The Pittsburgh Press (February 20, 1944)
Johnson: Who’ll be victors in film poll?
Here’s a forecast on winners of the ‘Oscars’
By Erskine Johnson
Hollywood, California – (Feb. 19)
Hollywood has named its best as candidates for Oscars in this year’s 16th annual voting of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and today we’re going to stick out our neck and tell you who will pick up the blue chips on March 2. Here are the final results as we see them:
The best motion picture of the year: The Song of Bernadette.
The best feminine performance of the year: Jennifer Jones in The Song of Bernadette.
The best male performance of the year: Walter Pidgeon in Madame Curie.
The best performance by an actress in a supporting role: Katina Paxinou as Pilar in For Whom the Bell Tolls.
The best performance by an actor in a supporting role: Akim Tamiroff as Pablo in For Whom the Bell Tolls.
The best direction of the year: Henry King for The Song of Bernadette.
Maybe we’re wrong – but it’s our neck.