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1943 Oscars:
The 1944 Academy Awards were presented March 15, 1944 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Casablanca (Warner Bros.) |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paramount) |
| Heaven Can Wait (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| The Human Comedy (MGM) |
| In Which We Serve (Two Cities; United Artists) |
| Madame Curie (MGM) |
| The More the Merrier (Columbia) |
| The Ox-Bow Incident (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| The Song of Bernadette (Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Watch on the Rhine (Warner Bros.) |
| Best Actor | Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca |
| Gary Cooper, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Paul Lukas, Watch on the Rhine |
| Walter Pidgeon, Madame Curie | | Mickey Rooney, The Human Comedy |
| Best Actress | Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier |
| Ingrid Bergman, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Joan Fontaine, The Constant Nymph |
| Greer Garson, Madame Curie |
| Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette | |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Charles Bickford, The Song of Bernadette |
| Charles Coburn, The More the Merrier |
| J. Carrol Naish, Sahara |
| Claude Rains, Casablanca | | Akim Tamiroff, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Gladys Cooper, The Song of Bernadette |
| Paulette Goddard, So Proudly We Hail! |
| Katina Paxinou, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Anne Revere, The Song of Bernadette | | Lucile Watson, Watch on the Rhine |
| Directing | 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 |
| Writing |
| Original Motion Picture Story | Steve Fisher, Destination Tokyo |
| Guy Gilpatric, Action in the North Atlantic |
| Gordon McDonell, Shadow of a Doubt |
| Frank Ross and Robert Russell, The More the Merrier | | William Saroyan, The Human Comedy |
| Original Screenplay | Noel Coward, In Which We Serve |
| Lillian Hellman, The North Star |
| Norman Krasna, Princess O'Rourke |
| Dudley Nichols, Air Force | | Allan Scott, So Proudly We Hail! |
| Screenplay | Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch, Casablanca |
| Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross and Robert Russell, The More the Merrier |
| Dashiell Hammett, Watch on the Rhine |
| Nunnally Johnson, Holy Matrimony | | George Seaton, The Song of Bernadette | |
| Cinematography |
| Black-and-White | Arthur Edeson, Casablanca |
| Tony Gaudio, Corvette K-225 |
| James Wong Howe, The North Star |
| James Wong Howe, Elmer Dyer and Charles Marshall, Air Force |
| Charles Lang, So Proudly We Hail! |
| Rudolph Maté, Sahara |
| Arthur Miller, The Song of Bernadette |
| Joseph Ruttenberg, Madame Curie |
| John Seitz, Five Graves to Cairo | | Harry Stradling, The Human Comedy |
| Color | Charles G. Clarke and Allen Davey, Hello, Frisco, Hello |
| Edward Cronjager, Heaven Can Wait |
| George Folsey, Thousands Cheer |
| Hal Mohr and W. Howard Greene, Phantom of the Opera |
| Ray Rennahan, For Whom the Bell Tolls | | Leonard Smith, Lassie Come Home | |
| Art Direction |
| Black-and-White | James Basevi and William Darling, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, The Song of Bernadette |
| Albert S. D'Agostino and Carroll Clark, art direction; Darrell Silvera and Harley Miller, interior decoration, Flight for Freedom |
| Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegte, art direction; Bertram Granger, interior decoration, Five Graves to Cairo |
| Perry Ferguson, art direction; Howard Bristol, interior decoration, The North Star |
| Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt, interior decoration, Madame Curie | | Carl Weyl, art direction; George J. Hopkins interior decoration, Mission to Moscow |
| Color | James Basevi and Joseph C. Wright, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, The Gang's All Here |
| Hans Dreier and Haldane Douglas, art direction; Bertram Granger, interior decoration, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Cedric Gibbons and Daniel Cathcart, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Jacques Mersereau, interior decoration, Thousands Cheer |
| Alexander Golitzen and John B. Goodman, art direction; Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb, interior decoration, Phantom of the Opera | | John Hughes and Lt. John Koenig, art direction; George J. Hopkins, interior decoration, This Is the Army | |
| Sound Recording | Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Sahara |
| MGM Studio Sound Dept., Madame Curie |
| Paramount Studio Sound Dept., Riding High |
| RCA Sound, So This Is Washington |
| Republic Studio Sound Dept., In Old Oklahoma |
| RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., This Land Is Mine |
| Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., The North Star |
| Sound Service, Inc., Hangmen Also Die |
| Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., The Song of Bernadette |
| Universal Studio Sound Dept., Phantom of the Opera |
| Walt Disney Studio Sound Dept., Saludos Amigos | | Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., This Is the Army |
| Music |
| Song | “Black Magic,” Star Spangled Rhythm, Harold Arlen, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics |
| “A Change of Heart,” Hit Parade of 1943, Jule Styne, music; Harold Adamson, lyrics |
| “Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe,” Cabin in the Sky, Harold Arlen, music; E. Y. Harburg, lyrics |
| “My Shining Hour,” The Sky's the Limit, Harold Arlen, music; Johnny Mercer, music |
