16th Academy Awards (3-2-44)

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The 16th Academy Awards will honor the best in film for 1943. The ceremony (with Jack Benny as the host) will be held on March 2, at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.

The nominations are listed as below:

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Outstanding Motion Picture

  • Casablanca – Warner Bros.
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls – Paramount
  • Heaven Can Wait – 20th Century-Fox
  • The Human Comedy – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • In Which We Serve – Two Cities Films
  • Madame Curie – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • The More the Merrier – Columbia
  • The Ox-Bow Incident – 20th Century-Fox
  • The Song of Bernadette – 20th Century-Fox
  • Watch on the Rhine – Warner Bros.

Best Director

  • Clarence Brown – The Human Comedy
  • Michael Curtiz – Casablanca
  • Henry King – The Song of Bernadette
  • Ernst Lubitsch – Heaven Can Wait
  • George Stevens – The More the Merrier

Best Actor

  • Humphrey Bogart – Casablanca as Rick Blaine
  • Gary Cooper – For Whom the Bell Tolls as Robert Jordan
  • Walter Pidgeon – Madame Curie as Pierre Curie
  • Paul Lukas – Watch on the Rhine as Kurt Muller
  • Mickey Rooney – The Human Comedy as Homer Macauley

Best Actress

  • Jean Arthur – The More the Merrier as Constance Milligan
  • Ingrid Bergman – For Whom the Bell Tolls as María
  • Joan Fontaine – The Constant Nymph as Tessa Sanger
  • Greer Garson – Madame Curie as Marie Curie
  • Jennifer Jones – The Song of Bernadette as Bernadette Soubirous

Best Supporting Actor

  • Charles Bickford – The Song of Bernadette as Abbé Dominique Peyramale
  • Charles Coburn – The More the Merrier as Benjamin Dingle
  • J. Carrol Naish – Sahara as Giuseppe
  • Claude Rains – Casablanca as Capt. Louis Renault
  • Akim Tamiroff – For Whom the Bell Tolls as Pablo

Best Supporting Actress

  • Gladys Cooper – The Song of Bernadette as Marie Therese Vauzou
  • Paulette Goddard – So Proudly We Hail! as Lt. Joan O’Doul
  • Katina Paxinou – For Whom the Bell Tolls as Pilar
  • Anne Revere – The Song of Bernadette as Louise Casterot Soubirous
  • Lucile Watson – Watch on the Rhine as Fanny Farrelly

Best Original Screenplay

  • Air Force – Dudley Nichols
  • In Which We Serve – Noël Coward
  • The North Star – Lillian Hellman
  • Princess O’Rourke – Norman Krasna
  • So Proudly We Hail! – Allan Scott

Best Screenplay

  • Casablanca – Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard E. Koch, based on Everybody Comes to Rick’s by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison
  • Holy Matrimony – Nunnally Johnson, based on Buried Alive by Arnold Bennett
  • The More the Merrier – Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross, and Robert Russell, based on a story by Frank Ross and Robert Russell
  • The Song of Bernadette – George Seaton, based on the novel by Franz Werfel
  • Watch on the Rhine – Dashiell Hammett, based on the play by Lillian Hellman

Best Original Motion Picture Story

  • The Human Comedy – William Saroyan
  • Action in the North Atlantic – Guy Gilpatric
  • Destination Tokyo – Steve Fisher
  • The More the Merrier – Robert Russell and Frank Ross
  • Shadow of a Doubt – Thornton Wilder

Best Documentary Feature

  • Baptism of Fire – U.S. Army
  • The Battle of Russia – U.S. War Department, Special Service Division
  • Desert Victory – British Ministry of Information
  • Report from the Aleutians – U.S. Army Pictorial Service
  • War Department Report – U.S. Office of Strategic Services, Field Photographic Bureau

Best Documentary Short Subject

  • Children of Mars – RKO Radio
  • December 7th – U.S. Navy
  • Plan for Destruction – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Swedes in America – U.S. Office of War Information, Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
  • To the People of the United States – Walter Wanger
  • Tomorrow We Fly – U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
  • Youth in Crisis – The March of Time

Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel

  • Amphibious Fighters – Grantland Rice
  • Cavalcade of Dance – Gordon Hollingshead
  • Champions Carry On – Edmund Reek
  • Hollywood in Uniform – Ralph Staub
  • Seeing Hands – Pete Smith

Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel

  • Heavenly Music – Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow
  • Letter to a Hero – Frederic Ullman Jr.
  • Mardi Gras – Walter MacEwen
  • Women at War – Gordon Hollingshead

Best Short Subjects – Cartoons

  • The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins – George Pal
  • The Dizzy Acrobat – Walter Lantz
  • Greetings, Bait! – Leon Schlesinger
  • Imagination – Dave Fleischer
  • Reason and Emotion – Walt Disney
  • The Yankee Doodle Mouse – Fred Quimby

Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

  • The Amazing Mrs. Holliday – Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner
  • Casablanca – Max Steiner
  • Commandos Strike at Dawn – Louis Gruenberg and Morris Stoloff
  • The Fallen Sparrow – C. Bakaleinikoff and Roy Webb
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls – Victor Young
  • Hangmen Also Die! – Hanns Eisler
  • Hi Diddle Diddle – Philip Boutelje
  • In Old Oklahoma – Walter Scharf
  • Johnny Come Lately – Leigh Harline
  • The Kansan – Gerard Carbonara
  • Lady of Burlesque – Arthur Lange
  • Madame Curie – Herbert Stothart
  • The Moon and Sixpence – Dimitri Tiomkin
  • The North Star – Aaron Copland
  • The Song of Bernadette – Alfred Newman
  • Victory Through Air Power – Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, and Oliver Wallace

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

  • Coney Island – Alfred Newman
  • Hit Parade of 1943 – Walter Scharf
  • Phantom of the Opera – Edward Ward
  • Saludos Amigos – Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, and Charles Wolcott
  • The Sky’s the Limit – Leigh Harline
  • Something to Shout About – Morris Stoloff
  • Stage Door Canteen – Frederic E. Rich
  • Star Spangled Rhythm – Robert Emmett Dolan
  • This Is the Army – Ray Heindorf
  • Thousands Cheer – Herbert Stothart

Best Original Song

  • “A Change of Heart” from Hit Parade of 1943 – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
  • “Happiness is a Thing Called Joe” from Cabin in the Sky – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg
  • “My Shining Hour” from The Sky’s the Limit – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
  • “Saludos Amigos” from Saludos Amigos – Music by Charles Wolcott; Lyrics by Ned Washington
  • “Say a Pray’r for the Boys Over There” from Hers to Hold – Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Herb Magidson
  • “That Old Black Magic” from Star Spangled Rhythm – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
  • “They’re Either Too Young or Too Old” from Thank Your Lucky Stars – Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
  • “We Mustn’t Say Goodbye” from Stage Door Canteen – Music by James V. Monaco; Lyrics by Al Dubin
  • “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” from Something to Shout About – Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
  • “You’ll Never Know” from Hello, Frisco, Hello – Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon

Best Sound Recording

  • Hangmen Also Die! – Jack Whitney
  • In Old Oklahoma – Daniel J. Bloomberg
  • Madame Curie – Douglas Shearer
  • The North Star – Thomas T. Moulton
  • Phantom of the Opera – Bernard B. Brown
  • Riding High – Loren L. Ryder
  • Sahara – John P. Livadary
  • Saludos Amigos – C. O. Slyfield
  • So This Is Washington – J. L. Fields
  • The Song of Bernadette – E. H. Hansen
  • This Is the Army – Nathan Levinson
  • This Land Is Mine – Stephen Dunn

Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

  • Five Graves to Cairo – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegté; Interior Decoration: Bertram Granger
  • Flight for Freedom – Art Direction: Albert S. D’Agostino and Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera and Harley Miller
  • Madame Curie – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt
  • Mission to Moscow – Art Direction: Carl Jules Weyl; Interior Decoration: George James Hopkins
  • The North Star – Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
  • The Song of Bernadette – Art Direction: James Basevi and William S. Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Color

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Haldane Douglas; Interior Decoration: Bertram Granger
  • The Gang’s All Here – Art Direction: James Basevi and Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
  • Phantom of the Opera – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and John B. Goodman; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb
  • This Is the Army – Art Direction: John Hughes and Lt. John Koenig; Interior Decoration: George James Hopkins
  • Thousands Cheer – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Daniel B. Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jacques Mersereau

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

  • Air Force – James Wong Howe, Elmer Dyer and Charles A. Marshall
  • Casablanca – Arthur Edeson
  • Corvette K-225 – Tony Gaudio
  • Five Graves to Cairo – John F. Seitz
  • The Human Comedy – Harry Stradling
  • Madame Curie – Joseph Ruttenberg
  • The North Star – James Wong Howe
  • Sahara – Rudolph Maté
  • The Song of Bernadette – Arthur C. Miller
  • So Proudly We Hail! – Charles Lang

Best Cinematography, Color

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ray Rennahan
  • Heaven Can Wait – Edward Cronjager
  • Hello, Frisco, Hello – Charles G. Clarke and Allen Davey
  • Lassie Come Home – Leonard Smith
  • Phantom of the Opera – Hal Mohr and W. Howard Greene
  • Thousands Cheer – George J. Folsey

Best Film Editing

  • Air Force – George Amy
  • Casablanca – Owen Marks
  • Five Graves to Cairo – Doane Harrison
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls – Sherman Todd and John F. Link Sr.
  • The Song of Bernadette – Barbara McLean

Best Special Effects

  • Air Force – Photographic Effects: Hans F. Koenekamp and Rex Wimpy; Sound Effects: Nathan Levinson
  • Bombardier – Photographic Effects: Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects James G. Stewart and Roy Granville
  • Crash Dive – Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen; Sound Effects: Roger Heman
  • The North Star – Photographic Effects: Clarence Slifer and Ray Binger; Sound Effects: Thomas T. Moulton
  • So Proudly We Hail! – Photographic Effects: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects: George Dutton
  • Stand By for Action – Photographic Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie and Donald Jahraus; Sound Effects: Michael Steinore
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The winners are:

Outstanding Motion Picture

Casablanca – Warner Bros.

