Academy Awards®
Awards for 1943


Picture
* Hal B. Wallis - Producer, CASABLANCA
Sam Wood - Producer, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Ernst Lubitsch - Producer, HEAVEN CAN WAIT
Clarence Brown - Producer, THE HUMAN COMEDY
Noel Coward - Producer, IN WHICH WE SERVE
Sidney Franklin - Producer, MADAME CURIE
George Stevens - Producer, THE MORE THE MERRIER
Lamar Trotti - Producer, THE OX-BOW INCIDENT
William Perlberg - Producer, THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
Hal B. Wallis - Producer, WATCH ON THE RHINE

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
Dame 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


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

Writing - Original Story
Guy Gilpatric, ACTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC
Steve Fisher, DESTINATION TOKYO
* William Saroyan, THE HUMAN COMEDY
Frank Ross, Robert Russell, THE MORE THE MERRIER
Gordon McDonell, SHADOW OF A DOUBT

Writing - Original Screenplay
Dudley Nichols, AIR FORCE
Lillian Hellman, THE NORTH STAR
* Norman Krasna, PRINCESS O'ROURKE
Allan Scott, SO PROUDLY WE HAIL!
Sir Noel Coward, IN WHICH WE SERVE

Writing - Screenplay
* Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, CASABLANCA
Nunnally Johnson, HOLY MATRIMONY
Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross, Robert Russell, THE MORE THE MERRIER
George Seaton, THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
Dashiell Hammett, WATCH ON THE RHINE

Interior Decoration - Color
Hans Dreier - Art Direction, Haldane Douglas - Art Direction, Bertram Granger - Interior Decoration, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
James Basevi - Art Direction, Joseph C. Wright - Art Direction, Thomas Little - Interior Decoration, THE GANG'S ALL HERE
* Alexander Golitzen - Art Direction, John B. Goodman - Art Direction, Russell A. Gausman - Interior Decoration, Ira S. Webb - Interior Decoration, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
John Hughes - Art Direction, Lieutenant John Koenig - Art Direction, George James Hopkins - Interior Decoration, THIS IS THE ARMY
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Daniel B. Cathcart - Art Direction, Edwin B. Willis - Interior Decoration, Jacques Mersereau - Interior Decoration, THOUSANDS CHEER

Interior Decoration - Black & White
Ernst Fegte - Art Direction, Bertram Granger - Interior Decoration, FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO
Albert S. D'Agostino - Art Direction, Carroll Clark - Art Direction, Darrell Silvera - Interior Decoration, Harley Miller - Interior Decoration, FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM
Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction, Paul Groesse - Art Decoration, Edwin B. Willis - Interior Decoration, Hugh Hunt - Interior Decoration, MADAME CURIE
Carl Weyl - Art Direction, George James Hopkins - Interior Decoration, MISSION TO MOSCOW
Perry Ferguson - Art Direction, Howard Bristol - Interior Decoration, THE NORTH STAR
* James Basevi - Art Direction, William Darling - Art Direction, Thomas Little - Interior Decoration, THE SONG OF BERNADETTE

Cinematography - Color
Ray Rennahan, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Edward Cronjager, HEAVEN CAN WAIT
Charles G. Clarke, Allen Davey, HELLO FRISCO, HELLO
Leonard Smith, LASSIE COME HOME
* Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
George Folsey, THOUSANDS CHEER

Cinematography - Black & White
James Wong Howe, Elmer Dyer, Charles Marshall, AIR FORCE
Arthur Edeson, CASABLANCA
Tony Gaudio, CORVETTE K-225
John F. Seitz, FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO
Harry Stradling, Sr., THE HUMAN COMEDY
Joseph Ruttenberg, MADAME CURIE
James Wong Howe, THE NORTH STAR
Rudolph Maté, SAHARA
Charles B. Lang, SO PROUDLY WE HAIL!
* Arthur C. Miller, THE SONG OF BERNADETTE

Documentary Feature
Rules changed in 1943: Documentary divided into Short Subject and Feature.
Special Service Division of the War Department, BATTLE OF RUSSIA
U.S. Army, Fighting Men Series, BAPTISM OF FIRE
* British Ministry of Information, DESERT VICTORY
U.S. Army Pictorial Service, Combat Film Series, REPORT FROM THE ALEUTIANS
Field Photographic Branch, Office of Strategic Services, WAR DEPARTMENT REPORT

Documentary Short Subject
Rule change in 1943: Documentary divided into Short Subject and Feature.
This is America Series, RKO Radio, CHILDREN OF MARS
* U.S. Navy, Field Photographic Branch, Office of Strategic Services, DECEMBER 7TH
MGM, PLAN FOR DESTRUCTION
Office of War Information, Overseas Motion Picture Bureau, SWEDES IN AMERICA
U.S. Public Health Service, Walter Wanger, Prods., TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
U.S. Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics, TOMORROW WE FLY
March of Time, 20th Century-Fox, YOUTH IN CRISIS

Film Editing
* George Amy, AIR FORCE
Owen Marks, CASABLANCA
Doane Harrison, FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO
Sherman Todd, John Link, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Barbara McLean, THE SONG OF BERNADETTE

Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Hans J. Salter, Frank Skinner, THE AMAZING MRS. HOLLIDAY
Max Steiner, CASABLANCA
Louis Gruenberg, Morris Stoloff, THE COMMANDOS STRIKE AT DAWN
C. Bakaleinikoff, Roy Webb, THE FALLEN SPARROW
Victor Young, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Hanns Eisler, HANGMEN ALSO DIE
Phil Boutelje, HI DIDDLE DIDDLE
Walter Scharf, WAR OF THE WILDCATS
Leigh Harline, JOHNNY COME LATELY
Gerard Carbonara, THE KANSAN
Arthur Lange, LADY OF BURLESQUE
Herbert Stothart, MADAME CURIE
Dimitri Tiomkin, THE MOON AND SIXPENCE
Aaron Copland, THE NORTH STAR
* Alfred Newman, THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, Oliver G. Wallace, VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER

Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture
Alfred Newman, CONEY ISLAND
Walter Scharf, HIT PARADE OF 1943
Edward Ward, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, Charles Wolcott, SALUDOS AMIGOS
Leigh Harline, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
Morris Stoloff, SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT
Frederic E. Rich, STAGE DOOR CANTEEN
Robert Emmett Dolan, STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM
* Ray Heindorf, THIS IS THE ARMY
Herbert Stothart, THOUSANDS CHEER

Song
Harold Arlen - Music, Johnny Mercer - Lyrics, STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM
"That Old Black Magic"
Jule Style - Music, Harold Adamson - Lyrics, HIT PARADE OF 1943
"Change of Heart"
Harold Arlen - Music, E.Y. Harburg - Lyrics, CABIN IN THE SKY
"Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe"
Harold Arlen - Music, Johnny Mercer - Lyrics, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
"My Shining Hour"
Charles Wolcott - Music, Ned Washington - Lyrics, SALUDOS AMIGOS
"Saludos Amigos"
Jimmy McHugh - Music, Herb Magidson - Lyrics, HERS TO HOLD
"Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There"
Arthur Schwartz - Music, Frank Loesser - Lyrics, THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS
"They're Either Too Young or Too Old"
James Monaco - Music, Al Dubin - Lyrics, STAGE DOOR CANTEEN
"We Mustn't Say Good Bye"
Cole Porter - Music & Lyrics, SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
* Harry Warren - Music, Mack Gordon - Lyrics, HELLO FRISCO, HELLO
"You'll Never Know"

Animated Short
Walter Lantz - Producer, THE DIZZY ACROBAT
George Pal, THE FIVE HUNDRED HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS
Leon Schlesinger - Producer, GREETINGS, BAIT
Dave Fleischer - Producer, IMAGINATION
Walt Disney - Producer, REASON AND EMOTION
* Frederick Quimby - Producer, YANKEE DOODLE MOUSE

Short Subjects - One-Reel
* Grantland Rice - Producer, AMPHIBIOUS FIGHTERS
Gordon Hollingshead - Producer, CAVALCADE OF THE DANCE WITH VELOZ AND YOLANDA
Edmund Reek - Producer, CHAMPIONS CARRY ON
Ralph Staub - Producer, HOLLYWOOD IN UNIFORM
Pete Smith - Producer, SEEING HANDS

Short Subjects - Two-Reel
* Jerry Bresler - Producer, Sam Coslow - Producer, HEAVENLY MUSIC
Fred Ullman - Producer, LETTER TO A HERO
Walter MacEwen - Producer, MARDI GRAS
Gordon Hollingshead - Producer, WOMEN AT WAR

Sound Recording
Jack Whitney (Sound Services Inc.), HANGMEN ALSO DIE
Daniel J. Bloomberg, WAR OF THE WILDCATS
Douglas Shearer, MADAME CURIE
Thomas Moulton, THE NORTH STAR
Bernard B. Brown, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Loren L. Ryder, RIDING HIGH
John Livadary, SAHARA
C.O. Slyfield, SALUDOS AMIGOS
J.L. Fields (RCA), SO THIS IS WASHINGTON
E.H. Hansen, THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
Nathan Levinson, THIS IS THE ARMY
* Stephen Dunn, THIS LAND IS MINE

Special Effects
Hans Koenekamp, Rex Wimpy (Photographic), Nathan Levinson (Sound), AIR FORCE
Vernon L. Walker (Photographic), James G. Stewart, Roy Granville (Sound), BOMBARDIER
* Fred Sersen (Photographic), Roger Heman (Sound), CRASH DIVE
Clarence Slifer, R.O. Binger (Photographic), Thomas T. Moulton (Sound), THE NORTH STAR
Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings (Photographic), George Dutton (Sound), SO PROUDLY WE HAIL!
A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus (Photographic), Michael Steinore (Sound), STAND BY FOR ACTION

Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1943.

Class II (Plaque)
* Farciot Edouart, Earle Morgan, Barton Thompson (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.
* Photo Products Department of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company Inc.
For the development of fine-grain motion picture films.

Class III (Citation)
* Daniel J. Bloomberg, Republic Studio Sound Department, For the design and development of an inexpensive method of converting Moviolas to Class B push-pull reproduction.
* Charles Galloway Clarke, 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.
* Farciot Edouart, Paramount Studio Transparency Department, For an automatic electric transparency cueing timer.
* Willard H. Turner, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, For the design and construction of the phono-cue starter.

Honorary and Other Awards
* George Pal, For the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons. Winner presented a Plaque.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
* Hal B. Wallis,