Academy Awards 1944
Overview of all award-winning films
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The 1944 Academy Awards took place at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles . It was the 16th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, awards are always given to films from the previous year, in this case the films from 1943.
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Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory |
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| Movie | N | S. |
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| The song of Bernadette | 12 | 4th |
| Whom the hour strikes | 9 | 1 |
| Casablanca | 8th | 3 |
| Madame Curie | 7th | 0 |
| The North Star | 6th | 0 |
| Life goes on | 5 | 1 |
| Always more, always happier | 5 | 1 |
| Phantom of the opera | 4th | 2 |
| Watch on the Rhine | 4th | 1 |
| In the Japanese sun | 4th | 1 |
| Brave women | 4th | 0 |
| This is the army | 3 | 1 |
| Three Caballeros in Samba Fever | 3 | 0 |
| Heavenly sinner | 3 | 0 |
| Five graves to Cairo | 3 | 0 |
| Sahara | 3 | 0 |
| Thousands cheer | 3 | 0 |
| Hello Frisco, Hello | 2 | 1 |
| Stage door canteen | 2 | 0 |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | 2 | 0 |
| In Which We Serve | 2 | 0 |
| Executioners die too | 2 | 0 |
| Something to Shout About | 2 | 0 |
| Hit Parade of 1943 | 2 | 0 |
| The Sky's the Limit | 2 | 0 |
| Oklahoma Hell | 2 | 0 |
Moderation
The award ceremony was moderated by Jack Benny .
Nominations and winners
Best movie
- And Life Goes On (The Human Comedy) - Clarence Brown
- In Which We Serve - Noël Coward
- Madame Curie - Sidney Franklin
- A heavenly sinner (Heaven Can Wait) - Ernst Lubitsch
- The Song of Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette) - William Perlberg
- Always more, always happier (The More the Merrier) - George Stevens
- Ride to the Ox-Bow (The Ox-Bow Incident) - Lamar Trotti
- Watch on the Rhine - Hal B. Wallis
- Whom the Bell Tolls (For Whom the Bell Tolls) - Sam Wood
Best director
- Clarence Brown - And Life Goes On (The Human Comedy)
- Henry King - Das Lied von Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
- Ernst Lubitsch - A Heaven Can Wait
- George Stevens - More and More the Merrier (The More the Merrier)
Best Actor
Paul Lukas - Watch on the Rhine
- Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca
- Gary Cooper - Whom the Bell Tolls (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
- Walter Pidgeon - Madame Curie
- Mickey Rooney - And Life Goes On (The Human Comedy)
Best main actress
Jennifer Jones - Das Lied von Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
- Jean Arthur - More and more, always happier (The More the Merrier)
- Ingrid Bergman - Whom the Bell Tolls (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
- Joan Fontaine - Liebesleid (The Constant Nymph)
- Greer Garson - Madame Curie
Best supporting actor
Charles Coburn - The More the Merrier (The More the Merrier)
- Charles Bickford - Das Lied von Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
- J. Carrol Naish - Sahara
- Claude Rains - Casablanca
- Akim Tamiroff - Whom the Bell Tolls (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
The best supporting actress
Katina Paxinou - Whom the Bell Tolls (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
- Gladys Cooper - Das Lied von Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
- Paulette Goddard - Courageous Women (So Proudly We Hail!)