Best Director

Michael Curtiz – Casablanca

Best Actor

Paul Lukas – Watch on the Rhine as Kurt Muller

Best Actress

Jennifer Jones – The Song of Bernadette as Bernadette Soubirous

Best Supporting Actor

Charles Coburn – The More the Merrier as Benjamin Dingle

Best Supporting Actress

Katina Paxinou – For Whom the Bell Tolls as Pilar

Best Original Screenplay

Princess O’Rourke – Norman Krasna

Best Screenplay

Casablanca – Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard E. Koch, based on Everybody Comes to Rick’s by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison

Best Original Motion Picture Story

The Human Comedy – William Saroyan

Best Documentary Feature

Desert Victory – British Ministry of Information

Best Documentary Short Subject

December 7th – U.S. Navy

Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel

Amphibious Fighters – Grantland Rice

Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel

Heavenly Music – Jerry Bresler, Sam Coslow

Best Short Subjects – Cartoons

The Yankee Doodle Mouse – Fred Quimby

Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

The Song of Bernadette – Alfred Newman

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

This Is the Army – Ray Heindorf

Best Original Song

“You’ll Never Know” from Hello, Frisco, Hello – Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon

Best Sound Recording

This Land Is Mine – Stephen Dunn

Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

The Song of Bernadette – James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little

Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration, Color

Phantom of the Opera – Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

The Song of Bernadette – Arthur C. Miller

Best Cinematography, Color

Phantom of the Opera – Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene

Best Film Editing

Air Force – George Amy

Best Special Effects

Crash Dive – Fred Sersen, Roger Heman

Academy Honorary Award

George Pal:

…for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Hal B. Wallis

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The Pittsburgh Press (March 3, 1944)

Jennifer Jones and Paul Lukas win Motion Picture Academy’s Oscars

Tulsa girl clicks in first starring role; Casablanca best film
By Frederick C. Othman, United Press staff writer

Hollywood, California (UP) –
Jennifer Jones of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who has appeared in only one movie in her life – except when she rode in wild Westerns under another name – placed on her mantel today the gilded plaster Oscar symbolic of her reign for a year as the greatest actress in Hollywood.

Miss Jones won the prize last night at the 16th annual awards of the Motion Picture Academy for her work in The Song of Bernadette. She hugged the statuette to her breast while the cameras clicked in Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and whispered – in an aside – that she hoped it wouldn’t break.

The dignified Paul Lukas, looking more like a banker in a double-breasted suit than a movie star, was named best male actor for his performance in the memorable Watch on the Rhine.

The voters surprised, but did not disappoint, the movie colony by naming Casablanca, in which Humphrey Bogart took North Africa apart, as the best picture of 1943.

Casablanca was the movie which The Pittsburgh Press Old Newsboys showed for their Children’s Hospital Premiere in December 1942, one month before it was released nationally. This year, the Old Newsboys showed Destination Tokyo, which may also win high rank. Both pictures were made available to the Old Newsboys Drive by Warner Bros. and all proceeds went to Children’s Hospital.

The veteran Charles Coburn received the award as best supporting actor for his role in the comedy of life in Washington, The More the Merrier.

The strikingly-handsome Katina Paxinou, with her hair glistening in the blue-white lights and her deep purple dress making shadows across the stage, made the one poignant speech of the evening as she accepted her prize as best supporting actress in For Whom the Bell Tolls.

She began:

I accept the award on behalf of my colleagues in Athens – alive or dead.

When she had finished, many movie beauties in the audience were dabbling at their eyes with lace handkerchiefs.

While thousands outside the theater on Hollywood Boulevard tried in vain to find seats in bleachers on both sides of the street, and a battery of searchlights cast their beams in the skies, the great and the near-great of Hollywood sat inside, at $11 per seat, watching the three-hour program unreel.

There were dozens of technical awards, climaxed by the directorial prize going to one of Hollywood’s leading dialecticians, Michael Curtiz.

The theater was hushed when the black-clad Greer Garson strode to the microphone to announce the best actress of the year. She uttered no more than the word “Jennifer;” the cheers drowned out whatever else she had to say.

Miss Jones, mother of two children and separated from her husband, Robert Walker, strode through the glare of the spotlight, looking almost as thought she were a high school girl in her first party dress. Her frock was a modest one of dark blue.

She bit her lip, as if to hold back the tears, hugged the statuette to her breast, produced a big smile and said she was the world’s happiest girl.

She said:

I am thrilled. And I am grateful.