16TH ACADEMY AWARDS
March 2, 1944
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
Hosted by Jack Benny
OUTSTANDING PICTURE
| “Casablanca” |
| “For Whom the Bell Tolls” |
| “Heaven Can Wait” |
| “The Human Comedy” |
| “In Which We Serve” |
| “Madame Curie” |
| “The More the Merrier” |
| “The Ox-Bow Incident” |
| “The Song of Bernadette” |
| “Watch on the Rhine” |
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” |
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
| 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” |
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
| 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” |
ART DIRECTION
(BLACK & 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 |
ART DIRECTION
(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 |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
(BLACK & 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 |
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 |
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 |
| “Report from the Aleutians” – United States Army Pictorial Service |
| “War Department Report” – United States Office of Strategic Services, Field Photographic Bureau |
DOCUMENTARY
(SHORT SUBJECT)
| “Children of Mars” – RKO Radio |
| “December 7th” – United States Navy |
| “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 |
| “Tomorrow We Fly” – United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics |
| “Youth in Crisis” – The March of Time |
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 |
SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)
| “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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
SONG
| “Happiness is a Thing Called Joe” from “Cabin in the Sky” Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg |
| “You’ll Never Know” from “Hello, Frisco, Hello” Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon |
| “Say a Pray’r for the Boys Over There” from “Hers to Hold” Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Herb Magidson |
| “A Change of Heart” from “Hit Parade of 1943” Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Harold Adamson |
| “Saludos Amigos” from “Saludos Amigos” Music by Charles Wolcott; Lyrics by Ned Washington |
| “My Shining Hour” from “The Sky’s the Limit” Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer |
| “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” from “Something to Shout About” Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter |
| “We Mustn’t Say Goodbye” from “Stage Door Canteen” Music by James V. Monaco; Lyrics by Al Dubin |
| “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 |
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 |
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 |
WRITING (ADAPTATION)
| “Casablanca” – Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard E. Koch |
| “Holy Matrimony” – Nunnally Johnson |
| “The More the Merrier” – Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross, and Robert Russell |
| “The Song of Bernadette” – George Seaton |
| “Watch on the Rhine” – Dashiell Hammett |
WRITING (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 |
WRITING (ORIGINAL STORY)
| “Action in the North Atlantic” – Guy Gilpatric |
| “Destination Tokyo”– Steve Fisher |
| “The Human Comedy” – William Saroyan |
| “The More the Merrier” – Robert Russell and Frank Ross |
| “Shadow of a Doubt” – Thornton Wilder |
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 |
- “Action in the North Atlantic”
- “Air Force”
- “The Amazing Mrs. Holliday”
- “Bombardier”
- “Cabin in the Sky”
- “Casablanca”
- “Commandos Strike at Dawn”
- “Coney Island”
- “The Constant Nymph”
- “Corvette K-225”
- “Crash Dive”
- “Destination Tokyo”
- “The Fallen Sparrow”
- “Five Graves to Cairo”
- “Flight for Freedom”
- “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
- “The Gang’s All Here”
- “Hangmen Also Die!”
- “Heaven Can Wait”
- “Hello, Frisco, Hello”
- “Hers to Hold”
- “Hi Diddle Diddle”
- “Hit Parade of 1943”
- “Holy Matrimony”
- “The Human Comedy”
- “In Old Oklahoma”
- “In Which We Serve”
- “Johnny Come Lately”
- “The Kansan”
- “Lady of Burlesque”
- “Lassie Come Home”
- “Madame Curie”
- “Mission to Moscow”
- “The Moon and Sixpence”
- “The More the Merrier”
- “The North Star”
- “The Ox-Bow Incident”
- “Phantom of the Opera”
- “Princess O’Rourke”
- “Riding High”
- “Sahara”
- “Saludos Amigos”
- “Shadow of a Doubt”
- “The Sky’s the Limit”
- “Something to Shout About”
- “The Song of Bernadette”
- “So Proudly We Hail!”
- “So This Is Washington”
- “Stage Door Canteen”
- “Stand By for Action”
- “Star Spangled Rhythm”
- “Thank Your Lucky Stars”
- “This Is the Army”
- “This Land Is Mine”
- “Thousands Cheer”
- “Victory Through Air Power”
- “Watch on the Rhine”
DOCUMENTARY
- “Baptism of Fire”
- “The Battle of Russia”
- “Desert Victory”
- “Report from the Aleutians”
- “War Department Report”
SHORT FILMS
- “The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins”
- “Amphibious Fighters”
- “Cavalcade of Dance”
- “Champions Carry On”
- “Children of Mars”
- “December 7th”
- “The Dizzy Acrobat”
- “Greetings, Bait!”
- “Heavenly Music”
- “Hollywood in Uniform”
- “Imagination”
- “Letter to a Hero”
- “Mardi Gras”
- “Plan for Destruction”
- “Reason and Emotion”
- “Seeing Hands”
- “Swedes in America”
- “To the People of the United States”
- “Tomorrow We Fly”
- “Women at War”
- “The Yankee Doodle Mouse”
- “Youth in Crisis”
