1976 and then again with The Silence of the Lambs in 1992. Interestingly, Walt Disney received an honorary Oscar for creating Mickey Mouse, elevating animation’s stature in the industry. The eligibility period for the awards was August 1, 1934, to July 31, 1935, a slight deviation from the calendar year criteria used today.

    Miss America

    Henrietta Leaver (Pittsburgh, PA)

    Time Magazine’s Man of the Year

    Haile Selassie I

    Firsts, Inventions, and Wonders

    The Cooper Underwear Company of Kenosha introduced the first brief underwear in Wisconsin, US.

    The first SUV was the Chevy Suburban in 1935. The Suburban is the longest continuous-use nameplate still in production.

    The world’s first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City.

    The first Penguin paperback book was published.

    Porky Pig made his debut in I Haven’t Got a Hat.

    Crackers with a ‘taste of affordable luxury’ started selling nationwide. The Ritz Cracker was available for 19 cents a box.

    In 1935, Detroit’s Red Wings (1935/36 season), Tigers, and Lions won their respective leagues championship trophy. It was also each franchise’s first championship win.

    Boxed wine was introduced in 1935, as was beer in a can.

    Fibber McGee and Molly debuted on NBC Radio.

    The word ‘dumpster’ is a genericized trademark. It was created in 1935 by George R. Dempster, who named his new trash container the “Dempster dumpster.”

    Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in New York City by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.

    Why the term ‘Boondoggle’ is associated with wasting time and money

    In 1935, the press criticized FDR’s New Deal for spending $3 million giving unemployed people craft lessons where they made boondoggles (a braided ornament), and the word became a nickname for any overpriced, useless government project.

    The Targets

    In the New Deal, FDR called for a new tax program called the Revenue Act of 1935, which imposed an income tax of 79% on incomes over $5 million. This tax rate affected one person: John D. Rockefeller.

    The Nye, a Senatorial Committee, concluded that the U.S. entered World War 1 for financial gain.

    When Social Security set the retirement age at 65 in 1935, the average American only lived 61.7 years.

    The Biggest Pop Artists of 1935 include

    Ambrose & His Orchestra, Fred Astaire, The Boswell Sisters, Bing Crosby, Bob Crosby and His Orchestra, Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra, The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra, Duke Ellington, Ruth Etting, Jan Garber and His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, Johnny Green & His Orchestra, Richard Himber & His Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Little Jack Little & His Orchestra, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, Ray Noble and His Orchestra, Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra, Freddy Martin and His Orchestra, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra, Louis Prima, Joe Venuti and His Orchestra, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra, Victor Young & His Orchestra

    Pop Culture Facts & History

    October 31, 1935 – Orson Welles’ famous War Of The Worlds broadcast aired for the first time, causing panic throughout the United States.

    The second Indiana Jones film is a prequel to the first film. Temple of Doom was set in 1935, and the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark took place in 1936.

    Cups, popularized by Anna Kendrick in Pitch Perfect, was partially based on the song Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone written by The Carter Family.

    Considering that the Schrödinger’s Cat experiment was done in 1935, the cat is now dead no matter what.

    The Cincinnati Reds were the first team in Major League history to host a night game at Crosley Field, with the Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies on May 24, 1935.

    Chunosuke Matsuyama, a Japanese Seamen, sent a message in a bottle in 1784 that his ship had wrecked. It washed up in 1935 in Hiraturemura, where he was born.

    Sir Malcolm Campbell was the first to drive an automobile at 300 miles per hour in Blue Bird, establishing a new absolute land speed record of 301.337 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

    The word ‘drone,’ about remote-controlled aircraft, was coined in 1935 when the (pilotless) DH.82 Queen Bee was developed and flown over RF for anti-aircraft gun training.

    Avery (later Avery Dennison) introduced self-adhesive labels. The original company name was ‘Kum Kleen Products.’

    Any Trivia expert can tell you that the Parker Brothers’ Monopoly Game was released in 1935. Not as many can tell you, off the top of their heads, that the starting amount in the bank was $15,140, but it was recently upped to $20,580. Each player starts with $1,500.

    Celebrity Airplane Death: Will Rogers and Wiley Post, in Alaska.

    Senator Huey Long of Louisiana made the longest speech on the US Senate record, taking 15½ hours.

    Rabbi Tobias Geffen was provided with its formula to verify whether Coca-Cola was kosher because he did not disclose it. The Rabbi requested that the non-kosher beef tallow be substituted with vegetable-based glycerin, which was done, and the drink was declared kosher. Due to the addition of high fructose corn syrup, it is no longer kosher.

