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.
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