| “Saludos Amigos,” Saludos Amigos, Charles Wolcott, music; Ned Washington, lyrics |
| “Say a Pray'r for the Boys Over There,” Hers to Hold, Jimmy McHugh, music; Herb Magidson, lyrics |
| “They're Either Too Young or Too Old,” Thank Your Lucky Stars, Arthur Schwartz, music; Frank Loesser, lyrics |
| “We Mustn't Say Goodbye,” Stage Door Canteen, James Monaco, music; Al Dubin, lyrics |
| “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To,” Something to Shout About, Cole Porter, music and lyrics | | “You'll Never Know,” Hello, Frisco, Hello, Harry Warren, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics |
| Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | C. Bakaleinikoff and Roy Webb, The Fallen Sparrow |
| Philip Boutelje, Hi Diddle Diddle |
| Gerard Carbonara, The Kansan |
| Aaron Copland, The North Star |
| Hanns Eisler, Hangmen Also Die |
| Louis Gruenberg and Morris Stoloff, Commandos Strike at Dawn |
| Leigh Harline, Johnny Come Lately |
| Arthur Lange, Lady of Burlesque |
| Alfred Newman, The Song of Bernadette |
| Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Oliver G. Wallace, Victory Through Air Power |
| Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner, The Amazing Mrs. Holliday |
| Walter Scharf, In Old Oklahoma |
| Max Steiner, Casablanca |
| Herbert Stothart, Madame Curie |
| Dimitri Tiomkin, The Moon and Sixpence | | Victor Young, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Scoring of a Musical Picture | Robert Emmett Dolan, Star Spangled Rhythm |
| Leigh Harline, The Sky's the Limit |
| Ray Heindorf, This Is the Army |
| Alfred Newman, Coney Island |
| Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott, Saludos Amigos |
| Frederic E. Rich, Stage Door Canteen |
| Walter Scharf, Hit Parade of 1943 |
| Morris Stoloff, Something to Shout About |
| Herbert Stothart, Thousands Cheer | | Edward Ward, Phantom of the Opera | |
| Film Editing | George Amy, Air Force |
| Doane Harrison, Five Graves to Cairo |
| Owen Marks, Casablanca |
| Barbara McLean, The Song of Bernadette | | Sherman Todd and John Link, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Special Effects | Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings, photography; George Dutton, sound, So Proudly We Hail! |
| A. Arnold Gillespie and Donald Jahraus, photography; Michael Steinore, sound, Stand By for Action |
| Hans Koenekamp and Rex Wimpy, photography; Nathan Levinson, sound, Air Force |
| Fred Sersen, photography; Roger Heman, sound, Crash Dive |
| Clarence Slifer and R. O. Binger, photography; Thomas T. Moulton, sound, The North Star | | Vernon L. Walker, photography; James G. Stewart and Roy Granville, sound, Bombardier |
| Short Subjects |
| Cartoon | The Dizzy Acrobat (Woody Woodpecker Series) (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal) |
| The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (George Pal Puppetoon Series) (George Pal Productions; Paramount) |
| Greetings, Bait! (Merrie Melodies Series) (Leon Schlesinger, producer; Warner Bros.) |
| Imagination (Color Rhapsodies Series) (Dave Fleischer, producer; Columbia) |
| Reason and Emotion (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio) | | Yankee Doodle Mouse (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM) |
| One-Reel | Amphibious Fighters (Grantland Rice Spotlight Series) (Grantland Rice, producer; Paramount) |
| Cavalcade of Dance With Veloz and Yolanda (Melody Master Bands Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.) |
| Champions Carry On (Ed Thorgerson's Sports Reviews Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Hollywood in Uniform (Screen Snapshots Series) (Ralph Staub, producer; Columbia) | | Seeing Hands (Pete Smith Specialties Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM) |
| Two-Reel | Heavenly Music (Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow, producers; MGM) |
| Letter to a Hero (This Is America Series) (Frederic Ullman, Jr., producer; RKO Radio) |
| Mardi Gras (Musical Parade Series) (Walter MacEwen, producer; Paramount) | | Women at War (Technicolor Special Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.) | |
| Documentary |
| Short Subject | Children of Mars (This Is America Series) (RKO Radio) |
| December 7th (U.S. Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau; U.S. Navy) |
| Plan for Destruction (MGM) |
| Swedes in America (U.S. War Information Office Overseas Motion Picture Bureau) |
| To the People of the United States (Walter Wanger; U.S. Public Health Service) |
| Tomorrow We Fly (U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics) | | Youth in Crisis (March of Time Series) (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Feature | Baptism of Fire (Fighting Men's Series) (U.S. Army) |
| The Battle of Russia (Special Service Division of the U.S. War Department; Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Desert Victory (British Ministry of Information; Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Report From the Aleutians (Combat Film Series) (U.S. Army Pictorial Service) |
| War Department Report (Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau) |
| The following titles were originally announced as Feature nominees, but they did not appear on the final ballot. |
| For God and Country (U.S. Army Pictorial Service) |
| Silent Village (British Ministry of Information; Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs) | | We've Come a Long Way (Negro Marches On, Inc.) | |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Hal B. Wallis |
| Special Award | To George Pal for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons |
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