1943 (16th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1943. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
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; United Artists.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 Actor
Best Actress
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Directing
Art Direction-Interior Decoration
(Black-and-White)
Five Graves to Cairo, Paramount. Art direction by Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegte; interior decoration by Bertram Granger.Flight for Freedom, RKO Radio. Art direction by Albert S. D’Agostino and Carroll Clark; interior decoration by Darrell Silvera and Harley Miller.Madame Curie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; interior decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt.Mission to Moscow, Warner Bros. Art direction by Carl Weyl; interior decoration by George J. Hopkins.The North Star, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Art direction by Perry Ferguson; interior decoration by Howard Bristol.The Song of Bernadette, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by James Basevi and William Darling; interior decoration by Thomas Little.(Color)
For Whom the Bell Tolls, Paramount. Art direction by Hans Dreier and Haldane Douglas; interior decoration by Bertram Granger.The Gang’s All Here, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by James Basevi and Joseph C. Wright; interior decoration by Thomas Little.Phantom of the Opera, Universal. Art direction by John B. Goodman and Alexander Golitzen; interior decoration by Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb.This Is the Army, Warner Bros. Art direction by John Hughes and Lt. John Koenig; interior decoration by George J. Hopkins.Thousands Cheer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Daniel Cathcart; interior decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Jacques Mersereau.Cinematography
(Black-and-White)
(Color)
Documentary
(Feature)
Baptism of Fire, United States Army. [Fighting Men’s Series]The Battle of Russia, United States Department of War Special Service Division; 20th Century-Fox.Desert Victory, British Ministry of Information; 20th Century-Fox.Report from the Aleutians, United States Army Pictorial Service. [Combat Film Series]War Department Report, United States Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau. [NOTE: Not originally announced as a nominee, but title appeared on the final ballot. No documentation has been found as to why this occurred.](Short Subject)
Children of Mars, RKO Radio. [This Is America Series]December 7th, United States Navy; United States Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau. [NOTE: Not originally announced as a nominee, but title appeared on the final ballot. No documentation has been found as to why this occurred.]Plan for Destruction, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Swedes in America, United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau.To the People of the United States, Walter Wanger; United States Public Health Service. Walter Wanger, Producer.Tomorrow We Fly, United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. [NOTE: Not originally announced as a nominee, but title appeared on the final ballot. No documentation has been found as to why this occurred.]Youth in Crisis, March of Time; 20th Century-Fox. [March of Time Series]Film Editing
Music
(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Victory Through Air Power, Walt Disney Productions; United Artists. Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Oliver G. Wallace.(Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Saludos Amigos, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb and Paul J. Smith.(Song)
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe from Cabin in the Sky, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by E. Y. Harburg.My Shining Hour from The Sky’s the Limit, RKO Radio. Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Johnny Mercer.Saludos Amigos from Saludos Amigos, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Music by Charles Wolcott; lyrics by Ned Washington.Say a Pray’r for the Boys over There from Hers to Hold, Universal. Music by Jimmy McHugh; lyrics by Herb Magidson.They’re Either Too Young or Too Old from Thank Your Lucky Stars, Warner Bros. Music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics by Frank Loesser.We Mustn’t Say Goodbye from Stage Door Canteen, Principal Artists-Lesser; United Artists. Music by James Monaco; lyrics by Al Dubin.You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To from Something to Shout About, Columbia. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter.You’ll Never Know from Hello, Frisco, Hello, 20th Century-Fox. Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Mack Gordon.Short Subjects
(Cartoons)
The Dizzy Acrobat, Walter Lantz Productions; Universal. [Woody Woodpecker Series] Walter Lantz, Producer.The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, George Pal Productions; Paramount. [George Pal Puppetoon Series] George Pal, Producer.(One-reel)
Cavalcade of Dance with Veloz and Yolanda, Warner Bros. [Melody Master Bands Series] Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.Champions Carry On, 20th Century-Fox. [Ed Thorgerson’s Sports Reviews Series] Edmund Reek, Producer.Seeing Hands, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Pete Smith Specialties Series] Pete Smith, Producer.(Two-reel)
Women at War, United States Army; Warner Bros. [Technicolor Special Series] Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.Sound Recording
Hangmen Also Die, Arnold Productions; United Artists. Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director.Madame Curie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.The North Star, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.Phantom of the Opera, Universal. Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director.Saludos Amigos, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director.The Song of Bernadette, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director.This Is the Army, Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.Special Effects
Air Force, Warner Bros. Photographic effects by Hans Koenekamp and Rex Wimpy; sound effects by Nathan Levinson.Bombardier, RKO Radio. Photographic effects by Vernon L. Walker; sound effects by James G. Stewart and Roy Granville.The North Star, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Photographic effects by Clarence Slifer and R. O. Binger; sound effects by Thomas T. Moulton.So Proudly We Hail!, Paramount. Photographic effects by Gordon Jennings and Farciot Edouart; sound effects by George Dutton.Stand By for Action, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Photographic effects by A. Arnold Gillespie and Donald Jahraus; sound effects by Michael Steinore.Writing
(Original Motion Picture Story)
(Original Screenplay)
(Screenplay)
Special Award
To George Pal for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons. [Plaque]Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Scientific or Technical Award
(Class II)
To Farciot Edouart, Earle Morgan, Barton Thompson, the Paramount Studio Engineering Department and the Paramount Studio Transparency Department for the development and practical application to motion picture production of a method of duplicating and enlarging natural color photographs, transferring the image emulsions to glass plates and projecting these slides by especially designed stereopticon equipment.To Photo Products Department, E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Inc. for the development of fine-grain motion picture films.(Class III)
To Daniel J. Bloomberg and the Republic Studio Sound Department for the design and development of an inexpensive method of converting Moviolas to Class B push-pull reproduction.To Charles Galloway Clarke and the 20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Department for the development and practical application of a device for composing artificial clouds into motion picture scenes during production photography.To Farciot Edouart and the Paramount Studio Transparency Department for an automatic electric transparency cueing timer.To Willard H. Turner and the RKO Radio Studio Sound Department for the design and construction of the phono-cue starter.