- Anne Revere - Das Lied von Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
- Lucile Watson - Watch on the Rhine
Best adapted script
Julius J. Epstein , Philip G. Epstein , Howard Koch - Casablanca
- Richard Flournoy , Lewis R. Foster , Frank Ross , Robert Russell - More and More the Merrier (The More the Merrier)
- Dashiell Hammett - Watch on the Rhine
- Nunnally Johnson - Holy Matrimony
- George Seaton - Das Lied von Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
Best original script
Norman Krasna - The Pilot and the Princess (Princess O'Rourke)
- Noël Coward - In Which We Serve
- Lillian Hellman - The North Star
- Dudley Nichols - Into the Japanese Sun (Air Force)
- Allan Scott - Brave Women (So Proudly We Hail)
Best original story
William Saroyan - And Life Goes On (The Human Comedy)
- Steve Fisher - Destination Tokyo (Destination Tokyo)
- Guy Gilpatric - Action in the North Atlantic (Action in the North Atlantic)
- Gordon McDonell - Shadow of a Doubt (Shadow of a Doubt)
- Frank Ross , Robert Russell - More and More the Merrier (The More the Merrier)
Best camera (black and white)
Arthur C. Miller - Das Lied von Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
- Arthur Edeson - Casablanca
- Tony Gaudio - Corvette K 225 (Corvette K-225)
- James Wong Howe , Elmer Dyer , Charles A. Marshall - Into the Japanese Sun (Air Force)
- James Wong Howe - The North Star
- Charles Lang - Brave Women (So Proudly We Hail)
- Rudolph Maté - Sahara
- Joseph Ruttenberg - Madame Curie
- John F. Seitz - Five Graves to Cairo (Five Graves to Cairo)
- Harry Stradling Sr. - And Life Goes On (The Human Comedy)
Best camera (color)
Hal Mohr , W. Howard Greene - Phantom of the Opera (Phantom of the Opera)
- Charles G. Clarke , Allen M. Davey - Hello Frisco, Hello
- Edward Cronjager - Heaven Can Wait (Heaven Can Wait)
- George J. Folsey - Thousands Cheer
- Ray Rennahan - Whom the Bell Tolls (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
- Leonard Smith - Homesickness (Lassie Come Home)
Best production design (black and white)
James Basevi , William S. Darling , Thomas Little - Das Lied von Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
- Albert S. D'Agostino , Carroll Clark , Darrell Silvera , Harley Miller - Flight for Freedom
- Hans Dreier , Ernst Fegté , Bertram C. Granger - Five Graves to Cairo (Five Graves to Cairo)
- Perry Ferguson , Howard Bristol - The North Star
- Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse , Edwin B. Willis , Hugh Hunt - Madame Curie
- Carl Jules Weyl , George James Hopkins - Ambassador to Moscow (Mission to Moscow)
Best production design (color)
Alexander Golitzen , John B. Goodman , Russell A. Gausman , Ira Webb - Phantom of the Opera (Phantom of the Opera)
- James Basevi , Joseph C. Wright , Thomas Little - The Gang's All Here
- Hans Dreier , Haldane Douglas , Bertram C. Granger - Whom the Bell Tolls (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
- Cedric Gibbons , Daniel B. Cathcart , Edwin B. Willis , Jacques Mersereau - Thousands Cheer
- John Hughes , John Koenig , George James Hopkins - This Is the Army
Best tone
Stephen Dunn - This is my country (This Land Is Mine)
- Daniel J. Bloomberg - The Hell Of Oklahoma (In Old Oklahoma)
- Bernard B. Brown - Phantom of the Opera (Phantom of the Opera)
- James L. Fields - So This Is Washington
- Edmund H. Hansen - Das Lied von Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
- Nathan Levinson - This Is the Army
- John P. Livadary - Sahara
- Thomas T. Moulton - The North Star
- Loren L. Ryder - Riding High
- Douglas Shearer - Madame Curie
- CO Slyfield - Three Caballeros in Samba Fever (Saludos Amigos)
- Jack Whitney - Executioners Die Too (Hangmen Also Die!)
Best cut
George Amy - Into the Japanese Sun (Air Force)
- Doane Harrison - Five Graves to Cairo (Five Graves to Cairo)
- Owen Marks - Casablanca
- Barbara McLean - Das Lied von Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
- Sherman Todd , John F. Link Sr. - Whom the Bell Tolls (For Whom the Bells Tolls)
Best visual effects
Fred Sersen , Roger Heman Sr. - Crash Dive
- Farciot Edouart , Gordon Jennings , George Dutton - Brave Women (So Proudly We Hail)
- A. Arnold Gillespie , Donald Jahraus , Michael Steinore - Stand by for Action
- Hans F. Koenekamp , Rex Wimpy , Nathan Levinson - Into the Japanese Sun (Air Force)
- Clarence Slifer , Ray Binger , Thomas T. Moulton - The North Star
- Vernon L. Walker , James G. Stewart , Roy Granville - Regardless of Losses (film) (Bombardier)
Best Score (Drama / Comedy)
Alfred Newman - Das Lied von Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
- Constantin Bakaleinikoff - The Fallen Sparrow
- Phil Boutelje - Hi Diddle Diddle
- Gérard Carbonara - The Sheriff of Kansas (The Kansan)
- Aaron Copland - The North Star
- Hanns Eisler - Executioners Die too (Hangmen Also Die!)