    The Greatest 45 Minutes Ever in Sport

    Jesse Owens set three world records and tied another in less than an hour at a Big Ten track meet in 1935. He was a 21-year-old Ohio State sophomore who tied the world record in the 100-yard dash and set the world record in the long jump, the 220-yard dash, and the 220-low hurdles.

    Nobel Prize Winners

    Physics – James Chadwick
    Chemistry – Frédéric Joliot, Irène Joliot-Curie
    Physiology or Medicine – Hans Spemann
    Literature – not awarded
    Peace – Carl von Ossietzky
    *This was the last year no American received a Nobel Prize (1935).

    Popular and Best-selling Books From 1935

    Come and Get It by Edna Ferber
    Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
    Europa by Robert Briffault
    The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel
    Good- bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
    Green Light by Lloyd C. Douglas
    Heaven’s My Destination by Thornton Wilder
    Lost Horizon by James Hilton
    Of Time and the River by Thomas Wolfe
    Time Out of Mind by Rachel Field
    Vein of Iron by Ellen Glasgow

    Sports

    World Series Champions: Detroit Tigers
    NFL Champs: Detriot Lions
    Stanley Cup Champs: Montreal Maroons
    U.S. Open Golf: Sam Parks Jr.
    U.S. Tennis (Men/Ladies): Wilmer L. Allison/Helen H. Jacobs
    Wimbledon (Men/Women): Fred Perry/Helen Moody
    NCAA Football Champions: Minnesota & SMU
    Kentucky Derby Winner: Omaha
    Boston Marathon Winner: John A. Kelley Time: 2:32:07

    More 1935 Facts & History Resources:

    Most Popular Baby Names (BabyCenter.com)
    Popular and Notable Books (popculture.us)
    Broadway Shows that Opened in 1935
    1935 Calendar, courtesy of Time and Date.com
    Fact Monster
    The Great Depression Federal Reserve
    1930s, Infoplease.com World History
    1935 in Movies (according to IMDB)
    Retrowaste Vintage Culture
    1930s Slang
    Wikipedia 1935
    Nazi Germany Timeline

  • 1935 Music: Popular Music, Songs and Artists

    1935 Music: Popular Music, Songs and Artists

    1935 Popular Music, Songs and Artists

    Shirley Temple
    On The Good Ship Lollipop
    The first song by the child star for her 1934 film BRIGHT EYES, This song would go on to become Miss Temple’s trademark. Miss temple would go on to be featured and star in many films, but eventually, leave show-business and pursue a successful career in The United Nations and The State Department. She is now retired.

    Fred Astaire
    Cheek To Cheek
    Two Legends – One Song. Irving Berlin wrote Cheek to Cheek for Astaire’s Top Hat (#7 below), which co-starred his most well-known partner Ginger Rodgers.
    Astaire was not as well known for singing capabilities so much as his incredible dancing ability. Debbie Reynolds tells of him spending hours and hours practicing with the choreographer Hermes Pan. Mr. Astaire was a consummate hard-working professional who strived for perfection through hard work.

    Glen Gray
    Blue Moon
    Written by Rogers and Hart, this one song that tends to make a regular comeback, originally recorded by Glenn Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra. The Marcels made it a number on the Billboard charts in 1961. Gray was a saxophonist that fronted the orchestra. His name appeared on most of the recordings from 1934 on.

    Cole Porter
    You’re The Top
    Originally sung by Ethel Merman in the Porter musical Anything Goes. This recording was made by the composer, lyricist himself, Cole Porter. Mr. Porter was born in 1891 and is a legend of the Broadway stage. A musical film of his life was made in 2004 and titled De-Lovely (another song from Anything Goes). The movie starred Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd.

    Eddie Duchin
    I Won’t Dance
    This song was written by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein and Otto Harbach for a 1934 musical called Three Sisters which opened in London and flopped. When it was decided to film the Broadway show Roberta the song was re-worked by Kern and Harbach and included in the movie.

    Ethel Merman
    I Get a Kick Out of You

    This is another hit out of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes. The musical legends of both Porter and Merman would grow out of this musical as they both become stars on the musical sky. One thing that should be mentioned here is that there is a line from the song that would be cut and reinstated over the years as the harmfulness of drugs was discovered and being true to a creator’s original work was argued out. The Line is “I get no kick from cocaine, even if I took one little sniff it would bore me incredibly too. But I get a kick out of you.”

    Fats Waller
    I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
    With music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Joe Young, this song would become part of what is known as The Great American Song Book. The book itself doesn’t exist but it’s meaning is clear. If a song has lasted for a certain number of years and is retained in people’s memory, then it is part of the book. Many songs from different periods of American Music still come up today, some of them in commercial jingles, others as part of a movie score. This song haunts our collective memory, and I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter is included in these songs. The Song was recorded several times throughout the 20th century by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Barry Manilow.

