The 16th Academy Awards (1943): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
12 9 8 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3	The Song of Bernadette For Whom the Bell Tolls Casablanca Madame Curie The More the Merrier The North Star The Human Comedy Air Force Phantom of the Opera So Proudly We Hail! Watch on the Rhine Five Graves to Cairo Heaven Can Wait Sahara Saludos Amigos This Is the Army Thousands Cheer	4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	The Song of Bernadette Casablanca Phantom of the Opera Air Force Amphibious Fighters Crash Dive December 7th Desert Victory For Whom the Bell Tolls Heavenly Music Hello, Frisco, Hello The Human Comedy The More the Merrier Princess O'Rourke This Is the Army This Land Is Mine Watch on the Rhine Yankee Doodle Mouse
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Outstanding Picture 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
• 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.

DIRECTING

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

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

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

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

• Charles Bickford - The Song of Bernadette
• Charles Coburn - The More the Merrier
• Claude Rains - Casablanca
• J. Carrol Naish - Sahara
• Akim Tamiroff - For Whom the Bell Tolls

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (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

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

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

SCREENPLAY

• Casablanca - Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch
• Holy Matrimony - Nunnally Johnson
• The More the Merrier - Robert Russell, Frank Ross, Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster
• The Song of Bernadette - George Seaton
• Watch on the Rhine - Dashiell Hammett

ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE STORY

• Action in the North Atlantic - Guy Gilpatric
• Destination Tokyo - Steve Fisher
• The Human Comedy - William Saroyan
• The More the Merrier - Robert Russell, Frank Ross
• Shadow of a Doubt - Gordon McDonell

SONG

• "A Change of Heart" - Hit Parade of 1943 - Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
• "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" - Cabin in the Sky - Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg
• "My Shining Hour" - The Sky's the Limit - Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "Saludos Amigos" - Saludos Amigos - Music by Charles Wolcott; Lyrics by Ned Washington
• "Say a Pray'r for the Boys Over There" - Hers To Hold - Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Herb Magidson
• "That Old Black Magic" - Star Spangled Rhythm - Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer [1]
• "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" - Thank Your Lucky Stars - Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
• "We Mustn't Say Goodbye" - Stage Door Canteen - Music by James Monaco; Lyrics by Al Dubin
• "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" - Something to Shout About - Music, Lyrics by Cole Porter
• "You'll Never Know" - Hello, Frisco, Hello - Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon

MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

• The Amazing Mrs. Holliday - Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter
• Casablanca - Max Steiner
• Commandos Strike at Dawn - Morris Stoloff, Louis Gruenberg
• The Fallen Sparrow - Roy Webb, C. Bakaleinikoff
• For Whom the Bell Tolls - Victor Young
• Hangmen Also Die - Hanns Eisler
• Hi Diddle Diddle - Phil 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, Oliver G. Wallace

SCORING OF A MUSICAL PICTURE

• Coney Island - Alfred Newman
• Hit Parade of 1943 - Walter Scharf
• Phantom of the Opera - Edward Ward
• Saludos Amigos - Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith
• 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

FILM EDITING

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

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)

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

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)

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

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)

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

ART DIRECTION (Color)

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

SOUND RECORDING

• Hangmen Also Die - Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney (Sound Director)
• In Old Oklahoma - Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg (Sound Director)
• Madame Curie - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer (Sound Director)
• The North Star - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton (Sound Director)
• Phantom of the Opera - Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown (Sound Director)
• Riding High - Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder (Sound Director)
• Sahara - Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary (Sound Director)
• Saludos Amigos - Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield (Sound Director)
• So This Is Washington - RCA Sound, J. L. Fields (Sound Director)
• The Song of Bernadette - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen (Sound Director)
• This Is the Army - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson (Sound Director)
• This Land Is Mine - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn (Sound Director)

SPECIAL EFFECTS

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

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• Baptism of Fire - United States Army
• The Battle of Russia - United States Department of War Special Service Division
• Desert Victory - British Ministry of Information
• For God and Country - United States Army Pictorial Service [2]
• Report from the Aleutians - United States Army Pictorial Service
• Silent Village - British Ministry of Information [2]
• War Department Report - United States Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau
• We've Come a Long, Long Way - Negro Marches On, Inc. [2]

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• Bismarck Convoy Smashed - Australian Department of Information Film Unit [3]
• Children of Mars - RKO Radio
• Day of Battle - United States Office of War Information Domestic Motion Picture Bureau [3]
• December 7th - United States Navy
• The Dutch Tradition - National Film Board of Canada [3]
• Kill or Be Killed - British Ministry of Information [3]
• The Labor Front - National Film Board of Canada [3]
• Land of My Mother - Polish Information Centre [3]
• Letter from Livingston - United States Army 4th Signal Photographic Unit [3]
• Life Line - United States Army Pictorial Service [3]
• Plan for Destruction - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• The Rear Gunner - United States Department of War [3]
• Servant of a Nation - Union of South Africa [3]
• Swedes in America - United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
• Task Force - United States Coast Guard [3]
• To the People of the United States - Walter Wanger
• Tomorrow We Fly - United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
• The Voice that Thrilled the World - Warner Bros. [3]
• Water--Friend or Enemy - Walt Disney [3]
• Wings Up - United States Army Air Force 1st Motion Picture Unit [3]
• Youth in Crisis - The March of Time

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)

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

SHORT SUBJECT (One-Reel)

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

SHORT SUBJECT (Two-Reel)

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

SPECIAL AWARDS

• To 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

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

• To PHOTO PRODUCTS DEPARTMENT, E. I. duPONT de NEMOURS AND CO., INC. for the development of fine-grain motion picture films. [Film]
• To FARCIOT EDOUART, EARLE MORGAN, BARTON THOMPSON and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO ENGINEERING and TRANSPARENCY DEPARTMENTS 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. [Special Photographic]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

• 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. [Photography]
• 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. [Sound]
• To WILLARD H. TURNER and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and construction of the phono-cue starter. [Sound]
• To FARCIOT EDOUART and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO TRANSPARENCY DEPARTMENT for an automatic electric transparency cueing timer. [Special Photographic]

ACADEMY NOTES

1. This song was nominated under the title 'Black Magic,' as it was submitted by Paramount's Music Department. Academy records have been changed to show the more common form of the title.
2. This is not an official nomination. Title was on a preliminary list of 8 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 5 titles for inclusion on the final ballot.
3. This is not an official nomination. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.