- Louis Gruenberg , Morris Stoloff - Commandos Strike at Dawn
- Leigh Harline - Johnny Come Lately
- Arthur Lange - Lady of Burlesque
- Hans J. Salter , Frank Skinner - The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
- Walter Scharf - The Hell of Oklahoma (In Old Oklahoma)
- Max Steiner - Casablanca
- Herbert Stothart - Madame Curie
- Dimitri Tiomkin - The Tahitian Man (The Moon and Sixpence)
- Victor Young - Whom the Bell Tolls (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
Best Score (Musical)
Ray Heindorf - This Is the Army
- Robert Emmett Dolan - Star Spangled Rhythm
- Leigh Harline - The Sky's the Limit
- Alfred Newman - Coney Island
- Edward H. Plumb , Paul J. Smith , Charles Wolcott - Three Caballeros in Samba Fever (Saludos Amigos)
- Freddie 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 (Phantom of the Opera)
Best song
Harry Warren , Mack Gordon - You'll Never Know in Hello Frisco, Hello
- Harold Arlen , EY Harburg - Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe in a Cabin in the Sky (Cabin in the Sky)
- Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer - My Shining Hour in The Sky's the Limit
- Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer - That Old Black Magic in Star Spangled Rhythm
- Jimmy McHugh , Herb Magidson - Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There in Hers to Hold
- James V. Monaco , Al Dubin - We Mustn't Say Goodbye in Stage Door Canteen
- Cole Porter - You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To in Something to Shout About
- Arthur Schwartz , Frank Loesser - They're Either Too Young or Too Old in Thank Your Lucky Stars
- Jule Styne , Harold Adamson - Change of Heart in Hit Parade of 1943
- Charles Wolcott , Ned Washington - Saludos Amigos in Three Caballeros in Samba Fever (Saludos Amigos)
Best short film (1 film roll)
Grantland Rice - Amphibious Fighters
- Gordon Hollingshead - Cavalcade of Dance
- Edmund Reek - Champions Carry On
- Ralph Staub - Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in uniform
- Pete Smith - Seeing Hands
Best short film (2 film roles)
Jerry Bresler , Sam Coslow - Heavenly Music
- Gordon Hollingshead - Women at War
- Walter MacEwen - Mardi Gras
- Frederic Ullman Jr. - Letter to a Hero
Best animated short film
Fred Quimby - Tom Plays Fireworks (The Yankee Doodle Mouse)
- Walt Disney - Reason and Emotion
- Dave Fleischer - Imagination
- Walter Lantz - The Dizzy Acrobat
- George Pal - The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
- Leon Schlesinger - And the worm beckons forever (Greetings Bait)
Best short documentary film
December 7th - US Navy Field Photographic Branch
- Children of Mars - RKO Radio
- Plan for Destruction - MGM
- Swedes in America - Office of War Information
- To the People of the United States - Walter Wanger Prods.
- Tomorrow We Fly - US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
- Youth in Crisis - March of Time
Best documentary
Desert Victory - British Ministry of Information
- Baptism of Fire - US Army Fighting Men Series
- Report from the Aleutians - US Army Pictorial Series
- The Battle of Russia - Special Service Division of the War Department
- War Department Report - Field Photographic Branch Office of Strategic Services
Honorary Oscars
Honorary Oscar
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Scientific and Engineering Award
Technical Achievement Award
literature
- Norbert Stresau : The Oscar. All award-winning films, directors and actors since 1929 . 3rd, updated edition. Heyne-Filmbibliothek, No. 198. Heyne, Munich 1996, 607 pages, ISBN 3-453-07872-1
- Hans-Jürgen Kubiak: The Oscar Films. The best films from 1927/28 to 2004. The best non-English language films from 1947 to 2004. The best animated films from 2001 to 2004 . Schüren, Marburg 2005, ISBN 3-89472-386-6
Web links
- Oscars 1944 in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Oscars in the Academy Awards Database