    Richard Himber and his Orchestra
    It Was Just One Of Those Things
    Written by Cole Porter for the musical Jubilee, this song would take on a life of its own as it was recorded over the years by several artists. Twice by Doris Day for two of her films, Lullaby of Broadway and Young At Heart. Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby and Lena Horne recorded it. It was used in JD Salinger’s novel as the narrator says of the song even the “stinking band” in the hotel lounge “couldn’t ruin it entirely.” A line from the song, “goodbye farewell amen,” was used as the title for the last episode of the hit series MASH. John Barrowman of TV’s Torchwood has recorded the song for the twenty-first century.

    The Dorsey Brothers
    The Lullaby of Broadway
    Harry Warren wrote the music for this song and lyrics by Al Dubin, the song made its first appearance in the film, Gold Deggirs of 1935. That same year it was also used as background music in a scene from the Bette Davis movie Special Agent. It would eventually win the 1936 Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song would grow in popularity and would have a film named after it in 1951 starring Doris Day. It would be used in a Merrie Melody cartoon and would become a pivotal song in the plot of the Broadway version of 42nd St. sung by Jerry Orbach, Lumiaire of the film Beauty and The Beast.

    Louis Armstrong
    You Are My Lucky Star
    Recorded by Louis Armstrong, the song would go on to be recorded in the film Broadway Melody of 1936. But the song would become an important part of MGM musicals when Debbie Reynolds sang it in what some call the most important movie musical of all time, Singin In The Rain.

    Top Artists and Songs of 1935

    Al Bowlly and the Ray Noble Orchestra
    Blue Moon
Ballew Smith
Roll Along, Prairie Moon
Benny Goodman
Blue Moon
King Porter Stomp
Bing Crosby
I Wished The Moon
It’s Easy To Remember
Red Sails in the Sunset
Soon
Bob Crosby and his Orchestra
In a Little Gypsy’s Tea Room
Boswell Sisters
The Object of my Affection
Cab Calloway
Keep That Hi-De-Hi in Your Soul
Carmen Miranda
Sonho de Papel
Cole Porter
You’re The Top
Duke Ellington
In a Sentimental Mood
Eddie Duchin
Cheek To Cheek
I Won’t Dance
Lovely To Look At
You Are My Lucky Star
Ethel Merman
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Fats Waller
A Little Bit Independent
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter
Lulu’s Back In Town
Truckin’
Fred Astaire
Cheek To Cheek
No Strings
The Piccolino
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
Gene Autry
Ole Faithful
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
George Formby
Fanlight Fanny
Glen Gray
Blue Moon
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Guy Lombardo
I’m Sittin’ High on a Hill Top
Red Sails In The Sunset
What’s The Reason (I’m Not Pleasin’ You)
Irene Dunne
Lovely To Look at
Jimmy Lunceford
Rhythm Is Our Business
Leo Reisman
I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’
It Ain’t Neccessarily So
Little Jack Little
I’m In The Mood For Love
Louis Armstrong
I’m In The Mood For Love
You Are My Lucky Star
Nelson Eddie
Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra
And Then Some
Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers
I WAnt To Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart
Ray Noble
Isle of Capri
Let’s Swing It
Paris in the Spring
Richard Himber and his Orchestra
Just One Of Those Things
Riley-Farley Orchestra
The Music Goes Round and Round
Ruth Etting
Life Is A song
Shirley Temple
On The Good Ship Lollipop

Sleepy John Estes
Stop That Thing

The Carter Family
Can The Circle Be Broken (Bye and Bye)
The Dorsey Brothers
Chasing Shadows
Lullaby of Broadway
Tom Coakley and his Palace Hotel Orchestra
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Tommy Dorsey
On Treasure Island
Victor Young
She’s a Latin From Manhattan
Western Brothers
We’re Frightfully BBC
Xavier Cugat
Begin the Beguine
The Lady In Red
  • 1935 Oscars 7th Academy Awards

    1935 Oscars 7th Academy Awards

    1935 Oscars 7th Academy Awards

    • The 7th Academy Awards took place on February 27, 1935, at the Biltmore Hotel, specifically in the Biltmore Bowl, in Los Angeles, California.
    • Irvin S. Cobb, a renowned American author, humorist, and actor, commanded the stage as the host.
    • Films released in the calendar year of 1934 were eligible for awards.

    Noteworthy Moments:

    • It Happened One Night became the first film to win the “Big Five” Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director (Frank Capra), Best Actor (Clark Gable), Best Actress (Claudette Colbert), and Best Screenplay (Robert Riskin).
    • Shirley Temple received the first Juvenile Award at age 6, making her the youngest Oscar honoree.
    • One Night of Love earned 6 nominations

    Trivia:

    1. It Happened One Night‘s sweep of the major categories wouldn’t be matched again until 1975 by One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and in 1991 by The Silence of the Lambs.
    2. This was the first year that Best Original Song was introduced as a category, won by “The Continental” from The Gay Divorcee.
    3. The 7th Oscars were the first to be broadcast on tnationwide radio.
    4. Best Film Editing became a permanent category this year after being introduced in the previous ceremony.
     

    1935 Oscar Nominees and Winners

    Outstanding Production:
    It Happened One Night – Frank Capra and Harry Cohn for Columbia (WINNER)
    The Barretts of Wimpole Street – Irving Thalberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    Cleopatra – Cecil B. DeMille for Paramount
    Flirtation Walk – Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis, and Robert Lord for First National
    The Gay Divorcee – Pandro S. Berman for RKO Pictures
    Here Comes the Navy – Lou Edelman for Warner Bros.
    The House of Rothschild – Darryl F. Zanuck, William Goetz, and Raymond Griffith for 20th Century
    Imitation of Life – John M. Stahl for Universal
    One Night of Love – Harry Cohn and Everett Riskin for Columbia
    The Thin Man – Hunt Stromberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    Viva Villa! – David O. Selznick for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    The White Parade – Jesse L. Lasky for Fox Film Co.
    Best Director:
    Frank Capra – It Happened One Night (WINNER)
    Victor Schertzinger – One Night of Love
    W. S. Van Dyke – The Thin Man
    Best Actor:
    Clark Gable – It Happened One Night as Peter Warne (WINNER)
    Frank Morgan – The Affairs of Cellini as Alessandro, Duke of Florence
    William Powell – The Thin Man as Nick Charles
    Best Actress:
    Claudette Colbert – It Happened One Night as Ellen “Ellie” Andrews (WINNER)
    Bette Davis – Of Human Bondage (write-in, not official nomination)[2] as Mildred Rogers
    Grace Moore – One Night of Love as Mary Barrett
    Norma Shearer – The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Elizabeth Barrett
    Best Original Story:
    Manhattan Melodrama – Arthur Caesar (WINNER)
    Hide-Out – Mauri Grashin
    The Richest Girl in the World – Norman Krasna
    Best Adaptation:
    It Happened One Night – Robert Riskin, based on the story “Night Bus” by Samuel Hopkins Adams (WINNER)
    The Thin Man – Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
    Viva Villa! – Ben Hecht, based on the novel by Edgecumb Pinchon and O. B. Stade
    Best Live Action Short Subject, Comedy:
    La Cucaracha – Kenneth Macgowan and Pioneer Pictures (WINNER)
    Men in Black – Jules White
    What, No Men! – Warner Bros.
    Best Live Action Short Subject, Novelty:
    City of Wax – Horace Woodard and Stacy Woodard (WINNER)
    Bosom Friends – Skibo Productions
    Strikes and Spares – Pete Smith
    Best Short Subject, Cartoon:
    The Tortoise and the Hare – Walt Disney (WINNER)
    Holiday Land – Screen Gems
    Jolly Little Elves – Walter Lantz
    Best Scoring:
    One Night of Love – Columbia Studio Music Department (WINNER)
    The Gay Divorcee – RKO Radio Studio Music Department
    The Lost Patrol – RKO Radio Studio Music Department
    Best Song:
    “The Continental” from The Gay Divorcee – Music by Con Conrad; Lyrics by Herb Magidson (WINNER)
    “Carioca” from Flying Down to Rio – Music by Vincent Youmans; Lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn
    “Love in Bloom” from She Loves Me Not – Music by Ralph Rainger; Lyrics by Leo Robin
    Best Sound Recording:
    One Night of Love – John P. Livadary (WINNER)
    The Affairs of Cellini – Thomas T. Moulton
    Cleopatra – Franklin Hansen
    Flirtation Walk – Nathan Levinson
    The Gay Divorcee – Carl Dreher
    Imitation of Life – Theodore Soderberg
    Viva Villa! – Douglas Shearer
    The White Parade – Edmund H. Hansen
    Best Art Direction:
    The Merry Widow – Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope (WINNER)
    The Affairs of Cellini – Richard Day
    The Gay Divorcee – Van Nest Polglase and Carroll Clark
    Best Cinematography:
    Cleopatra – Victor Milner (WINNER)
    The Affairs of Cellini – Charles Rosher
    Operator 13 – George J. Folsey
    Best Film Editing:
    Eskimo – Conrad A. Nervig (WINNER)
    Cleopatra – Anne Bauchens
    One Night of Love – Gene Milford
    Best Assistant Director:
    Viva Villa! – John S. Waters (WINNER)
    Cleopatra – Cullen Tate
    Imitation of Life – Scott Beal
    Academy Juvenile Award
    Shirley Temple
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